All Archive Titles articles – Page 142
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Germany - Embassy capital of the world
As ever more countries open up embassies in Berlin, it is fast becoming the capital of embassies, as well as the capital of Germany.
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Religious Buildings
At the beginning of the Christian millennium, top-quality religious buildings for all denominations are springing up around the globe, all enhancing the spiritual life of both their congregations and the towns they stand in.
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Bright young things
It is 10 years since Slovenia established itself as an independent country. Slovenian architect Spela Videcnik explains how independence has revolutionised the country's architecture.
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Germany - Size matters for Berliners
The opening of Germany's new Federal Chancellery building in Berlin this month is being marred by a row over its size.
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Belgium - NATO expands command HQ
NATO will announce a shortlist later this spring in its competition to find an architect for its new BF10-12 billion (approx US$20 million) headquarters in Brussels.
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UK - Duel on London's South Bank of Thames
Two firms are battling it out to win the job of developing a site opposite London's Houses of Parliament and next to the millennium wheel.
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¡Arriva!
'The 21st century is the century of Mexico – no doubt,' says Vicente Fox, the country's first democratically elected leader. Lisa Diane Kealty Tejeda, in Mexico City, and Naomi Stungo report on a country in the throes of change and asks what this means for architecture.
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Armour plate
The completion of Glasgow's National Science Centre is proof of an enduring architectural love affair with metal cladding.
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US - Filling a hole in the Big Apple
Major development sites don't often come up in Manhattan – but one such site has been created by the relocation of New York's utilities companies.
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Clad all over
Magna – a science centre housed in a relic of Britain's steel industry – is in turn an exhibition of cladding materials and methods.
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US/Europe - AIA European awards
The results of the AIA's Continental Europe Chapter awards have just been released. All, coincidentally, go to architects working in their own country.
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About the man
Le Corbusier and the Continual Revolution in ArchitectureCharles JencksThe Monicelli Press, New YorkUS$50320pp. 60 colour and 140 b&w illustrationsLe Corbusier is the great figure of 20th-century architecture, nonpareil. Walter Gropius described him as the 'Leonardo of our times'. Yet he remains something of an enigma. Architect, painter, bon viveur and ...
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Spain - Solà-Morales dies at 58
Barcelona architect Ignasi de Solà-Morales died of a heart attack on March 12 at the age of 58.
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Slim, not shady
The site – on a scruffy, rat-infested East End back street – did not look promising, but architect Sarah Featherstone was convinced she could make herself a home.
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Swiss role
Max Bill's mixture of architecture and graphic design is exemplified in his design for the Swiss pavilion for the sixth Milan Triennale in 1936.
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Wide open spaces
After 15 years in the West End, contemporary art dealer Victoria Miro has upped sticks and moved east to what was once a car showroom but is now the biggest commercial gallery in London.
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Lap of luxury
Walters & Cohen's disciplined design for a deluxe spa in London's Docklands brings out the elemental qualities of the natural materials.
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Let it glow
Finally outshining their dreary image, fluorescent strip lights are making a comeback. This time, however, they are being hidden inside boxes and behind screens, illuminating interiors in a far more subtle – and glamorous – way.
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The tooth fairy
As a former dentist, architect Richard Mitzman believes his revolutionary design for a busy Harley Street practice will enable make dentists' lives both much easier and more profitable.
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The director's cut
The remodelling of South Kensington's Goethe Institute, the Germany cultural centre, enhances the viewing pleasure of cinema-goers, while opening the building up to a rear terrace, away from the busy road.