History of Arquitectonica
Arquitectonica was founded by Principals Bernardo Fort-Brescia and Laurinda Spear, partners in life and in work, they have led the firm since 1977.
Bernardo was born in Lima, Peru, he studied architecture and urban planning at Princeton University and received a Master of Architecture from Harvard University, where he later taught. Laurinda was born in Rochester, Minnesota. She studied fine arts at Brown University, got her Master of Architecture degree from Columbia University and later a Master of Landscape Architecture from Florida International University. She has taught at Harvard and the University of Miami.
Since its’ inception, the firm received instant attention from critics and the public for its bold modernism design that was reminiscent of the renaissance. It continues to push boundaries with its creative use of materials, geometry, color, and pattern to introduce the world to a new kind of humanistic modern design.
The firm has received hundreds of awards and its work has been displayed in numerous exhibitions at renowned museums and institutions. Nowadays, Arquitectonica‘s practice can be found all over the globe, across five continents in 59 countries! The firm is famous for being one of the pioneers of globalization in the architecture profession with offices in Miami, New York and Los Angeles, and international offices in Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and South America.
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Company Culture at Arquitectonica
Arquitectonica is incredibly devoted to sustainability. It is widely recognized for being capable of creating unique forms of imagery in harmony with the environment. The firm explores the challenges of contemporary built and natural environments and develops solutions that keep modern aesthetics and environmentally friendly practices in balance to create value, identity and sustainable environments.
Arquitectonica’s philosophy is based on the principle of preserving a location’s geographic character – the entire combination of natural and human attributes that make one place distinct from another – an authentic design process that preserves the ecological and cultural environment.
At Arquitectonica, the founders believe strongly in educating others in excellency in design, and the importance of balance between the project and the environment. And in order to further green design practices, it birthed ArquitectonicaGEO, an architecture firm that focuses on landscaping to improve and innovate resilient and sustainable design.
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Eleonora Colacurcio
Eleonora is a young architect from Italy who always aspired to work in a team of incredible professionals who she could learn from and gain experience. She finished her Master’s at the University of Naples «Federico II» and got her architecture license in 2020. Her experience ranges from multiple publications such as «State-of-the art on steel exoskeletons for seismic retrofitting of existing buildings» published in Ingegneria Sismica IJEE-n1, 2020 to winning the researcher grant for the typological-structural characterization of historic city centers and vulnerability assessment of its building stock. Eleonora is a innovative person that combines creativity with structure to solve architectural challenges and bring the vision to life.
Ismael Medina Manzano
Ismael is a Spanish Architect, Designer and Researcher who got his architecture license from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid with Honors (2019) and is considered to be the second best graduate in Architecture 2020 at national level according to the Spanish Society of Academic Excellence, SEDEA. He graduated in Civil Engineering from the Escuela Politécnica Superior de Burgos and has completed a Master in Building Information Modeling, Construction, Project & Facility Management (BIM) at the ETSAM. While still in his studying years he has worked for renowned international firms such as TallerDE2/O.F.Architects, Coll-Barreu Arquitectos, HFE Architects and has won several collaboration and research grants. He is especially motivated and determined and that shows through his skills and achievements.
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Arquitectonica‘s Selected Projects
Elysee
Located in Miami, Florida, USA, the Elysee is a monument to rationality even if at first sight it might be considered to be whimsical. With a size of 489,000 sf / 45,500 m2, if you turn it sideways, the Elysee is a tower of three neighborhoods, and officially the tallest building in the Edgewater District of Miami. The tower becomes larger the further up it goes, exposing more area to the amazing views, while it narrows to the base to create more open spaces. It might be said that the Elysee is a monument to the triumph of man.
Photos by Arquitectonica
Cyberport Technology Campus + Le Meridien Hotel
The Cyberport Technology Campus is located in Hong Kong, China, a major project for Pacific Century Cyberworks, it is an information infrastructure development that spans for a whooping 1,647,000 SF / 153,000 m2. It is intended to attract IT companies and professionals to Hong Kong with components such as offices, a retail mall, a 170-room hotel, serviced apartments, residential towers, and the latest IT/IS facilities.
The second building in the row won a plethora of awards such as the AIA Award of Excellence, the Gold Bienal Award, the Intelligent Building of the Year Award, the Design & Decoration Award, the Design Award of Merit and the Society of American Registered Architects Design Award.
Photos by Arquitectonica
Infinity
Infinity is located in the Kirchberg District, Luxembourg, and it’s intended to transform the area into major business district. The scheme, which consists of a residential tower and a shorter office complex, emphasizes the connection of the two primary elements – a glazed public corridor with two green roofs that intersect in a dynamic figure eight. In addition to providing a seamless route across the complex, the elevated park shields a small plaza to the south from the sporadic strong winds originating from the Alzette River.
Photos by Arquitectonica
We will be posting more projects by Arquitectonica in the upcoming weeks and months, so keep an eye out for more of their incredible work! Every Friday we will be posting a new Featured Company, so join us again next week!
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