All International articles – Page 176
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MultimediaPeter Märkli talk at London Met
See a short clip from Peter Märkli's 4-hour lecture given at the London Metropolitan University last November.
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Building StudyWind catcher for the Windies
Everyone had a view on rebuilding Barbados’s legendary Kensington Oval cricket ground, but for Arup Associates keeping its village style and party character was vital
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Building StudyFretton redesigns Warsaw embassy
Fretton’s second design for the British Embassy in Warsaw has such an authoritative presence it needs little fanfare.
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Building StudyMVRDV’s Amsterdam housing block: a bridge over troubled water
Can MVRDV’s “see-through” housing transform Amsterdam West?
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NewsLab to build in Tanzania
SpaceLab’s 21-unit residential building in Tanzania has been granted planning permission.
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NewsGerman firm beats Adjaye to $100k prize
German firm Barkow Leibinger has beaten architects including the UK’s David Adjaye to triumph in the world’s most lucrative competition for young architects.
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MultimediaPodcast: Peter Cook at Store Street with Graham Stirk and Ivan Harbour
The second in our new monthly series of talks hosted by Peter Cook features Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners' directors Graham Stirk and Ivan Harbour.
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NewsGasholders set to scupper CZWG housing development
A flagship 730-unit residential development by the Peabody Trust and architect CZWG is set to be scrapped because of safety fears, BD has learnt.
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NewsAlsop’s US power play
Will Alsop’s designs to trans-form a disused power station in Yonkers, New York, into a multi-use development have been significantly overhauled.
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Three Brits up for Gulbenkian
Purcell Miller Tritton, Long & Kentish and BDP have made it onto the short-list for the £100,000 Gulbenkian architecture prize.
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MultimediaMonica Pidgeon’s unique archive – soundclips to download
Hear interviews with some of architecture's greats as 30 years of sound recordings go online
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NewsMoneo’s Prado extension opens
Pritzker prizewinner Rafael Moneo’s modernist extension to the 19th century Prado Museum in Madrid has been completed after a five-year build.
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MultimediaPodcast: Charles Jencks in conversation
Thirty years on from the publication of The Language of Post-Modern Architecture, its author explains why we are all modernists now.
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The architecture market in China
Architects face the same dilemma that many other industries confront in China: the demand for their services is enormous, but it is devilishly hard to actually make money.
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NewsCalatrava’s Rome scheme starts
A ground-breaking ceremony for Santiago Calatrava’s new campus masterplan for Rome’s Sports City & Rectorate Tower took place last week.
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OpinionIs Dubai a folly architects should steer clear of?
As Dubai tries to shake off its gas-guzzling image, Richard Hywel Evans argues the city lacks heart, while Nic Jacobs applauds its grand vision
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TechnicalGulf states gear up to go green
Can Dubai shake off its gas-guzzling image to become a global model of sustainable design? David Littlefield visits to discover how the emirates and their Middle Eastern neighbours are embracing energy reduction on a massive scale
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£450m deal boosts Benoy’s Indian portfolio
Benoy has won a contract to design three mixed-use market city developments in Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore in India, and has signed a memorandum of understanding to design a chain of pan-Indian hotels.
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NewsThe architecture market in the Middle East
A dependence on the black stuff has been a critical factor in the demand for development in the Middle East. The region, keen to wean itself off its 30-year crude oil habit, has thrown itself into a development programme to diversify its economy that has left the rest of the ...
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NewsArchitecture opportunities in India
After half a century of economic self-sufficiency, India is simultaneously absorbing the major global waves of the 20th century: IT/outsourcing from the 1990s, capital markets from the 1980s, electronics from the 1960s, highways from the 1940s.