All articles by Anna Winston – Page 49
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NewsRevamped Oslo Central Station aims to unify city
Norwegian practice Space Group competition-winning bid to redesign Oslo Central Station hopes to unify the city, which has historically been divided into East and West by two separate transport hubs.
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NewsSwedish practice launches passive house range
Young Swedish practice Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture has developed six new “passive houses”.
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NewsVan Egeraat’s Leipzig University is topped out
Erick Van Egeraat’s new building for the University of Leipzig in Germany has celebrated its topping out ceremony.
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Foster wins commission to renovate New York’s Public Library
Foster & Partners has won the commission to re-design the New York Public Library in Manhattan as part of a $1 billion plan to transform the entire New York library system.
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NewsOslo scraps Koolhaas library design
Rem Koolhaas’s design for a new central library in Oslo, Norway, has been scrapped, after the city decided to re-locate the library to a site near the Snøhetta designed opera house in Bjørvika.
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NewsAstearchitecture’s platform perches in the Austrian Tyrol
Austrian practice Astearchitecture has designed this steel and timber viewing platform, which perches 3,200m above sea level on Mount Isidor in Tyrol, western Austria.
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American architecture billings index shows drop-off in government work
The latest American Architectural Association’s Architecture Billings Index suggests that previously safe government work has begun to be hit by the credit crunch.
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NewsFuksas' Peres Peace House to open in Israel
A ceremony to inaugurate the Peres Peace House at Jaffa in Israel, by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas, is to be held this week.
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NewsDelft ideas competition is first step to rebuild fire-ravaged architecture faculty
Delft University of Technology, TU Delft, has launched an international ideas competition to re-design its faculty of architecture building, which was devastated by fire earlier this year.
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NewsCalatrava makes legal claim on Chicago property after fee dispute
Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava has filed a lien — a legal claim to a property —against the Irish developer of the Chicago Spire in North America, claiming he is owed in excess of $11.3 million (£6.5 million).
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NewsFoster’s Lenbachhaus revamp goes on display
Foster & Partners designs for the modernisation and expansion of the Lenbachhaus museum in Munich will be previewed in a special exhibition at the museum itself.
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New York offers ray of hope for suffering US market
Architects in the US have been hit hard by the recent financial turmoil, according to statistics released by the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
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NewsDanish architect to create Estonian eco-town
Danish architect Schmidt Hammer Lassen has designed an eco-town overlooking the Baltic Sea near Tallinn, Estonia.
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NewsHOK to masterplan Bahrain Water Garden City
HOK is to masterplan the 60ha Water Garden City development in Bahrain for developer Albilad Real Estate.
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron unveils New York residential tower
Swiss duo Herzog & de Meuron has unveiled these designs for a landmark skyscraper in New York.
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Libeskind address to Seoul Design Olympiad calls for architectural ‘breakthrough’
Daniel Libeskind has called for the city of Seoul to find a new approach to its development.
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Adjaye to design two Washington libraries
David Adjaye is to design two £5.5 million ($9.5 million) public libraries in Washington DC.
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NewsViñoly hits back at Battersea criticism
Rafael Viñoly has hit back at criticism of his controversial £4 billion scheme for the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station in London.
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RIBA fellowships recognise international practices
The RIBA has awarded seven new international fellowships in recognition of the work of international practices.
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NewsMayne warns Dubai set for ‘ecological disaster’
Pritzker Prize winner blames a lack of control by city’s political class