All articles by Anna Winston – Page 25
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News
Ireland picks six sites to submit for World Heritage Status
Ireland has revealed a “tentative” list of six sites it hopes Unesco will consider for World Heritage Site status.
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron hotel rejected
Herzog & de Meuron’s proposal for a cross-shaped waterfront hotel in Helsinki, Finland, has been rejected by the Helsinki City Council.
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FeaturesPolyark this week: New giveaway and the conceptual refurbishment of Job Centre Plus
Kasia Bernas' intriguing conceptual redevelopment of a Scottish Job Centre Plus was among the images to grab Polyark's attention this week.
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Blogs
Should the donor get final say?
The University of South Carolina certainly seems to think so. It's sparked controversy by apparently allowing the biggest donor for its new business school building to choose its architect - with Rafael Viñoly winning the commission."In a move that's been called unprecedented, USC canceled all bids to hire an architect ...
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Review
BD's guide to your cultural week - April 12 to April 18
Join the design-industry’s jet set in Milan for the annual furniture fair or stay in the UK to celebrate Milton Keynes Gallery’s 10th anniversary ith a Turner Prize winner.
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MultimediaHeatherwick's Shanghai pavilion
Watch video footage of Thomas Heatherwick’s pavilion for the Shanghai Expo
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NewsJonathan Tuckey opens up new courtyard in Folkestone’s centre
Jonathan Tuckey Design has submitted a proposal to build a £1.5 million retail and housing development in the heart of Folkestone, Kent
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Blogs
Gehry unimpressed by the Green agenda
Never one to hold back, Frank Gehry has told the world what he thinks of "green" architecture and it's fair to say the he is unimpressed...Talking at the annual Cindy Pritzker Lecture on Urban Life and Issues in Chicago, Gehry put in a "vintage performance" according to the Chicago Tribune's ...
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Blogs
A new pin up for architects?
Pamela Anderson has become the latest celebrity to profess to a love of architecture…We're fairly sure she'd balk at the seven+ years it takes to train and the pittance that passes for a salary in the architecture profession, but Ms. Anderson has declared that she "should have been a designer". ...
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Features
Polyark this week; Man vs Nature and David Chipperfield Architects visit Portsmouth
Polyark welcomes a small flurry of new members from Portsmouth School of Architecture this week.Unsurprisingly, most of them are signing up to attend the forthcoming lecture at their university by Andrew Phillips of David Chipperfield Architects on April 15.
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Blogs
Modern architecture 1 Civil War purists 0
The battle to save Richard Neutra's 1960s Cyclorama building in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania USA, rages on but the architectural preservationists have won a minor victory in this very modern war.Back in 2008, BD reportedthat Neutra's building had received a stay of execution after thanks to a law suit filed by campaigners ...
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Review
BD’s guide to your cultural week – April 6 to April 11
Head off to Fitzrovia to see Peter Murray’s enamel artworks about movement in London.
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NewsOMA wins Quebec museum competition
OMA has won a competition to create a 12,000sq m extension to the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec (MNBAQ).
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News
American profession complains of “bottleneck” in stimulus funding
The American Institute of Architects has reported a ‘modest rebound’ in architecture billings, saying that a bottleneck of stimulus funding is hampering recovery.
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Friend raises roof at architect’s former north London house
Friend & Company has won planning permission to build an artist’s studio and rooftop garden on top of a modern London house
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ReviewJoseph Ettedgui 1938-2010
The founder of the Joseph fashion chain commissioned architects such as Norman Foster, David Chipperfield and Sanaa to design his shops
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Blogs
Sanaa's 'scary' Sejima
Among those gladdened by the Pritzker awarded to Japanese firm Sanaa is design writer Caroline Roux, who has just profiled Kazuyo Sejima for the inaugural issue of The Gentlewoman magazine...Roux followed the chain smoking Sejima to a number of events for her five page feature and is obviously a fan. ...
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Blogs
The architecture of matzah and a watery New York
Nicolai Ourousoff casts his eye over a series of projects for New York's waterfront at the MoMA and one architect shares the secret of the perfect matzah ball (although News Junkie's grandma's were obviously better). The Museum of Modern Art in New York is the latest institution to turn it's ...
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NewsSanaa wins the Pritzker
Japanese architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, who work together as Sanaa, have been announced as the recipients of the 2010 Pritzker Prize.
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Review
BD’s guide to your cultural week – March 29 to April 4
Find out if design can make a difference to our sustainable future with a new exhibition at the Design Museum and catch a glimpse of David Adjaye’s photography or head up to Birmingham for a glimpse of the ordinary made extraordinary at the Ikon Gallery