the project of the mountain has been conceived as a work without materials. its basic intention is not to take stone out of the mountain, but to introduce space and light into it. it is located on the canary islands and was designed by the spanish sculptor eduardo chillida.

arcspace features the dee and charles wyly theater in dallas, texas by rem koolhaas oma. the design addresses the unique and distinctive performance requirements of classical and experimental theater. the theater will seat approximately 600 people. construction works start in 2006.

number 126 of the reknown spanish magazine el croquis features the work of belgian architect xaveer de geyter. the previous issue featured another belgian architect: stephane beel. last year de geyter won the competition for the european patent office in the hague.

new projects have been added to the gallery section. the abbey of vaals by dom hans van der laan, police station in heerlen by wiel arets, installation at the middelheum museum by luc deleu and railway terminus in strassbourg by zaha hadid.

the german artist carsten nicolai (alva noto) presents a selection of work in SMAK. since the late 90s this artist has transposed sound frequencies and waves into visually perceptible data.

frame magazine features an article on the work of belgian artist jan de cock for the tokyo retail store of "comme des garcons". earlier this year some of de cock's denkmals were exhibited at tate modern.

mvrdv launched a new version of their website. recent projects like containercity in rotterdam, unterföhring park village, matsudai cultural center and others are featured. a crisp and clean design as we like it.

arcspace features the tod's building by toyo ito located in tokyo, japan. the building is characterized by criss-crossed concrete braces. a result of toyo ito's interest in transparant structures.