All International articles – Page 156
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NewsMichelle Obama meets Rogers Stirk Harbour
America’s first lady Michelle Obama has met Richard Rogers and Ivan Harbour on a tour of Rogers Stirk Harbour’s Maggie’s Centre in Hammersmith, west London.
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British firms battle it out in Botswana
Foster & Partners and Studio Egret West are among eight shortlisted practices for the Botswana Innovation Hub, on the outskirts of Botswana’s capital, Gaborone
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Building StudyGeurst & Schulze's act of mediation at Le Medi
Geurst & Schulze’s Le Medi housing estate in Rotterdam fits comfortably with a career spent celebrating diverse architectural sources
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OpinionWren's template for austerity
Tough times don’t necessarily mean inferior architecture. Just look at what Wren produced for the City of London on a shoestring
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NewsBaroque 1620 – 1800: Style in the Age of Magnificence (Video)
Michael Snodin, curator of the V&A’s Baroque exhibition gives BD a guided tour, and explains to Liz Bury why its architecture was such a clear expression of the time.
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NewsShortlisted designs revealed for African American museum in Washington DC
The Smithsonian Institution has unveiled designs by the six shortlisted architects for its £350 million National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington DC.
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Hassell's new Adelaide Oval grandstand (fly-through)
Watch a fly-through of Australian practice Hassell and Cox Architects' new Adelaide Oval grandstand.
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MultimediaWhitechapel Gallery extension (video)
Take a virtual tour as Ellis Woodman talks to the architects behind the new Whitechapel Gallery extension
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NewsGMW Architects opens Qatar office
GMW Architects has opened an office at Doha in Qatar, to be known as GMW Gulf
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NewsArchitects are creating toxic 'killing machines'
Sustainability expert William McDonough warns of over-focusing on carbon neutrality
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Building StudyParallel lives at the Whitechapel Gallery
The expansion and refurbishment of east London’s Whitechapel Gallery by Belgian practice Robbrecht & Daem, working with Witherford Watson Mann, burnishes the city’s art scene
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NewsFoster and Gehry hit as New York projects go on hold
Architect Frank Gehry has revealed that his troubled $4 billion Atlantic Yards scheme in New York is unlikely to be realised, as projects across New York are put on hold.
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NewsWhitechapel Gallery expansion unveiled
The Whitechapel Gallery in east London has unveiled its £13.5 million expansion and refurbishment by Belgian architects Robbrecht & Daem and Yaya nominee Witherford Watson Mann.
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NewsThreat to Sydney Opera House refurb
Australian Prime Minster Kevin Rudd has refused to back a £400 million (Aus$900 million) scheme to refurbish the Sydney Opera House and incorporate Jørn Utzon’s original vision.
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NewsYeang's Great Ormond St extension goes on site
Work on Ken Yeang’s £321 million extension to London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital began this week.
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NewsSteampunk architecture on show
Steampunk started out as a style of fiction that combined historical romance and science fiction but has quickly become a do-it-yourself design movement.
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NewsSM Architecture launches Gulf manifesto
The London and Kuwait based practice SM Architecture has launched the first design manifesto for the Gulf region.
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Architects at TED (videos)
Watch a selection of leading architectural thinkers talk at TED.
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NewsLifschutz Davidson Sandilands wins competition to landscape £140 million Luxembourg tram scheme
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has won a major competition to refurbish public spaces along a new tram line in the city of Luxembourg.
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NewsHadid: too many teams will produce a mediocre Paris
Zaha Hadid has hit out at French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s competition to rethink Paris, claiming that seeking advice from 10 teams of multidisciplinary consultants and architects is set to produce a “mediocre” city.