All Cultural articles – Page 75
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NewsSteven Holl completes surf museum in Biarritz
Steven Holl Architects has completed its museum of the sea and surf, the Cité de l’océan et du surf, in Biarritz, south-west France.
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NewsGround broken on Pelli Clarke Pelli's Illinois arts centre
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects and OWP/P have broken ground on their new Western Illinois University Performing Arts Centre.
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NewsNew sculpture planned for Olympic Park
Italian artist Monica Bonvicini has designed a new piece of public art due to be installed in the northern part of the Olympic Park in east London.The permanent piece will comprise three 9m-tall letters which form the word “run” and will be built on the plaza of the Handball Arena.It ...
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NewsKuma adds extra talk at Dundee
Due to popular demand the Japanese architect Kengo Kuma will now deliver two public lectures at Dundee University when he visits next month
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NewsLondon's third White Cube gallery to go ahead
Casper Mueller Kneer set to design Southwark warehouse conversion
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NewsPractice Architecture completes South Kilburn temporary studios
Practice Architecture has completed the transformation of a disused building in South Kilburn, north London, into a series of studio spaces.The fledgling firm worked with the Architecture Foundation, Brent Council and South Kilburn Neighbourhood Trust on the project, which will offer rent-free space to creative professionals who in turn will ...
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NewsViñoly starts on senate institute
Rafael Viñoly Architects has broken ground on its Edward M Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in Boston.
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NewsKhan's Brockholes visitor centre floats on
Adam Khan Architects’ visitor centre at Brockholes nature reserve in Lancashire is nearing completion.
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Building StudyDavid Chipperfield’s Turner Contemporary Gallery
David Chipperfield’s Margate gallery celebrates its unique light but fails to open up to the town
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NewsChipperfield's Neues Museum wins Mies van der Rohe Award
David Chipperfield’s revamp of the Neues Museum in Berlin has won the 2011 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – the Mies van der Rohe Award.The project beat competition from Zaha Hadid, Jean Nouvel, Belgian practice MDMA, Paris-based Bernard Tschumi and Dutch company Koen van Velsen to win the prestigious ...
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NewsAppeal over Redcar library ruling
The Twentieth Century Society says it will appeal against the decision not to list ABK’s Redcar Central Library.
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NewsArticle 25 holds art auction
Built environment charity Article 25 has announced plans to raise funds through a week-long art exhibition and auction next month.
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NewsFuture secured for Haworth Tompkins' Liverpool Everyman theatre revamp
Haworth Tompkins’ redevelopment of the Everyman & Playhouse theatre in Liverpool is set to go ahead following a cash injection from the European Region Development Fund (ERDF).The ERDF granted £5.9 million towards the £28 million project which will see the demolition of the existing theatre and the construction of a ...
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Syria unrest hits museum scheme
The uprisings spreading across north Africa and the Middle East have led to the postponement of a conference to discuss the future of museums and heritage sites in Syria.
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TechnicalSteel structure at the heart of Bennetts’ Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford
Steel plays both a functional and aesthetic role in the design Bennetts Associates’ RST auditorium.
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OpinionCrummy Brum
The situation in Birmingham is a fiasco (“Mecanoo’s library is disgraceful, says Madin” News March 25). The council don’t know what they’re doing and the fine citizens couldn’t care less what gets torn down and what gets thrown up in its place – a tragic vignette of what’s happened to ...
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NewsEarth Centre to become children's activity centre
The failed Earth Centre near Doncaster, with buildings by Feilden Clegg Bradley and Will Alsop, has been sold for an undisclosed sum seven years after it closed.New owner, outdoor education expert Kingswood, will turn it into a school activity centre. It beat a rival bid by a consortium including Arup ...
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NewsAmanda Levete triumphs in V&A contest
Former Future Systems partner will design temporary exhibitions galleries
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NewsCash crisis ends Dublin hall contest
Cancellation leaves finalists 3XN and Henning Larsen out in the cold