All Archive Titles articles – Page 131
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Germany: Foster gets an education in Berlin
Following from its success with Berlin's Reichstag, Foster and Partners has unveiled plans for a new library at Berlin's largest further education institution, the Free University.
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UK: Rogers' dome may become new Eden
Richard Rogers Partnership's Millennium Dome in London has become a well-publicised millstone around the neck of the British government. But could slicing the top off it and installing transparent panels, effectively turning it into a greenhouse, be the answer?
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On the dock of the bay
A wharf jutting out of Sydney Harbour may seem an unlikely setting for the city's biggest designer hotel. Here's how a waterfront warehouse was transformed into an outpost of the W empire.
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Pain barrier
Beijing won the 2008 Olympics Games by pledging to clean up the city and improve its infrastructure. But for local people, the environment will get worse before it gets better.
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Hong Kong: wa hosts first international building awards
Hong Kong's design glitterati and architects from all corners of the globe poured into the waterfront convention centre on 22 June for the first World Architecture Awards.
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Australia: Marc Newson to design Llama
Marc Newson, Australia's most internationally-feted contemporary designer, has unveiled his latest project – an apartment block known as the Llama.
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UK: Rogers fired from Welsh assembly job
Richard Rogers Partnership has been sacked as designer of Wales' new parliament building after the project's cost spiralled.
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AUSTRALIA: Sydney art gallery plan dumped
Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art has scrapped plans to redesign its building after holding two international competitions.
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USA: Frank Gehry replaces sacked Astor Place architects
Frank Gehry has replaced Rem Koolhaas and Herzog & de Meuron as architect of Ian Schrager's Astor Place hotel in New York.
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USA: Meier to appear at Woodstock
Aged hippies the world over will rejoice at the news that the site of the legendary Woodstock festival is to once again become a magnet for outdoor music lovers.
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USA: Ando's Pulitzer prize to open
Tadao Ando's manipulations of concrete have always made him as much of a sculptor as an architect, so it is fitting that his latest project, the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, brings artists and architects together.
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USA: New glass to leave cleaners all washed up
Window cleaners may soon be out of a job thanks to the development of self-cleaning glass.
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Netherlands: KPF and HOK's foreign affairs
The Dutch are renowned for their tolerance. For a country with some of the most exciting architects in the world, they don't seem to mind foreign practices designing major schemes.
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It's a family affair
How does a family-run firm succeed in the ultra-competitive world of lighting? For Verena Gantenbrink, the granddaughter of Bega's founder , it's all about coupling cutting-edge design with buildability.
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Sister act
Sir Rocco Forte's sister Olga Polizzi is described as the 'leading influence in hotel interior design'. It's thanks to her that RF Hotels are known for their style. She says only 30-40% of a hotel's success is down to design but without it, 'how would people know about them in ...
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wa100 - the worlds top interior design firms
The USA is carving up the largest slice of the interior design pie, taking nine of the first 10 places and accounting for more than half of the top 100. And, just like last year, Gensler has nabbed the number one spot. So what else is new? Well, there's the ...
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WA 100 - world survey of interior design firms
Please see table opposite for World Architecture's survey of the top 100 interior design firms.
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WA 100 - world survey of interior design firms - geographical index
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Window on the world
A striking set of oriels and the local world music scene inspired Bauman Lyons' transformation of a 1920s Leeds community hall into a multimedia haven.
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Precious metal
Two new steel products are helping architects including Foster and Partners solve tricky structural problems and slash build time.