All iconic architecture articles – Page 2
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America's climate change bill, architectural sudoku spin off and Gehry's new shack
It's been a busy few days in the architecture journalism world; Frank Gehry, airports in India, an Israeli architect's Sudoku spin off, America's Climate Change bill, Guerrilla architects in Sydney...It's a bumper edition of international news junkie, but one we hope will leave you very satisfied indeed.House Passes Bill ...
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Zaha says "Psssht" to the end of the icon
News Junkie is back from the RIAS conference in Dundee, which was rather enjoyable, and was entertained by this amusing interview with Zaha Hadid in the Times on the train back to London.According to Tom Dychoff, “Nothing withers like a withering look from Hadid."News Junkie has yet to meet ...
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Piano downsized, Parrault wins Sofia and Libeskind extends the Jewish Museum
Some big news for some big name architects today - Libeskind wins the jammy job of adding to his own design with a Euro 10million extension.And Dominique Perrault gets to design the entire city centre for the beautiful town of Sofia. The news doesn't seem to be so good for ...
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Why Koolhaas thinks the global recession could be a "healthy thing"
As the global recession has tightened its grip on the construction industry, many have been muttering about the end of iconic architecture. Now Rem Koolhaas has waded in with his own take.The Architectural Record looks at the impact of the 88,000 industry job cuts in the first quarer of this ...
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After the New York real estate bubble
$5bn of real estate development has been delayed or cancelled in New York since November, according to the New York Times.These beyond-monopoly numbers raise the question of whether anything is being built at all in what had been a major boom town for cutting edge architecture.Johnathan Mahler looks at how ...
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An underwater museum for Alexandria?
Ambitious plans for an underwater museum in Egypt, designed by Jacques Rougerie, to display Cleopatra's treasure have been announced.Formidable engineering - and funding - challenges lie ahead, but I know though that if it is built successfully I'll be going to see it!Read more in The Guardian
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The bursting of the stararchitect bubble in New York
The New York Times looks at the busting of the stararchitect bubble in New York - in the 1920s and 1930sIt surveys the buildings halted in the 1920s and 1930s, such as International Magazine Building for Hearst Corporation - only six of the planned 13 stories would go up in ...
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Glancey on the TVCC's trial by fire
Guardian architecture critic Johnathan Glancey takes a look at the outcome of the TVCC tower trial by fire - which is apparently known locally as the Boot or the Termite's Nesthttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/11/television-cultural-centre-tower-beijing-fire
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Is the Blenheim Palace the most romantic building in the UK?
So what's the most romantic building in the UK? Edinburgh Castle? Blenheim Palace? Blackpool Tower? or the eco-beacon on the Eden Project? In a light hearted poll for Valentine's Day RIBA has launched an online poll asking readers to choose between a variety of buildings. Personally, News ...
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Oscar Niemeyer's disappointment in Brazil
The Independent takes a look at whey Oscar Niemeyer's plans to add a final flourish to the skyline of Brasilia is now unlikely to ever happenhttp://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/architecture/architect-101-denied-chance-to-add-final-flourish-to-city-he-created-1605431.html
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Does the recession mean an end for iconic architecture?
Amidst all the articles on architecture and the recession, this one in the Chicago Tribune caught my eye.Taking its lead from Obama's plan for economic recovery, it suggests it's goodbye for iconic architecture - but hello for infrastructure spendinghttp://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/theskyline/2009/01/goodbye-icons-hello-infrastructure-obama-inaugurates-a-new-era-of-architecture-.htmlWhilst the premise isn't new, the article does a nice ...
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