All International articles – Page 165
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News
Libeskind to design Munich synagogue
Daniel Libeskind has been appointed to design a new synagogue in Munich, Germany.
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NewsRecession hits Gazprom tower
The future of RMJM’s Gazprom Tower in St Petersburg has been cast into doubt by the global financial crisis.
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NewsUtzons clash over Opera House refurb
The son and grandson of Sydney Opera House architect Jørn Utzon have clashed over plans to renovate the iconic building.
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NewsChipperfield wins Zurich modern art museum competition
David Chipperfield Architects has won the Swiss Fr150 million (£80 million) international competition to extend Zurich’s Kunsthaus, the city’s modern art museum.
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NewsEl-Wakil wins classical architecture prize
Egyptian architect Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil has won the $200,000 (£127,000) Richard H Driehaus prize for classicism in the contemporary built environment.
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News
No UK sites for next Europan competition
Cabe has confirmed it will not be putting any UK sites forward for the Europan 10 competition.
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NewsOfis designs Ljubljana’s Dot Envelope mall for Mercator
Dot Envelope, a low-cost shopping mall by local architect Ofis for Slovenia’s largest food retailer, the Mercator chain, has opened in Ljubljana.
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NewsRichard Neutra’s 1962 Gettysburg Cyclorama building gets stay of execution
Richard Neutra’s Cyclorama building at the Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, which he designed in 1962, has received a stay of execution after the US National Parks Service agreed to call a halt to demolition plans.
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NewsDavid Chipperfield’s Liangzhu Culture Museum opens in Hangzhou, China
David Chipperfield’s Liangzhu Culture Museum at Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, China, has opened to the public after five years of design and construction work.
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NewsRock steady in Dhahran
Construction is under way on Snøhetta’s King Abdul Aziz Centre for Knowledge & Culture in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
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OpinionTime to burst the bubble
Should I let my project be published when the client is in dispute with the design team?
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NewsStephen Holl Architects wins Copenhagen gateway contest
US-based practice Steven Holl Architects has won an international competition for a gateway tower development for Copenhagen harbour, called the LM Project.
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NewsObama, architect of change, wins
While Democrats celebrate a momentous victory in the US, we review Barack Obama’s urban policies and hear how American architects are reacting.
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Competitions
Architecture category now open for 2009 Sony World Photography Awards
Entry is now open for architecture photographer of the year, both professional and amateur, one of 12 categories in the 2009 Sony World Photography Awards.
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron Tenerife Arts Space officially opens
Herzog & de Meuron's Tenerife Arts Space (TEA) has been inaugurated in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
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NewsKyo Sung Woo’s graduate housing opens at Harvard
US-based architect Kyu Sung Woo’s graduate housing complex, 10 Akron Street, for Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has opened.
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NewsMVRDV and Adept win contest for Copenhagen tower
Dutch practice MVRDV and Danish architect Adept have won a competition to design a 116m-high skyscraper in Copenhagen.
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NewsHistoric Berlin airport closes
The last planes have taken off from Berlin’s Tempelhof airport, after a referendum to save the airport failed to attract enough support.
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NewsMuseum pretty in pink after guerrilla architect strikes
Painting the town… pink? A former Architect Association student and “guerrilla architect” has struck at the Foire Internationale D’art Contemporaine in Paris.