All International articles – Page 136
-
NewsKPF’s Tour First hits new heights
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates’ Tour First skyscraper in La Défense has reached its highest point, creating a new landmark on the Paris skyline out of an existing one
-
TechnicalNorth Carolina Museum of Art by Thomas Phifer & Partners
Arup’s innovative solution allows the North Carolina museum’s permanent collection to be viewed by natural daylight.
-
NewsRMJM saw problems with Delhi games job
Delhi Commonwealth Games masterplanner RMJM has revealed it pulled out of the project shortly after winning the contract because of fears that there were “issues” with the job.
-
NewsBDP wins Chinese masterplan
BDP has won an international competition to masterplan and design most of the buildings within an urban regeneration project in the city of Foshan in southern China.
-
NewsAuthor urges architects to reconsider Libya work
Hisham Matar says profession is being used as part of a ’PR facelift’
-
NewsAuthorities to review Gazprom tower plans
Russian authorities are set to review RMJM’s Gazprom Tower in St Petersburg following a report from Unesco’s World Heritage Committee
-
NewsTheresa May steps in over War Graves Commission HQ allegations
Home secretary Theresa May has written to the director general of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission over allegations that she was misled about the original significance of its headquarters.
-
Building StudyPull House in Vermont by Procter Rihl
Procter Rihl’s Pull House sits amid the maple trees of rural New England and creates an architecture to match the region’s progressive politics.
-
TechnicalLas Arenas Bullring, Barcelona
A “floating” domed roof takes centre stage as Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners’ redevelopment of Barcelona’s 1890s bullring nears completion.
-
NewsFoster puts on a show in New York
The finishing touches are being put to Foster & Partners’ Sperone Westwater Gallery in New York ahead of its first exhibition, which opens on September 22
-
InspirationsDavid Kohn's inspiration: Villa Necchi Campiglio, Milan
The ambiguous, eclectic style of Portaluppi’s Milanese villa keeps drawing David Kohn back to experience the magic of its interior.
-
ReviewPeople Meet in Architecture: Venice Architecture Biennale 2010
Sanaa’s Kazuyo Sejima has curated the most beautiful Venice Biennale ever, which also serves as a fascinating enquiry into the relationship between architecture and human occupation.
-
NewsSauerbruch Hutton is Venice M9 museum winner
German practice Sauerbruch Hutton has beaten a shortlist including David Chipperfield to win the competition to design a new €100 million museum of the 20th century in Venice.
-
NewsAnshen & Allen bought by Canadian firm
Canadian practice Stantec has bought Anshen & Allen to beef up its healthcare expertise.
-
NewsBahrain Pavilion scoops the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale
The Kingdom of Bahrain has won the Golden Lion award at the Venice Biennale for the best national pavilion.
-
NewsVan Egeraat beats Adjaye to win Russian University project
Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat has won a commission to design a new university on the outskirts of Moscow beating a bid from David Adjaye in the process.
-
NewsPelli Clarke Pelli tower to join Empire State on NY skyline
A tower nearly as tall as the Empire State Building in New York has been given planning permission by city authorities.
-
NewsZaha Hadid designs first project for her native Iraq
Central Bank headquarters in Baghdad will be a symbol of the new nation, says practice
-
NewsArgentine office is a first for Fosters
Foster & Partners has won a competition to build its first office development in Argentina.
-
NewsDiller Scofidio and Renfro scoop Broad museum
Art collector and philanthropist Eli Broad has finally named US practice Diller Scofidio and Renfro as the architects for his museum of contemporary art in downtown Los Angeles.