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Sports & Architecture: A house for a football crack

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A-cero, the Madrid based architecture studio, has been known for designing homes for the local cultural, business and sports elite. Sports and architecture have never been so close as in recent years, when iconic stadiums have been built by world famous starchitects, but there have been little news about the private preferences of the athletes themselves.

Well, here is a little insight: A-cero has just finished a fantastic contemporary home for the famous Liverpool Football Club striker Fernando Torres, who also played an important role in bringing the Spain national team to the top European Championship.

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The house can be seen in the studio's website.

 
Dec 2, 08 12:41 am
silverlake

What is the skin? Concrete? Its groovy...

Dec 3, 08 10:49 pm  · 
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Apurimac

Good to see other archs out zahaing-zaha.

Its a sexy project, i don't think i've ever seen an american football player living in something as awesome looking.

Dec 3, 08 11:07 pm  · 
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mation

apu,
i was thinking the exact same thing about american athletes and their mostly terrible houses on 'cribs.'

i don't like torres, but this is a surprisingly nice house.

Dec 4, 08 9:43 am  · 
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aking

Nothing about those images says house/home other than possibly the seemingly misplaced/misrendered front door.

Dec 4, 08 12:53 pm  · 
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mation

aking,

is that a criticism or a compliment?

IMO, you could make a similar statement about exterior images of Villa Savoye, Fallingwater, or the Farnsworth House.

Dec 4, 08 1:18 pm  · 
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liberty bell

I like the house, love the stripeyness and siting.

Football crack?

Dec 4, 08 3:49 pm  · 
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brian buchalski

considering that american football players marry crazy women like left-eye lopez who burn down house then i can kind of understand why they prefer not to spend the money on architecture.

Dec 4, 08 4:25 pm  · 
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Peru

Whoa..Is it FLW doin Zaha or the other way around??

Dec 4, 08 4:40 pm  · 
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Medit

ignacio, cariño, "crack" en inglés no significa lo que en las montañas del sistema central ibérico os pensais que significa...
menuda manera más asquerosa de hacer "spam"... by the way.

I second Peru's call on FLW... Wright on crack.

And some Mayne's Diamond Ranch on the surface.

Dec 4, 08 5:25 pm  · 
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