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The first constructions of Kähler metrics (in fact hyperkähler) on the tangent bundle of the complex projective space are due to \textit{E. Calabi}. There are now many results providing (complete) hyperkähler structures on (a tube around the zero section of) the tangent bundle of a Kähler manifold, e.g., the ones of \textit{O. Biquard} and \textit{P. Gauduchon} or \textit{D. Kaledin}. The paper under review adapts the original idea to work on the tangent bundle of a Riemannian space form. For a Riemannian manifold \((M,g)\), the author defines (using local charts) an almost Kähler structure \((J,G)\) on \(TM\) with \(G\) and \(J\) depending on two smooth parameters \(u,v:[0,\infty)\rightarrow {\mathbb R}\). Note that \(G\) is not of Sasaki type. He then finds that \(J\) is integrable if \(M\) has constant sectional curvature \(c\) and \(u\) and \(v\) satisfy a certain first order differential equation. Moreover, he explicitely determines \(u\), \(v\) such that \((TM,J,G)\) (resp. a tube around the zero section) is Kähler-Einstein if \(c<0\) (resp. \(c>0\)). Other geometric properties of \((TM,J,G)\) (local symmetry, constant holomorphic sectional curvature) are derived for some particular choices of \(u\), \(v\) and \(c\). The paper ends with a description of some results obtained recently by the author together with \textit{N. Papaghiuc} [Differ. Geom. Appl. 11, 1-12 (1999; Zbl 0926.53014)]. for the case \(v=u'\).