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Resort Playa Onda
This is a type of project that makes me feel really guilty about being an architect. A great architecture firm; Elemental of Chile, who is responsible for some amazing work, has decided to drop a big stinky turd on Panama. Their design for Resort Playa Onda (which I doubt will ever be built) is ...
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Young Designers Feature: Giro Urbano
A new feature of panamArq will focus on young designers throughout the world, with an emphasis on Panama and the Americas. The catch-22 with the design community is that in order to get recognized, you have to build or create something amazing, but in order to have the ability to build something amazing, you must ...
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BNP Tower & The Panama City Waterfront Initiative
The news that the Panamanian government is investing in a new financial tower designed by world famous Skidmore, Owings and Merrill in downtown Panama City has created much controversy; which is why I love being an architect, because I can just talk about the building and forget about all of the politics! First, the Financial Tower is ...
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A Canal Design Competition
I noticed this competition link and thought that I would share it with all of you. It seems like a fun ideas based challenge. Basically any idea you have for the Panama Canal is legit, you just need to photoshop it onto this image. Here is the official brief from the organizers. As a celebration of our ...