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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Costa Lopes The Currency Museum of Angola [/vc_column_text][edgtf_separator type="normal" position="center" color="rgba(255,255,255,0.01)" top_margin="29" bottom_margin="0"][vc_column_text el_class="caseta"] Location Luanda, Angola Architect Costa Lopes Project type Cultural Gross floor area 4 794  sqm Construction period 2012-2015 Photographs Fabrice Fouillet [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][edgtf_separator type="normal" position="center" color="rgba(255,255,255,0.01)" top_margin="33" bottom_margin="0"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The new Currency Museum is located on the waterfront of Luanda, just in the heart of the city, nearby the headquarters of the National Bank of Angola. The situation became pretext for two major architectural gestures. On one hand, it places the museum spaces below ground, allowing them to become more reserved and quiet. On the other, its roof establishes a new urban square that emphasizes the public dimension

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Vilalta Arquitectura The Lideta Market in Addis-Abeba [/vc_column_text][edgtf_separator type="normal" position="center" color="rgba(255,255,255,0.01)" top_margin="29" bottom_margin="0"][vc_column_text el_class="caseta"] Location Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Project title Lideta Mercato Architecture office Vilalta Arquitectura Director Xavier Vilalta Project Leader Maria Rosaria Favoino Project Team Joao Medeiros, Miguel Sánchez Enkerlin, Reema Al-Ajlan, Daniel Vaczi Structural engineering K2N Engineering Mechanical & Sanitary Abiy Aberra Client Flintstone Engineering Gross floor area 14.200 sqm Construction period 2010-2016 Photographs Gonzalo Guajardo [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][edgtf_separator type="normal" position="center" color="rgba(255,255,255,0.01)" top_margin="33" bottom_margin="0"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Lideta Mercato was initially intended to be a shopping mall just like many others in the city of Addis Ababa. A rigorous analysis has identified the main issues of the existing malls in the city, which are commonly built using glazing

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