All Building Design articles in Archive Titles – Page 52
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Archive TitlesThe Great Kahn
Louis I KahnRobert McCarterPhaidon£45At the mid-point in the 20th century, it was Kahn who rediscovered the weight of architecture and returned to making space from mass and structure, echoing Michelangelo’s favourite saying from Tuscan masons that ‘weight never sleeps’.Yale architectural historian Vincent Scully, writing of Kahn’s work, suggested that ‘we ...
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Facing fearful odds
The great global cities can only protect themselves from attack up to a point; if they retreat from their characteristic openness and diversity, the ignorant thugs have won.
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Archive TitlesHer dark materials
In her lava-coloured extension to a Copenhagen art gallery, Zaha Hadid embodies the poignant yearning for light of the Danish artists whose work it contains.
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Archive TitlesBrief encounter: Ricky Burdett
Ricky Burdett has been appointed director of next year’s Architecture Biennale in Venice. To mark its 10th anniversary the biennale chose the theme of world cities for the exhibition in the Arsenale buildings. Here Burdett explains why the theme is such a good one.
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Letter from Bexhill
You know things are going awry when the train taking you from London to Bexhill starts travelling backwards.
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It’s a family affair
Two generations of Hopkins have buildings in this year’s Open House London, 17-18 September.
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Archive TitlesWho is m2r?
Moritz May (middle) is the M, plus 2 Rostocks – Axel and Jorg, that’s who. These are good times for the young German trio, who met while studying in Dresden and then set up office together on the back of two flagship stores and then a rollout for T-Mobile.
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Archive TitlesWhat is the unmade
An unmade bed is a sign of lazy, slovenly behaviour most frequently adopted by teenage girls, an artistic statement on the whole human life cycle, and a place that architects should avoid if they know what’s good for them, that’s what.
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Archive TitlesSynthetic unity
Architecture & Arts 1900-2004, a massive catalogue to an exhibition held last year in Genoa marking its reign as the European City of Culture, is an impressive production.
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Seven years
Seven years before the first starting gun is fired the race to be in the Olympic team has begun.
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Londons Olympic victory
London’s Olympic victory has already added another abbreviation to the hundreds that populate the construction industry.
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Leisurely reads
RIBA Honorary Fellows reveal which authors they’ll be going on holiday with.
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Letter from Istanbul
I had never been to a party in a former mosque but I can recommend it – particularly if it also happens to be one of world’s greatest architectural achievements.
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Archive TitlesEasy does it
Three months after Fitzroy Robinson’s reverse takeover of Aukett, the merged company is happy to promote design excellence - just so long as it’s based on sound business management.
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Canon fodder
Picking our top architectural must-sees is a game that has been played since the days of Herodotus. But digital technologies are now foisting their own random selections on us.
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Young, gifted and broke
How do the young hotshots in the V&A’s 40 Under 40 exhibition really make a living? RIBAJ delves behind the glossy photographs and seductive captions.
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Brief encounter Shigeru Ban
Shigeru Ban is camping out on the Pompidou Centre roof as he designs a g51m offshoot for the French city of Metz.
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The ones that got away
You don’t have to be a wage slave or a care-worn principal – there are other choices out there. We talk to three people who decided the life of the salaried architect was not for them.