All Building Design articles in Archive Titles – Page 94
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Archive TitlesUpstart: Aaron Betsky on why architects must dig deep
It is time to start building with the land instead of on it.
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Archive TitlesAHMM unveils £12.25m friendly facelift for Barbican foyers
£12.25m may seem like a lot of money to spend on two foyers, but the entrance halls at London’s Barbican Centre are having rather more than a lick of paint and some new signage.
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Archive TitlesUncharted territory
In the shadow of the Great Wall of China, a group of Asian architects has created the most radical housing ever seen in the People's Republic. We visit the site and pick the three best houses.
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Archive TitlesStar turn
Audiences are going to love Willem Jan Neutelings' cultural centre in Leuven. From its atmospheric public spaces to its astonishing main auditorium, it is a bravura performance.
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Archive TitlesTalking shop
Young practice Blauraum wanted more in its office than desks. Here's how it turned a Hamburg shop into a base that doubles as a public forum for architecture.
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Archive TitlesPlaying soldiers
As far as arts clients are concerned, Daniel Libeskind is the new Frank Gehry. But does his fractal, shimmering Imperial War Museum North say anything meaningful about conflict, or the English city in which it stands?
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Archive TitlesSize matters
Stephan Braunfels has completed one of the world’s largest museums for 19th- and 20th-century art. The Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich has a total exhibition area of 12,000m2, which will house visual art, graphic art and design, as well as the largest special collection on architecture in Germany. The museum ...
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Archive TitlesLibeskind stages Messiaen's opera
Daniel Libeskind staged a rare French opera at the Deutsche Opera this summer.
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Archive TitlesA walk on the left-hand side
Whenever, in the post-war era, the left came to power in Northern Europe, France or Britain, their professed programme seemed to shrink to the simple issue of getting and spending, the end of which was the 'bourgeoisification' of the proletariat.
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NYC mayor to triple housing for homeless
Bloomberg unveils plan to house almost 10,000 families a year.
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Archive TitlesTop US school scraps Holl scheme
Architect cites lack of 'chemistry' as cause of split after two years of design work for Cornell University.
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No limits for Frankfurt plan
Seven international architects have been shortlisted for a mixed-use project with no height restrictions in Frankfurt.
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Great leap forward?
It is difficult not to feel a tingle of ambivalence at the news that the first phase of the long-awaited Commune by the Great Wall – a luxury housing development built in the shadow of China's longest monument – has been completed
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Archive TitlesA millionaire's fantasy
Discovers a snapshot of architectural history at MoMA's new outpost in Queens. The Changing of the Avant-Garde showcases the visionary drawings of a group of postmodern architects collected in the late 1970s by millionaire Howard Gilman.
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Twin towers inquiry extended
US$16m project will ascertain why the towers collapsed and how disasters of its kind can be avoided in the future.
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Archive TitlesGehry makes his home debut with winery
Frank Gehry has unveiled the much-anticipated designs for the Le Clos Jordan winery in Lincoln – his first project in his native Canada.
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Archive TitlesCurtains up
Michael Wilford & Partners' largest-ever project is now complete. The Esplanade arts complex, in the Marina Bay area of Singapore, was the last scheme Wilford's former partner James Stirling worked on before his death. The complex includes a 1600-seat concert hall, a 2000-seat theatre, dance studios, terraces and courtyards, and ...
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Archive TitlesFour vie for New York craft museum
The American Craft Museum in New York has shortlisted four architects to design its new home in a building recently voted one of the ugliest in the world.
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Archive TitlesLe Corbusier's early travels
Save some material that remains in private hands, the two volumes Voyages d'Allemagne and Voyages de l'Orient complete the publication of virtually all Le Corbusier's pocket notebooks.
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Calatrava and Nouvel on track in Florence
Jean Nouvel and Santiago Calatrava have each won an international competition in Florence.