All Building Design articles in Archive Titles – Page 116
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Archive TitlesOut of the shadows
More and more architects are waking up to the notion that lighting can't just be tacked onto a completed design. Now multidisciplinary giant Arup has launched a consultancy that plans to spread this message around the world – and illuminate some of the world's highest-profile projects.
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Moshe Safdie to spread peace in Washington
Moshe Safdie has won the competition to build the new headquarters for the US Institute of Peace in Washington.
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Kühn plans home for modern music
German architect Gewers Kühn + Kühn is proposing to build a world first in Berlin – an opera house designed exclusively for music composed after 1945.
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Opposing forces
Walkers in the woods of Waasmunster are in for a big surprise – a Vincent van Duysen house that's rural yet sophisticated, concealed yet revealing and a prime example of Flemish minimalism.
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Tofu, fairies and palm trees
Not the most bizarre shopping list ever written but three of the world's most collectable lights, as chosen by Peter and Charlotte Fiell, authors of the upcoming book 1000 Lights. Here are their top 15 lighting designs.
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Ground Zero players enter new talks
The future of the 6.5ha hole left at Ground Zero following the suicide bombings of 11 September is still being decided but the process by which a choice will be made is becoming clearer.
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Hoberman's Olympic effort
Kinetic architecture has come to Salt Lake City in the form of an 11m high, unfolding ceremonial arch that will preside over the Medals Plaza at this month's Winter Olympics.
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Rural Studio founder dies
Samuel Mockbee, the renowned US teacher and community architect, has died aged 57.
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Danube ideas floated
CAD software producer Graphisoft has launched an ideas competition for a conference centre at its headquarters outside Budapest, Hungary.
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Report slates soaring cost of Eurocrats' HQ
A new report has claimed that the refurbishment of the European Commission's Brussels headquarters could cost n1.4bn (US$1.25bn), making it one of the most expensive construction projects ever.
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'Mouldy' Rafael Moneo museum closes
Rafael Moneo's Stockholm museum of modern art has been forced to close for 18 months because of 'sick building syndrome' thought to have been caused by poor ventilation systems.
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Archive TitlesCity folk
New York's newest museum is also Tod Williams and Billie Tsien's first major public work in the city. Their metal-panelled celebration of folk art might just be the USA's most important museum building in years.
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Canada plans festival
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada has announced the line-up of speakers for its upcoming Festival of Architecture, being held in Winnipeg from 6 to 8 June.
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Canada's boom town to get new centre
Vancouver practice Bing Thom Architects has designed a masterplan for Surrey, one of Canada's fastest-growing cities. The plan will create a new city centre.
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Bolles & Wilson to go on show in Milan
German architect Bolles & Wilson has won a competition to build the European Library of Communication and Culture in Milan.
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Ricardo Bofill hotel sails into view
The Barcelona skyline is set to change dramatically with the construction of a 32-storey hotel by Ricardo Bofill at the mouth of the Port Vell harbour.
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Bad sums spark library row
A competition for a US$65m library in Jacksonville, Florida, has been plunged into controversy after shortlisted architects complained that inaccurate budget estimates may have affected the jury.
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Going back to school
Or how Oslo architects Einar Jarmund and Håkon Vigsnæs returned to their alma mater to give a lesson in construction techniques.
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Australians at home in the sky
Designs for the world's tallest residential skyscraper have been unveiled in Surfer's Paradise on the Gold Coast of Australia.
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A new architectural dimension
GKD metal fabrics: It's not often that architecture adds an entirely new element to its vocabulary. But it happened in 1989 when Dominique Perrault, youthful winner of the competition to design France's Bibliothèque Nationale, discovered woven stainless steel.