All Building Design articles in Archive Titles – Page 123
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Switzerland / USA: Box clever
'Box it up and ship it out' could be the motto of Swiss practice Steinmann & Schmid Architekten. Why? Because the architect has come up with a novel idea for exhibiting artworks from the renowned Art Basel event at its new satellite show in Miami Beach, Florida, this December.Art Positions ...
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China: Cable for Yangtze
A consortium of British, Danish and Chinese firms has come together to build the world's longest span cable-stayed bridge in China.
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India: Capital idea for Jharkhand city
After Le Corbusier's Chandigarh and Edwin Lutyens' New Delhi, India is again offering architects the opportunity to design a new capital city. This time, it is in the newly created central Indian state of Jharkhand.The Jharkhand state government proposes to build a world-class city with state-of-the-art infrastructure and facilities. The ...
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Mexico: Félix Candela theatre demolished
In a striking act of architectural destruction, one of Félix Candela's most celebrated buildings was demolished this summer by its new owner Costco.
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Canada: Stars vie for Toronto museum
Twelve high-profile practices have been asked to submit proposals for the C$100m (US$64m) expansion of the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada.
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Regional report - California
Everywhere you turn in San Francisco and Los Angeles, work is under way on blockbusting signature buildings. world architecture surveys the scene and highlights Californian architecture's less glamorous need for sustainable construction and affordable housing.
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Out of the box
Two boxes, three storeys. Sounds simple, doesn't it? But Pfau Architecture's 2 Box house is a lot more inventive than that.
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Box of tricks
Most architects designing glass buildings aim for a light, minimal effect. Not Kruunenberg en Van der Erve. Its house in Leerdam is a heavy greenish box made of 13,000 panes glued together.
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How the West Coast is being won
Everywhere you turn in San Francisco and Los Angeles, work is under way on blockbusting signature buildings. World Architecture surveys the scene and highlights Californian architecture's less glamorous need for sustainable construction and affordable housing.
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China: Super strings attached
Los Angeles firm Amphibian Arc has won a competition to design a planetarium for the Beijing Science Institute.
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USA: Viñoly's life as an artist
Rafael Viñoly, the architect of Philadelphia's Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, is to design another major addition to the arts world.
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Germany: Dutch architect lands in Hamburg port
Amsterdam firm Benthem Crouwel has won the competition for Media City Port in Hamburg. The complex is intended to consolidate the city's position as Germany's media and digital technology capital.
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Court appeals
In a state that already houses a world-famous laboratory by Louis Kahn, Foster and Partners' Center for Clinical Sciences is an understated and elegant creation that reinvents the courtyard as a shady island filled with bamboo and birdsong.
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UK: Modern medicine from Will Alsop
In a move that is likely to ruffle more than a few feathers in staid medical circles, Britain's oldest medical college has asked Alsop Architects to design its new headquarters in Whitechapel, east London.
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Going it alone
The sudden death of Enric Miralles left his wife and partner Benedetta Tagliabue with two small children, 50 architects on the payroll and a host of major projects on the go – most notably the Scottish parliament. She told world architecture about her determination to carry on.
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Netherlands: All-stars in Amsterdam
In one of the largest inner-city projects ever conceived in the Netherlands, 12 leading international architects have been commissioned to design a mixed-use development in central Amsterdam.
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Towers will go ahead, say architects
The mood is sombre but, in the wake of the World Trade Center tragedy, architects and developers are for the most part pushing ahead with ambitious plans to develop tall buildings.
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Netherlands: Hejduk house goes ahead
John Hejduk's Wall House 2 (also known as the Bye House of 1968) has been built posthumously by a consortium from the Dutch city of Groningen.
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A singular vision
Richard Rose-Casemore's studio house is an impressive start to his new career as a sole practitioner. In fact, it was the only building in the Southern region to be given an RIBA award this year.
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Taste sensation
John Pawson didn't eat an avocado until the age of 20, and is now best-known for minimalist interiors, but his new cookery book is filled with high-calorie comfort food and tips for gracious dining. So what is his recipe for living?