All Archive Titles articles – Page 138
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Rural rethink
The foot and mouth epidemic is forcing a radical rethink of what England's rolling countryside is for. The case for greenfield building could be re-established.
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Return of the native
Next year's football World Cup will turn eyes on to a less recognised project in Sendai – the Miyagi Stadium, designed by young Japanese architect Hitoshi Abe. Here we report on its 'brutal elegance'.
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Reinventing Japan
In an interview published several years ago, Tadao Ando touched the heart of what is both unique and fragile about contemporary Japanese architecture. He himself sought 'to create spaces that embrace diversity and give expression to whatever ideas and ideals reject uniformity', but feared this was not the long term ...
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Japan
Japanese architecture – as witnessed by Toyo Ito's new mediatheque and Hitoshi Abe's 2002 World Cup stadium – continues to provoke and delight. Years of recession, however, have also encouraged many smaller, younger practices to the fore.
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Lightweight heavyweight
At Sendai's Mediatheque, Toyo Ito has surpassed himself with a remarkable structural solution and lightness of touch that challenges the status quo. Here we track the development from design to completion.
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UK - Grimshaw pumps up space
Michelin Man is the image that springs to mind with Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners' new National Space Centre, which opens to the public this month.At its heart is a dramatic 42m-high transparent tower, clad in inflated ETFE pillows. The bulbous Rocket Tower, housing the 26m-high US satellite launcher Thor Able ...
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France - Gold Medal for Nouvel
French architect Jean Nouvel has been awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects' highest honour – the Royal Gold Medal.The award, which remains one of the most prestigious of architecture prizes, is given for a life-time's achievement.'Jean Nouvel is simply a wonderful designer,' said Peter Cook, one of the jurors. ...
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France/US - Foster makes pre-history
Hands, or rather plans, across the water describes current goings on at Foster & Partners. On one side of the Atlantic the practice's striking concrete-panelled Musée de Préhistoire des Gorges du Verdon (pictured) has opened in Hautes, Provence, France. And in the US, Foster marks its debut on California's Pacific ...
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Europe
Aplix factoryNantes, FranceDominique PerraultIndustrial/R&DThis factory for a fastenings' manufacturer marks the beginning of a larger project, providing jobs and consequent regeneration in the industrial zone of Nantes.The factory is the result of the juxtaposition of several 20m x 20m blocks, each 7.7m high. The principal facade, on the main road, ...
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Germany - Road to eternity
Germany is one of the last European countries with no motorway speed limit and, with consequently high accident rates, prayer is more than necessary. An autobahn church has just opened at Medenbach in Germany, on the main route between Cologne and Frankfurt.Designed by Hans Waechter, the DM2 million (US$900,000) church ...
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The eighth wonder
Utzon and the Sydney Opera House.Philip DrewInspire Press, Sydney, AustraliaAus$26.95168pp.Before Frank Gehry showed the world how to hype a city with a single building, someone else had already done it, on a global scale that Bilbao could never aspire to. The Sydney Opera House is arguably the most widely recognised ...
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Down, but not out
A decade of recession has forced a new generation of Japanese architects to question the priorities of the boom years. However the country still has its megaprojects and a reputation for high construction standards.
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US - Encore for Diller + Scofidio
New York architects Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio have won the competition to design a branch of Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) for the Fan Pier waterfront development. The 6000sqm facility will occupy a 0.3ha site within the US $1.2 billion complex.The pair beat Office dA in Boston, Swiss ...
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Design lifestyle fashion
Cappellini is Italy's premier furniture designer,with turnover rising by 40 per cent each year. We meet the man behind the phenomenon.
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Italy - Court to test hiring system
The European Commission is to take Italy to the European Court of Justice, claiming that its public procurement procedures for hiring architects break EU rules on fairness and openness.The Commission will instruct its lawyers to press for the court to order reforms to the Italian system which allows local and ...
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Contract Furniture
This month's product review gives the subject of contract furniture a fresh perspective, with features on Italy's premier furniture designer Giulio Cappellini, discovering new young talent in Milan and redefining the notion of 'contract'.
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Strange city
The Unknown CityI. Borden, J. Rendell, J. Kerr, A. PivaroThe MIT Press, Massachusetts, USUS$50, hardback600pp. 150 b/w illustrations.In The Unknown City, 'the urban' is an elusive organism. Architecture is present, but seldom seen. With rare exceptions such as London's Royal Festival Hall or Parc La Villette in Paris, it ...
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Canada - Campus Morphosis
Morphosis' new US$25 million graduate student residence for the University of Toronto, conceived with Toronto-based architect Stephen Teeple, looks set to shake up Canadian architecture.The building is the primary gateway into the campus. While the challenge was in organising a complicated programme on a small site, the success of the ...
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Unite and build
Opportunities for Relevance: Architecture in the New South AfricaSabina Marshall & Brian KearneyUnisa Press, Unisa, South AfricaSA Rand 166.70, US$30.60, hardback235pp. 100 illustrations.What an exciting title. If there is one country where relevance is constantly grappled with – be it racial, cultural, technological, social or economic – it is South ...
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Breathing space
Here we go in search of unpredictable solutions to Japanese house design and find two gems, by Akira Yoneda and Koh Kitayama.