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Espacio Cultural el Tanque
“From industrial Heritage to cultural space” Awards: 1st prize, Canarias de Arquitectura Award Awarded by FADs, Barcelona Laus de diseño Award,Barcelona Description: The neighbourhood of Cabo-Llanos in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the Oil Refinery are a part of the city’s historical landscape during this century. It is about an old industrial neighbourhood dedicated to…
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Circulo de Bellas Artes de Tenerife
The Tenerife Fine Arts Center (Círculo de Bellas Artes de Tenerife) Architects: Fernando Menis Location: Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. 28° 17′ 15.8964” N 16° 37′ 2.9892” W Use: Cultural Materials: Concrete, cementCultural Client: The Tenerife Fine Arts Center (Circulo de Bellas Artes de Tenerife) Day of inauguration: July 4th 2016 Description: The Tenerife Fine…
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Instituto de Educación Rafael Arozarena
In the limits of the historic center of the town of La Orotava, attention is being paid to the integration of this large proportions construction in relation to the urban life, its incorporation to the topography and the visuals of the historic buildings nearby. Its execution has entailed a step forward in the quality of…
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Parque Cuchillitos de Tristan
Awards: Manuel de Oraá Award, 2008 Competition for the Redaction of the Project, 2006 1st place Description: The site stands on the boundary between various densely populated districts (Las Delicias, The Ofra estate and, to a lesser degree, el Camino del Hierro) and forms part of a pocket leisure spaces that characterize this urban…
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Casa MM
MM HOUSE Awards: 1999 FAD Award “Casa MM” 1998 1st Prize Manuel Oráa Award for “Casa MM” Description: On one hand, the staircase hangs up from the roof by tubes and metal sheet, retrieved from dismantled oil tanks, to which metal made steps are soldered, and covered with concrete using the remains of short steel…
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Bodega en Crimea
Technical data: Architect: Fernando Menis Location: Rodnoe Village Balaklava Sevastopol Crimea region, Ukraine 44°54’20.2″N 33°47’59.2″E Client: Uppa Winery Status: Under Construction Constructed area: 480sqm Budget: 1.045.000 euros Description:Using the natural topography of the site near the access road, the winery is coping the landscape line and integrates itself into the surrounding. The means how the building…
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Concrete Ring
Architects: Menis Arquitectos Material: Reinforced concrete Client: Espacio Cultural El Tanque Budget: 200 euros The rings symbolizing the 15th anniversary of the Espacio Cultural El Tanque (Cultural Space The Tank) have been conceived and designed by creating a geometric and conceptual abstraction of the cultural space. For its preparation, the association Los Amigos del Tanque (Friends…
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Torre Agora Garden Luxury Condominium
Architects: Fernando Menis Location: Taipei, Taiwan Use: Residential – luxury condos Structure: Reinforced Concrete Materials: Concrete, bronze Status: Project 2010 (restringed tender) Client: Private (confidential) Total built area: 49.422m2 This housing project is conceived as a fusion between the nature in the vicinity of the land and the primitive rocks emerging from the ground. As…