Sleeping beauty

By Ellis Woodman, Ellis Woodman Ellis Woodman Ellis Woodman2007-06-15T00:00:00

The building is elevated above the highest recorded flood level.

Eventually FOA’s technology transfer centre in La Rioja will be engulfed by plants, but already this extraordinary building points to a new direction in the architect’s work.

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