All Building Design articles in Archive Titles – Page 105
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Archive TitlesHere comes the fun
Gio Ponti's brand of modernism was all about playfulness but he worked hard too, applying his restless imagination to almost every area of design. We saw the fruits of his labours at the Design Museum in London.
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Spin city
Foster and Partners' Greater London Assembly building, or City Hall as it will be known, has been completed on the south bank of the Thames. The £43m (US$63m), 10-storey building has been accused of failing to meet its target of providing a genuinely sustainable office block, and of turning out ...
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Nine practices vie for Lincoln Center plan
Nine superstar architects are competing for the US$325m redesign of Avery Fisher Hall, a key part of the US$1bn redevelopment of New York cultural complex the Lincoln Center
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Library reopens Catalan wounds
Work stops on Barcelona project as archaeological survey uncovers destroyed 18th-century city
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Archive TitlesBush camp
Nick Murcutt says his latest work is just 'a little shed' that could be built by any good carpenter. But the simple timber cube is a celebration of outdoor living, influenced by the work of his illustrious father Glenn
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Toronto students get two new buildings
Toronto's architectural renaissance is set to continue with two major academic schemes by Foster and Partner and Diamond and Schmitt
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Local firms scoop Brisbane gallery
Architectus/Davenport Campbell team beats international stars to design Australia's biggest modern art space
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Back to the land
Rafael Moneo returned to his native Navarra to convert a cereal farm to a winery. The result is a collection of simple buildings that mask astonishing interiors
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WA Award judges come to town
A jury of star architects convened at the RIBA's London headquarters last month to judge the 2002 World Architecture awards
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Three tune up for Atlanta symphony
Three finalists have been named in the race to design the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's new complex
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Archive TitlesAnd another thing
Each year, the unofficial shows – those held outside the main fairground – increase.
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Los Angeles museum down to final five
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County has shortlisted five practices for its US$300m expansion and renovation
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Archive TitlesAmsterdam blooms
After nearly six years of preparation, the Floriade 2002 festival has opened in the Netherlands.
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Stan Allen to head Princeton school
Stan Allen has been appointed dean of Princeton University architecture school, one of the USA's most prestigious schools. His appointment is one of a series of changes coming at the top American universities.A practising architect and an educator, Allen earned his masters at Princeton in 1988. He succeeds Ralph Lerner, ...
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Tsien joins Ground Zero agency
Architect appointed to Lower Manhattan Development Corporation as reconstruction begins at 7 World Trade Center
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Ungers wins Frankfurt’s top honour
The elder statesman of German architecture, Oswald Mathias Ungers (pictured left), has been presented with Frankfurt am Main’s highest award, the Goethe Plakette. Named after Frankfurt’s most famous citizen, it is given in recognition of outstanding contributions to the city’s cultural landscape. In his acceptance speech, the 77-year-old described himself ...
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Pirelli skyscraper repairs to cost €40m
Gio Ponti's Pirelli tower in Milan will need €40m (US$36m) of repair work after a light aircraft crashed into the building, killing three people and injuring 70.The plane ripped through the 25th and 26th floors of the skyscraper on 18 April, claiming the lives of Anna Maria Rapetti and Alessandra ...
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Relax
Maybe it's Panic Room. Maybe it's 11 September. Maybe the high priests of furniture design just got bored with straight lines. Whatever the reason, this year's Milan Furniture Fair was all about comfy chairs, squidgy shapes and – shock horror – the return of the beanbag
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Rampart with a view
Domestic extensions are the bread and butter of many architects. For his latest add-on, Christopher Platt created a timber fortress that overlooks the Glasgow hills