All International articles – Page 172
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NewsAdam hails start of a classical revolution (video)
Traditional architecture prospers as New Palladians exhibition launches
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TechnicalDORMA product chosen for major refurbishment at St George’s Hall, Liverpool
DORMA door controls, automatic door systems, door furniture and floor springs have been installed throughout St George’s Hall in Liverpool, as part of a major 10-year, £23m refurbishment programme.
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NewsTwin-leaf bascule bridge wins Auckland competition
This dramatic twin-leaf bascule bridge is the winning design for the international competition for the Te Wero Bridge in Auckland, New Zealand.
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ReviewVenice Biennale: Towards Paradise landscape installation
Gustafson Porter and Gustafson Guthrie Nichol have designed the first major landscape installation to feature at a Venice Biennale.
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OpinionManhattan receives a special delivery
Five suburban houses in a New York parking lot can show us the future of prefabrication
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OpinionShould Saarinen’s American Embassy building be listed?
Yes, says Docomomo’s Dennis Sharp, it’s well scaled and well weathered; no, says Westminster’s Robert Davis, it’s a mess inside, mediocre on the outside, and not historically important
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NewsErick van Egeraat's Grave city hall on show
Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat's city hall in the fortified town of Grave, Holland has opened.
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News3P Urban Process to refurbish Spanish cultural centre
London-based architect 3P Urban Process has beaten 52 firms in a competition to refurbish a cultural centre for the residents of Pontevedra in north-west Spain.
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ReviewVenice Biennale: The Scottish structure
The Gareth Hoskins Architects-designed Scottish structure takes the form of a flight of stairs rising above the canopy of the adjacent railway station.
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NewsElves influence winning design for Reykjavik opera house
Danish architect Arkitema and Icelandic firm Arkthing have won an international competition to design a major new opera house in Reykjavik, Iceland.
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NewsReach for the stars
New York-based Evolo Architecture, an international collective of architects, has published a book on the future of the skyscraper, presenting the best projects arising from an ideas competition the firm has been running annually since 2006.
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TechnicalTechniker gets to grips with Jean Prouvé’s historic prefab house
The solution for protecting Prouvé’s antique prefab on its travels to the hurricane-prone southern US involves stripping it to its structural core
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Building StudyRapp & Rapp’s cutting-edge normality
The solid massiveness of Rapp & Rapp’s mixed-use development for Ypenburg, a new district located on a former Nato airfield near The Hague, sits easily with the area’s suburban life, reports Biq Architects’ Hans van der Heijden
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NewsScottish firm designs China memorial
Scottish architect Sutherland Hussey is designing a 10ha memorial park for the 20,000 people killed in the earthquake which devastated China’s Sichuan province in May.
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Building StudyBeijing: the architecture of the Games
As the Beijing Olympic Games opens this Friday, Claire Dodd takes a look at the venues that are to house the event – from Herzog & de Meuron's headline National Stadium to the Water Cube and lesser known venues.
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NewsHadid’s big in Singapore
Zaha Hadid Architects has designed the largest residential development in Singapore, the practice announced this week.
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TechnicalRMJM’s Russian odyssey
Roger Whiteman, principal of RMJM and director of its London office, talks to Amanda Birch about the trials of the practice’s Gazprom HQ scheme, recently renamed the Okhta Centre, in St Petersburg
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NewsAukett shifts staff to focus on work in Middle East
Architectural giant Aukett Fitzroy Robinson has moved 30 of its design staff to work on projects in the Middle East.
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Aukett’s shifts staff to focus on Middle East projects
Architectural giant Aukett Fitzroy Robinson has moved 30 of its design staff to work on projects in the Middle East and now expects half of its turnover to come from the region within the next three years.