All International articles – Page 156
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NewsWork starts on Foster's Shanghai Expo pavilion
Work has begun on Foster & Partners' design for the United Arab Emirates pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai Expo.
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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.