argentina-based barrionuevo villanueva arquitectos completes a single-family home in the forested landscape of córdoba, argentina removed from the urban context and isolated from neighbors the architects tell designboom: ‘the value of the site is nature which has the leading role as soon as the paved road is abandoned.’ dubbed ‘obra luyaba,’ takes shape with a simple L-shaped plan and an expressive material palette its monolithic volume projects over its sloping plot and is supported by two simple columns contrasting this lightly floating condition the house is built with heavy concrete slabs sandwiching operable vertical wooden louvers images © gonzalo viramonte | @gonzaloviramonte barrionuevo villanueva arquitectos’ (see more here) ‘obra luyaba’ emerges from the forested with the hilly context and thick vegetation the house is a place to be progressively discovered the house is a fleeting jewel in the trees the living space serves doubly as an observation platform that solemnizes the impressive views of the landscape and wildlife the design team continues: ‘the project defines the need to generate shelter and works on the construction logic that rethinks the economy the team at barrionuevo villanueva arquitectos explains the spirit of its obra luyaba: ‘the work is a support of inhabiting and contemplation the compositional synthesis had to be total they condition and intend the sunlight and the visuals ‘the definition of these factors are essentially defined by the beams that determine circulation and permanence zones on the floor plan as well as the definition of a public and a private space the result is a patio node between the public/private horizontally and the access and terrace/pool vertically ‘all these variables of use and space make it possible to inhabit in order to provide a gradual revelation of the architecture giving framework and accent to the landscape.’ the house takes shape with a simple L-shaped volume gazing out to the distant landscape the heavy slabs are countered with light the vertical timber louvers create patterned shadowing along the breezy interior architecture: barrionuevo villanueva arquitectos | @brr_vll_arq lead architects: nicolás barrionuevo photography: © gonzalo viramonte | @gonzaloviramonte AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style The Padres desginated four players for assignment last week to make room for some highly-regarded prospects Those four players now have their assignments Allen Cordoba has been assigned outright to AAA El Paso An automobile accident prior to the 2018 season left him experiencing concussion-related symptoms all season The physical gifts he displayed in 2017 with the MLB club were clear from the start as the now-22-year-old possesses the speed power and athleticism to become an impact player but he needs to get healthy and then get back on track with a progression that now has a two-year detour thanks to a season stashed at the end of the bench of the MLB team due to the Rule 5 draft rules and now a season lost to injury Colin Rea has been released. The tall righty popped up as a surprise prospect in 2015 as he climbed the minor league ladder and earned his MLB debut, making six starts for the Padres. He went on to make 18 starts for the Padres before being traded to the Marlins along with Andrew Cashner His career as a Marlin lasted only one start as an elbow injury led to allegations that the Padres weren’t properly disclosing their medical records and a portion of the trade was reversed by Major League Baseball He underwent Tommy John surgery later that year and worked his way back to the mound in 2018 While Rea may eventually return to form and earn an MLB gig some day there wasn’t room in the packed Padres organization for him any more As the only player in this mix with at least three years of MLB service time he had the option to reject a minor league assignment and elect to become a free agent The former first-rounder has served as a utility infielder for most of his Padres tenure and the recent addition of Greg Garcia slid Spangenberg down the depth chart by at least one rung A capable defender at second and third base and the quad injury that sidelined him for most of the 2016 season sapped him of the speed that was one of his strongest assets MLBTradeRumors forecasted him to make a shade over $2M in his second year of arbitration so the choice to cut Spangenberg ahead of fellow infielders Jose Pirela and Carlos Asuaje may have partially had financial motivations It had been previously reported that third baseman Christian Villanueva had been sold to the Yomiuri Giants He cleared waivers and was released to the Padres to facilitate the transaction or what the Padres are receiving in return One thing that is certain is that the team is looking for a new direction at third base moving forward but the Padres have been very active each offseason under General Manager AJ Preller The organization appears to be at a tipping point where the focus is shifting away from gathering assets and increasing value instead looking ahead to building sustainable success at the major league level Spain's state train operator Renfe has announced that it is changing some of units used on the existing inter-city service between Algeciras and Madrid with trains from the 730 series and marketed under the 'Alvia' brand name from 15 December some 700 extra seats will be added per week so the total number of seats will rise to 3,700 weekly while also offering "greater comfort and reliability to the service." the two daily and direct Algeciras-Madrid trains In addition to increasing the number of seats on offer the 730 series trains "will improve reliability comfort and the customer's travel experience." besides changing the train units operating on the line which will lead to a saving in journey time of up to 44 minutes compared to the current one going from 6 hours and 12 minutes to 5 hours and 28 minutes it will modify the current timetables of these services the new schedule services will depart from Algeciras at 3.52pm and from Madrid at 8.05am in the morning The two daily trains on this route will have intermediate stops in San Roque Renfe explained that the Alvia S-730 trains have 216 seats in tourist class 46 seats in 'Preferente' business class (one of those spaces will be for passengers with reduced mobility) and a buffet car Renfe reminds its customers that trains in the 730 series are hybrids with diesel and electric traction technology allowing these trains to extend the advantages of high speed to the non-electrified stretches of line as they have an adjustable bogey system a feature that allows them to run both on standard gauge tracks (high speed) and conventional Spanish gauge tracks the state train operator pointed out that these models can run at a maximum speed of 250 km/h on high-speed track and 220 km/h on electrified conventional track while the maximum speed for non-electrified conventional track is 180 km/h The signalling systems incorporated (Ertms and Asfa Digital) guarantee interoperability throughout Spain's rail network and complete the technical features embedded in one of the most versatile high-speed trains in the world Comentar es una ventaja exclusiva para registrados Mission Statement: to assist the integration of foreign residents living in Spain and this is never more accurate than when you establish yourself as a foreign resident in a new country Being able to quickly familiarise yourself with the culture and customs can help ease the transition during a challenging time This is why Euro Weekly News makes it our mission to provide you with a free news resource in English that covers both regional and national Spanish news – anything that we feel you will benefit from knowing as you integrate into your new community and live your best life in Spain you can forget about translating articles from Spanish into awkward English that probably don’t make much sense Let us be your convenient and essential guide to all things that will likely affect you as a foreign resident living in Spain Renfe is putting into service eight new daily high-speed low-cost Avlo trains in Andalusia from December 15 According to sources from the railway company there will be four more routes a day for each route which will involve a total offer of 5,000 low-cost seats daily more than usual The Madrid-Córdoba-Seville link will have 218 routes and 78,600 seats per week representing an increase of 7.5 percent more From December 15, the new schedules of the Avlo Seville-Madrid services The Madrid-Málaga link will have departures from Madrid at 6.15am And, at some point soon, the Malaga-Barcelona line will start up in December too. 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Download our media pack in either English or Spanish. - Photos: Rene Stevens Making the world-famous high-quality Spanish pata negra hams is a true art which allows him to control the entire chain from the birth of the black piglets to processing and sale of the hams a few years later it quickly becomes clear how extremely dry it can be in southern Spain at certain moments of the year TGet full access to all stories on Pig ProgressThis Premium article is exclusively available for subscribers Obtain insights from exclusive interviews Dive into articles covering trending industry topics Already subscribed? Click here to login “Concrete has seduced architects and engineers,” they write, “to prove it can produce works complex and simple, graceful and awkward, delicate and overbearing, mischievous and sinister, gravity-defying and earthbound.” Chronicling more than 300 private homes and public spaces built from 1913 to 2022 — in styles including Bauhaus modernism, Art Deco, Cold War-era brutalism and postmodern “blobitecture” — the book is illustrated with dramatic black and white photography that “allows the material to shine through, with no distractions,” Goldin writes. “Concrete Architecture,” published by Phaidon. (Phaidon) Global in its scope, with buildings from more than 60 countries, “Concrete Architecture” also celebrates the local, highlighting 10 Southern California landmarks, including the 1970 Geisel Library at UC San Diego, the 1965 Salk Institute in La Jolla, Wright’s 1924 concrete textile block Ennis House in Los Feliz and the 2015 Broad museum in downtown L.A. Here are some of the awe-inspiring structures featured in the book. (Jan Kempenaers) Made from béton brut (concrete that is unfinished after being cast, showing the marks of the mold), this 1970 memorial in Belgrade honors men from regions of the former Yugoslavia who gave their lives fighting German and Italian forces in World War II. The star-shaped monument, the authors observe, “can also be read as five identical abstract figures standing back-to-back, as if in a last stand, rifles pointing outwards, individuals yet unified.” (Alfonso Quiroga / Courtesy of Rafael De La-Hoz) Built in Villanueva de Cordoba, Spain, this 2013 design serves as a covered viewing deck in a grove of protected holm oaks. Made from 20-foot-square intersecting concrete vaults, the structure takes inspiration from cloister architecture and the canopies of trees in the area. (Leonardo Finotti) This 11-story tower, built in Cordoba, Argentina, in 2012, “is like an origami lantern made of concrete,” the authors write. (CreatAR Images) “One of concrete’s unique characteristics is its ability to be shaped into formlessness, divorcing it from familiar associations,” the authors say of this 2020 pavilion built in the seaside port of Haikou, China. (Mikkel Frost / Cebra) This 2019 place of worship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, was designed by the Danish architectural firm Cebra. “This concrete landscape appears to grow and shrink, consisting of both horizontal and sloping surfaces — some as small as a stool,” the authors write. Designed by Austrian architect Werner Tscholl and cantilevered over a steep Alpine ridge, this 2010 building commemorated the completion of a challenging mountain road in 1960. The structure was conceived, the authors write, “in harmony with the natural rocky landscape.” Travel & Experiences Climate & Environment California Hollywood Inc. Television Music Subscribe for unlimited accessSite Map This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Have you consulted our discounts We have the perfect discount for you and your trip In need of help 15 Oct, 2014 | 0 comments A lujazo of group and present everything I learned during those days of all of them with own appellations of origin The meeting, organized by Al - Salmorejo, in the person of round Estibaliz (who also developed the events We eat Málaga and We eat Córdoba) it consisted of two distinct phases although interrelated The first phase was developed in the beautiful city of Priego de Cordoba Centre of one of the designations of origin of oil that Andalusia has He accompanied us throughout our stay Rafael Rodríguez Ruiz responsible for the promotion and development of tourism in the town area Kindness and delivery to transmit us your passion for this land and its products Excellent oils of this denomination are mainly from the variety Picuda and Hojiblanca All of this could appreciate it in one of the most interesting events that we are witnessing during these days as it was the tasting directed by Paqui García González in the denomination of origin of oils of Priego and explained in this case throughout the process the path followed the olives until our table: tree washing and milling and mixing of olive to get the juice that precious liquid gold that is extra virgin olive oil Mills of la Subbética is a company with 35 hectares which mainly deal in the production of quinces and olive oil It is to enhance the product.More than 4,000 members and 8 cooperatives have (that more than 6,000 partners make up them at the same time) and last season were marketed more than 40,000 kg of oil We could not see the machines at full capacity to have not started yet the olive harvesting season for oil yes that we could see the entry of table olives the care process that they follow and their subsequent storage and packaging The Villa de Priego de Córdoba is located in the natural park of the Subbeticas Sierras boasts thousand and one places of interest The historic condensed into a few apples amazing places that you will leave open-mouthed of Baroque style with three ponds and classified as a national monument Dates from 1803 and it represented by two sculptures the struggle of a lion with a snake and the other Neptune and Amphitrite who rode on a carriage pulled by horses coming out of a clean do not just inciting bath in times of heat It is difficult to find so much beauty in such waters We continue our walk through the streets of the town the Barrio de la Villa a beautiful neighbourhood remains flowery thanks to the efforts of all the neighbors and I will tell you later with more detail because it is very much worth visiting calmly strolling a town where everything seems harmony we reach the recreation of Castilla or Huerta de las Infantas a garden up to the edge of the wall of the Adarve and from where you can enjoy spectacular views over the city The next morning was waiting for us a wonderful gift: a show cooking of José María González one of the best restaurants in Córdoba and which moved to Priego for the occasion José María prepared us Salmorejo almonds with beads of oil chopped Octopus with crumbs of EVOO and slices of radish and turnip juice of oxtail with gnocchi oil and dessert "olive tree on the road (made Orange custard dessert with EVOO and a sand biscuits with a chocolate trunk)." for all their charms and their good products a place to return and enjoy the good oil and good French fries San Nicasio By the way the restaurants where we ate and ate were: restaurant of the hotel Huerta de las Palomas Adarve balcony bar and restaurant of the river In all treated us very well and at all we went round to eat called rural hotel Huerta de las Palomas and is a monad The second phase of the meeting focused on that other gastronomic treasure that has the area Ibericode Acorn-fed ham was present since we arrived at Priego and although in reality the production focuses on Los Pedroches the first morning we find a surprise: in the living room of breakfast professional cutter of ham who entertained the breakfast cutting dish after dish Accompanied us throughout our stay cut ham in all stops for lunch A wonder that dragged on until we arrive at Villanueva de Córdoba There Clemente was part of the Group of cutters prepare hams of the competition the best ham from Los Pedroches (whose members our colleague was José Ferrer tasted eight different hams from the best producers belonging to the appellation of origin Los Pedroches the best ham of Acorn elected has been ham Jarote President of the Council for the regulator of denomination of origin protected the and which could prove part of what pig offers so I promise to return the coming year to fully enjoy what I lost this year in the fair of the Iberian ham de Bellota de Los Pedroches The restaurant where we had dinner is called Las Columnas and the hotel where we stayed full of surprises and experiences and two places to recommend and website in this browser for the next time I comment Ddocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" This web site uses cookies so that you have the best user experience. If you continue browsing you are giving your consent for the acceptance of the aforementioned cookies and the acceptance of our cookies policyClick the link for more information A privately-operated high-speed train that left Malaga at 11.35am on Thursday (25 April) had to make an emergency stop at Villanueva de Cordoba-Los Pedroches station after a passenger was taken seriously ill collapsed into the aisle of one of the carriages apparently after suffering a cardiovascular incident and staff on board the train requested medical assistance for the unconscious man over the loudspeaker system Four doctors travelling on the service arrived at the scene to determine the seriousness of the situation the driver informed the track controllers that there was a sick person on board and at 12.55pm the train rolled into the Villanueva de Córdoba terminal an ambulance arrived and took the man to Pozo Blanco hospital and the train resumed its journey another ten minutes later the rest of those scheduled on the Malaga-Madrid high-speed route continued operating normally June marks two years since the Avlo service was launched; this alternative way of travelling Seville and Malaga and all the intermediate stations on these lines the only low-cost "universal" service for all destinations And to keep offering this universal service we are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the new S106 trains: Prepare your trip WIFI connection at 300 km/h and an incredible range of content The Figueres-Vilafant station was chosen for the departure of the first commercial Avlo service had to be suspended on account of the COVID-19 pandemic it was found that the number of passengers on this line had tripled compared to the previous period and that the release of 342,000 tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere had been avoided compared to trips using private vehicles and more than double the volume of emissions had these trips been made by plane Find out all about our purple train in a very special news article Avlo was launched on the Madrid-Valencia line Six daily trips stopping in Cuenca and Utiel-Requena and there are now 15 daily high-speed services in each direction the classic aubergine colour of these trains has become a common image on the lines they run on and an object of desire for others where the service is currently unavailable It will come as no surprise that the slogan for the launch campaign was "Alta Velocidad (high-speed) for everyone" and the aim of Renfe's newest product was to provide all segments of the population with a fast reliable and sustainable (zero emissions) means of transport with four daily trips stopping in Albacete and two of them also stopping in Cuenca and Villena as well as all the stations on these lines will see the must sought-after Avlo launch in June taking the number of cities benefitting from this alternative way of travelling with all the comforts and at the best price Discover the Avlo fleet Malaga is the Andalusian province where family names and general traditions have had the least weight when it comes to naming children Only 6.3% of babies born in the province last year inherited one or more of their parents' names compared to the region-wide average in Andalucía of 9.5% Cordoba was at the other extreme: there the percentage of names passed down from parents to babies was 12.4% a greater attachment to tradition was observed in the inland provinces: Seville This custom of passing on one's name to one's children as a family legacy is more frequent in the case of boys than in that of girls: only 3% of girls born in Malaga last year were named after their mothers compared to 9.5% of boys being named after their fathers Among the 100 most frequently chosen names for girls Cristina was the name most passed on from mother to daughter in 2023 - 45.6% to be exact it was Francisco Javier: 68.6% of newborns with this name have a father with the same name If we extend that out to the total set of names chosen last year looking only at those names that were chosen at least five times in 87.5% of the girls called Elisabet and in 83.3% of the boys called Adolfo their mother and father respectively had exactly the same name The ranking of the most commonly chosen names of newborns in Malaga in 2023 was headed by María maintaining pride of place among girls' names (146 babies took this name) which snatches the top spot (134) for boy names from Manuel Malaga stood apart from the general trend in Andalucía as Manuel continued to be the most popular male name at regional level the most popular names in 2023 in Malaga were María the ones with the most upward trend were Sofía (up four places compared to 2022) Carmen (up five) and Vega (up ten and now breaking into the top 10) The names that climbed the ranks with respect to 2022 were Hugo (+2) In Malaga city itself the most popular name for girls was Lucía and there was a tie between Alejandro and Manuel the pair was the same as at provincial level (María and Hugo) In Vélez-Málaga the leader board belonged to Sofía and Thiago in Fuengirola to Sofía and Hugo and in Torremolinos to Sofía and Leo In Estepona there was a double tie between Sofía and Lucía and Álvaro and Alejandro then in Ronda it was Valeria and Manuel and in Antequera María and Hugo In Rincón de la Victoria the most popular name among newborn girls was Vega and among boys there was a triple tie between Javier In Alhaurín de la Torre the tie was between the girls (Chloe and Alba) and Hugo dominated the boys list In Andalucía as a whole María and Manuel were again the names most used by mothers and fathers living in Andalucía in 2023 María went to 819 girls (2.7% of the total) holding onto that top spot since 2009 while Manuel went to 1,050 boys (3.4% of the total) leads the ranking of boy names since 2016 Sofía and Carmen (accounting for 9.1% of the total number of newborn girls) María and Lucía holding onto their places from 2022 Sofía appears for the first time among the top four names and Carmen stayed in fourth position as per 2022 the first three places were occupied by Manuel All of them account for 12.2% of the total number of male newborns Compared to the previous year the first three and Martín stayed in the same positions and only Pablo has moved up one place from being in fifth in 2022 Taking into account the hundred most frequent girls' names in Andalucía in 2023 Laia was the name that moved up the ranks the most going from 74th to 93rd place and for the boys it was Juan José María was the most popular girl's name in all Andalusian provinces Manuel was the most frequently chosen name in Cadiz with Hugo in Jaén and Malaga and Alejandro in Almería and Granada Regarding the most popular name for newborns by each municipality in Andalucía the highest percentages were found in Villanueva de Córdoba where María was the most frequent girl's name (19.2% of births) and Isla Mayor (Seville) where Daniel was the most popular boy's name in relation to the total number of babies born in that municipality (23.8%) Parece que tuviste problemas para darte de alta como socio/a en elDiario.es Tus datos de pago son erróneos o incompletos Actualiza tus datos para renovar la cuota y no causar baja como socio/a de elDiario.es Necesitamos tu apoyo para hacer un periodismo riguroso y con valores sociales A light magnitude 2.7 earthquake hit 24 km (15 mi) away from Andujar, Andalusia,  Spain 2025 at 11.03 pm local time (Europe/Madrid GMT +2) The depth of the quake could not be determined but is assumed to be shallow.The quake was reported felt by some people near the epicenter Based on data from the past 55 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900 there are about 223 quakes on average per year in or near Cordoba Cordoba has had at least 3 quakes above magnitude 6 since 1900 which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently probably on average approximately every 40 to 45 years Cordoba has about 61 quakes of magnitude 2 or higher per year (Mag 3+: 14.4 quakes per year) The quake had a very shallow depth of 25 km (16 mi) and was felt by many near the epicenter Cordoba has had 2 quakes of magnitude 3.0 or above and 17 quakes between 2.0 and 3.0 There have been also 99 quakes below magnitude 2.0 which people don't normally feel there are about 553 quakes on average per year in or near Jaen Jaen has had at least 3 quakes above magnitude 6 since 1900 Jaen has about 164 quakes of magnitude 2 or higher per year (Mag 3+: 15.3 quakes per year) The depth of the quake is unknown.The quake was felt by many near the epicenter Jaen has had 23 quakes of magnitude 2.0 or above There have been also 78 quakes below magnitude 2.0 which people don't normally feel The depth of the quake is unknown.The quake was felt by many near the epicenter.