“Botched” Spanish castle restoration wins top architecture awardApril 14, 2016 - 15:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The restoration of an ancient Spanish castle which became a global mockery has had the tables turned on it after it was announced as the recipient of a prestigious international architectural award, RT reports. The restored El Castillo de Matrera, in Cádiz, southern Spain was recently revealed to the public after five years of work by architect Carlos Quevado. Locals and historians immediately criticised it for its modern look. The repair of the 9th century castle and national monument was deemed by many a “botched job” and compared to a 1960s multistorey carpark. Hispanianostra - the association for the Protection of Cultural and Natural Heritage called the renovation “absolutely terrible” on its website. Quevado defended the project, however and has now been vindicated with the honor of the prestigious Architizer A+ award in the architecture and preservation category. “For us it’s an enormous recognition of a job that took five years and a huge effort,” Quevado told The Local. Photo: Ruptly Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |