All International articles – Page 161
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OpinionLet’s fix the roof before the next storm
We need to align policy around the idea that our homes are not a suitable subject for speculation
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FeaturesTony Fretton Architects’ British Embassy, Warsaw
Will Hunter looks at Tony Fretton’s cladding solutions for the new British Embassy in Poland
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Architects call for Gaza ceasefire
Charles Jencks, Cezary Bednarski and Asif Khan have joined more than 50 architects from around the world in signing a letter from Architects & Planners for Justice in Palestine to foreign secretary David Miliband, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
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MultimediaWatch Genesis House by Planda being designed (video)
Paris based architects Planda have designed a house in the shape of a cross, inspired by dj duo Justice's most recent album cover.
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NewsOMA’s Zeekracht North Sea wind farm masterplan offers promise of European energy independence
OMA has developed a masterplan for an offshore wind farm in the North Sea. If built, the giant Zeekracht wind facility could give Europe energy independence.
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NewsJan Kaplicky dies: Levete, Zaha, Foster and Rogers pay tribute to 'irreplaceable' architect
Amanda Levete has paid tribute to her Future Systems partner Jan Kaplicky who died unexpectedly last week.
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NewsWatch a flythrough of new urban proposals for Asan, South Korea (video)
Four practices - BIG, INABA, MAD and Mass Studios - have collaborated to create four urban proposals for Asan, South Korea.
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NewsGrimshaw, SOM and Renzo Piano lead winners at AIA awards
Grimshaw, SOM and Renzo Piano are among 25 recipients of the American Institute of Architects’ 2009 Honour Awards.
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NewsGehry still on board for $4bn Brooklyn Atlantic Yards scheme
Frank Gehry has refuted suggestions that he is no longer part of a $4 billion mixed-use project in New York’s Brooklyn district, which was put on hold last month.
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MultimediaWatch a flythrough of RMJM's Okhta Centre (video)
Watch a flythrough of the controversial RMJM's designed Okhta Centre in St Petersburg.
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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.
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Ou Ning to curate south China 2009 architecture biennale
Artist and writer Ou Ning is to curate the third Shenzhen and Hong Kong Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture, which will launch at the end of 2009.
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NewsLynn on the mathematical roots of architecture (video)
Watch Greg Lynn, head of FORM, talk about the mathematical roots of architecture and the role of calculus and digital tools in modern architecture.
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NewsAir Foster One
Designs for a set of luxury private jets by Norman Foster were unveiled on Friday.
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New US embassy likely to be 'a fortress'
The new US embassy in London is likely to be a “fortress”, Richard Rogers, one of the jury members that will select the new building, has acknowledged.
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NewsFoster’s submits Bowery gallery for planning approval
Foster & Partners has submitted its proposals for the new premises of the Sperone Westwater Gallery, to be located on the Bowery in south Manhattan, for planning approval.
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OpinionGive Bush’s era the order of the boot
As the boom bursts, how best to commemorate the president who let this happen?
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NewsBenetton holds competition for Tehran buildings
Italian fashion label Benetton has launched an international architecture competition for two multi-storey retail and office buildings in Iran’s capital, Tehran.
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OpinionThe audacity of open architecture
Under the Bush presidency, the US has been erecting bunker-like embassy designs worldwide. With the inauguration of Obama, will the new US embassy in south London take a different tack?
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NewsBoxhome: Norway’s Rintala Eggertsson premiers its low-cost, low-energy flat
Norwegian practice Rintala Eggertsson Architects has designed a low-cost 19sq m home, Boxhome.