All articles by Emily Cadman – Page 7
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Architects unhappy at US stimulus bill
Across the pond, architects are weighing in against the Senate's version of the stimulus bill as it no longer contains funds earmarked for school construction. http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/theskyline/2009/02/whos-mad-about-the-senates-version-of-the-stimulus-bill-architects-.html - Chicago Tribune http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/090210stimuluspasses.asp - Architecture Review The American Institute of Architects is ...
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Is the Blenheim Palace the most romantic building in the UK?
So what's the most romantic building in the UK? Edinburgh Castle? Blenheim Palace? Blackpool Tower? or the eco-beacon on the Eden Project? In a light hearted poll for Valentine's Day RIBA has launched an online poll asking readers to choose between a variety of buildings. Personally, News ...
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Oscar Niemeyer's disappointment in Brazil
The Independent takes a look at whey Oscar Niemeyer's plans to add a final flourish to the skyline of Brasilia is now unlikely to ever happenhttp://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/architecture/architect-101-denied-chance-to-add-final-flourish-to-city-he-created-1605431.html
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Germaine Greer on Dubai's architecture
Germaine Greer pulls no punches in her take on Dubai architecture saying, "from its artificial islands to its boring new skycraper, Dubai's architecture is beyond crass"http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/feb/09/dubai-architecture-greer
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Actors hired to make architecture firm look busy
Think things are bad in your office? This gem from the States might make you feel better. Apparently, one architect has taken to hiring actors to pretend to be staff whenever a client visits to make the office appear busier. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lauren-digiulio/a-real-life-extra-100-to_b_162211.html - The Huffington Post
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D.C.’s new Capitol Visitor Center leaves critics unimpressed
LA Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne is distinctly unimpressed by Washington's new Capitol visitors' centre, saying: "when it comes to the aesthetic and financial perils of government-sponsored architecture, you could hardly invent a more perfect cautionary tale than the one embodied by this grandiose complex sunk into the east side ...
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Designing in the desert
The challenges of designing in the Abu Dhabi desert-The National (UAE)http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090131/HOUSE_HOME/267854283/1042/SPORT
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Eco-bridge for Chicago
Chicago's Burnham centennial has already lined up a number of big name architects - including Zaha Hadid and Ben van Berkel - to design pavilions, but a couple of local architects are hoping that there will be a more permanent legacy to the city.Two local architects are planning an eco ...
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US architects weigh in on Obama's stimulus plan
The AIA (America's equivalent of RIBA) have weighed in on the new US economic stimulus plan.If the plan passes, then government buildings, and energy efficient design is likely to be a major beneficiary. Good news right? But as always there is a catch: Which architecture firms will actually get the ...
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NewsBio-domes set to provide animal ark at Chester Zoo
This series of bio-domes, designed by Proctor and Matthews, are part of an ambition £225 million expansion plan by Chester Zoo to become the largest animal attraction of its kind in Europe.
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Abu Dhabi - not such a safe haven?
A news story just up on Property Wire casts doubt on the repeated suggestion that the rest of the Emirates will ride out the Dubai downturn.It reports that the second largest developer in Abu Dhabi is to delay all new projects - with obvious knock on effects for architects ...
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Moma's young architecture award goes to urban shelter
This year's Moma's Young Architects Program competition has been won by Hilary Sample and Michael Meredith for their installation entitled Afterparty - an temporary urban shelter and cooling stationThe New York Times sees the result as a reaction against architectural excesses and a response to the economic climate with its ...
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NewsOMA wins Taipei arts centre contest
OMA has won an international competition to design a performing arts centre in Taipei, Taiwan.
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NewsSix shortlisted for £6m King’s Cross square
Six architects, including Jan Gehl, Stanton Williams, Gustafson Porter and Martha Schwartz, have been shortlisted for a £6 million public square at London’s King’s Cross.
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Glancey meets Alvaro Siza
Jonathan Glancey meets Alvaro Siza, who will receive 2009 gold medal for architecture from the Queen.Siza interesting says he has refused to work in Dubai as he feels buildings are being 'rushed' there and 'built without love'http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/jan/26/architecture-alvaro-siza
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Does the recession mean an end for iconic architecture?
Amidst all the articles on architecture and the recession, this one in the Chicago Tribune caught my eye.Taking its lead from Obama's plan for economic recovery, it suggests it's goodbye for iconic architecture - but hello for infrastructure spendinghttp://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/theskyline/2009/01/goodbye-icons-hello-infrastructure-obama-inaugurates-a-new-era-of-architecture-.htmlWhilst the premise isn't new, the article does a nice ...
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NewsJean Nouvel’s Copenhagen Concert Hall opens
Jean Nouvel’s Copenhagen Concert Hall for Danish public broadcaster DR opened this weekend.
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FeaturesRIBA/Foster £6,000 architecture travel scholarship now to be awarded annually
The RIBA’s Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship for students is to be awarded each year following an extra £100,000 endowment from Foster & Partners.
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NewsLava’s Green Void fills Sydney Customs House
This 20m-high architectural installation of green Lycra — inspired by the geometrics of plants, spider webs and soap bubbles — has been hung in the central atrium of Customs House in Sydney.
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NewsSolving Lviv's city centre puzzle
The historic city centre of Lviv in Ukraine, a Unesco world heritage site, has a new quirky tourist attraction – this giant crossword puzzle.