MVRDV's renovation of Albania's Tirana Pyramid is now finally complete and has officially opened to the public. The building has been transformed from a communist-era brutalist landmark into a scalable technology center focused on young people.
There's a construction boom going on in Albania at the moment that has resulted in a large number of unusual buildings. The latest project will create a new headquarters for a TV station that will take the form of stacked film reels.
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Blondell is the founding artistic director of the Lit Moon Theatre Company, director of the Lit Moon World Theater Festivals, and co-founder of the Bitola (Macedonia) Shakespeare Festival. He has directed more than 80 professional productions, and produced another 60 for Lit Moon’s various international festivals.
Blondell s Lit Moon productions have been staged in China, Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Scotland and Canada. His international credits include productions for the Tampereen Teatteri in Tampere, Finland; the Bitola (Macedonia) National Theatre (four occasions); the Russian Theatre of Karaganda in Kazakhstan; and the National Theatre of Albania.