“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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |