All Building Design articles in Archive Titles – Page 92
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Archive TitlesGiant leap
Dominique Perrault isn't the only architect helping Innsbruck shed its chocolate-box tag. Here's what happened when Zaha Hadid and UN Studio came to town
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Archive TitlesNorman Foster wins Praemium Imperiale
Norman Foster (pictured) has been awarded the Praemium Imperiale, one of the most prestigious art awards in the world.
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Archive TitlesFire and water
Helsinki-based architects and artists Marco Casagrande and Sami Rintala have completed two installations, one in Montréal, Canada (pictured), and another in a fjord in Norway (pictured).In Montréal, a 6m chainmail cube has been built, with benches and an open fire inside. It is intended that people in the area, who ...
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Richard Foster dies
Architect Richard Foster, the former partner of Philip Johnson, has died at the age of 83 in Wilton, Connecticut.
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Superstars vie to design Ground Zero
Norman Foster, Daniel Libeskind, Greg Lynn, UN Studio, Richard Meier, SOM and Shigeru Ban compete for New York job.
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Musharraf dedicates Pakistani monument
General Pervez Musharraf has dedicated the foundations of a new monument to the 'greats of Pakistan' near Islamabad.
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Archive TitlesHotel de ville
There's a new landmark in pretty Innsbruck – a steel mesh and glass complex that deftly combines the functions of town hall, luxury hotel and shopping mall. So how does Dominique Perrault's scheme serve all its masters?
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Cornell starts search for Holl replacement
Cornell University has drawn up a shortlist of five practices to replace Steven Holl as architect of its new architecture faculty.
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Behnisch starts Geneva office
Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner has started work on a CHF157.5m (US$105m) new building for the World Intellectual Property Organisation in Geneva.
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Archive TitlesBathing beauties
Manufacturers are determined to reinvent the bathroom, turning it from a functional cubbyhole into an oasis of tranquillity and loveliness – and they've asked some of the world's best-known designers to help. Turn over to see the latest collections.
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Archive TitlesGunmen attack Gujarat temple
Thirty killed and building damaged as terrorists storm spectacular Akshardham complex in India.
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Archive TitlesHoll and Roche complete MIT assignments
Two new structures have opened at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: a student dormitory by Steven Holl Architects with Perry Dean Rogers Partners and a fitness centre by Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo Associates with Sasaki Associates.The dormitory is Holl's first building for the institution in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ...
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Archive TitlesTouched by angels
Rafael Moneo’s Los Angeles cathedral is a truly uplifting work: bold in form, exquisitely detailed and masterfully lit. But can its poetic interiors compensate for the isolated site?
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Archive TitlesHarbour ambition
Norwegian architect Snøhetta has beaten some of the stars of Scandinavian architecture to win an invited competition for a mixed-use development along the main harbourfront in downtown Oslo.Other architects in the running included Gert Wingårdh of Sweden, Schmidt Hammer & Lassen of Denmark, and Niels Torp of Norway.The project ...
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Archive TitlesScots parliament cost hits £308m
'National disgrace' as troubled Edinburgh project runs eight times over budget.
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Archive TitlesTimber!
They say wood is expensive but you don't need to live in the lap of luxury to get The Wood Book onto your shelves – just a cool £50.
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Archive TitlesSteel zeppelin
Airship hangars are icons of functionalist architecture – as well as German history. This one was built in 1931, one of a number designed to house a fleet that included the Hindenburg.
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Archive TitlesSpinning a yarn
When Marshall Lloyd invented Lloyd Loom in 1917, he told everyone the material was 'woven fibre'. Even today, hardly anyone knows it is little more than wire and paper.
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Archive TitlesVictorian plum
Oliver Chapman worked with lighting designer Jonathan Speirs on this extension to a 19th-century house, turning its bleak rear into a sun trap.
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Archive TitlesWhat’s Next?
It’s the theme of Venice’s eighth Biennale, that’s what, curated by Deyan Sudjic and previewing the future of world architecture as the big players see it. In what is perhaps the organisation’s best show to date, there are a ton of treats to be seen. If only they’d get over ...