All International articles – Page 123
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NewsKPF's Paris tower revamp completes
Construction work has completed on the refurbishment of the “First Tower” in the La Defense business district in Paris, making it the tallest office block in France.KPF and French practice SRA Architectes designed the €300 million revamp of the building, which saw its height raised from 155m to 230m through ...
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NewsMies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House goes Lego
German modernist Ludwig Mies van der Rohe has had his masterpiece Farnsworth House immortalised in Lego
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NewsUS Architecture Billings Index slows
The American Institute of Architects’ Architecture Billings Index (ABI) slowed in the early part of this year, after making steady progress for three months in a row.The ABI showed a tiny increase between January and February. The score in February was 50.6, up slightly from a reading of 50.0 the ...
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NewsToronto backs Rogers' city market scheme
The City of Toronto has confirmed funding for the redevelopment of St Lawrence Market to designs by Rogers Stirk Harbour and local architect Adamson Associates.
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NewsHaikou shortlist put to public vote
Zaha Hadid, Wilkinson Eyre and Broadway Malyan are among eight teams competing for a landmark development in Haikou, a city in the Chinese province of Hainan.
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NewsInternational intelligence: Qatar
The 2022 World Cup has focused Qatar’s glittering development plans
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NewsUN Studio's Korean shopping centre opens
Facade is wrapped in world’s largest illuminated surface
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Building StudyGalenkop building by Wingender Hovenier
A mixed-use scheme in Amsterdam articulates Wingender Hovenier’s ongoing research into the tectonic manifestation of brick.
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NewsCoop Himmelb(l)au designs Albanian parliament
Vienna-based architecture studio Coop Himmelb(l)au has unveiled images of a new parliament building - called Open Parliament - for Albania’s capital, Tirana.The building, which sits on a 28,000sq m site, consists of a parliamentary hall located in a glazed cone, an office block and an entrance structure.There is also a ...
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NewsEduardo Souto de Moura wins the 2011 Pritzker Prize
Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura has been named winner of the 2011 Pritzker Prize, one of architecture’s most prestigious honours.He will receive a $100,000 grant and a bronze medallion at a ceremony in Washington DC this June.The 58-year-old architect, who worked in the office of 1992’s Pritzker winner, Alvaro ...
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NewsCash crisis ends Dublin hall contest
Cancellation leaves finalists 3XN and Henning Larsen out in the cold
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NewsMetropol Parasol in Seville nears completion
J Mayer H Architects’ redevelopment of the Plaza de la Encarnacion in Seville, Spain, is set to be fully complete next month.Metropol Parasol, as the project is known, is set to become the new urban centre in the medieval quarter of the city, containing an archaeological museum, a farmers market, ...
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NewsSergison Bates wins Novartis job in China
Sergison Bates has won its biggest ever project, designing a key building for Novartis’s huge new Shanghai campus.
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NewsSquire to turn Russian royal stables into luxury homes
Squire & Partners has won an international design competition to transform a historic Russian coach house into a luxury residential development.
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NewsMVRDV Pune housing starts on site
Work has started on Dutch practice MVRDV’s tower project near the western city of Pune.
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NewsCaruso St John’s Gagosian opens
The latest outpost of the Gagosian Gallery, designed by Caruso St John and Hong Kong-based architects Atelier Pacific, has opened on Hong Kong Island.
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