Architecture

July 3rd, 2009

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Here’s some pictures of the Architectural Association Summer Pavilion, designed by students from Unit 2, which opened today in London’s Bedford Square. More »

July 3rd, 2009

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Danish architects C.F.Møller and Norwegian practice Kristin Jarmund Arkitekter have won a competition to design three office towers in Oslo. More »

July 3rd, 2009

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Pond Meadows, a special needs school designed by London architects DSDHA, has opened in Guildford, England. More »

July 2nd, 2009

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American architects Pugh + Scarpa have sent images of their duplex home design for actor Brad Pitt’s Make it Right charity. More »

July 2nd, 2009

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Frank Gehry is one of 14 architects to have designed duplexes for Make it Right, the charity founded by actor Brad Pitt to develop new housing typologies for a hurricane-devastated district of New Orleans. More »

July 1st, 2009

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Dutch architects MVRDV have announced plans to extend the city of Almere by creating a series of artificial islands. More »

July 1st, 2009

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Dutch architects LAM have completed a sustainable giraffe enclosure for Rotterdam Zoo, which opens next week. More »

July 1st, 2009

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Italian architects Stefano Boeri Architetti have completed a complex of buildings including a conference centre, exhibition venue and marina in Sardinia. More »

June 30th, 2009

Dezeenwire: Sunday Times architecture critic Hugh Pearman has posted his review of Bernard Tschumi’s new Acropolis Museum in Athens on his website - www.hughpearman.com

June 30th, 2009

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Dezeen promotion: we’ve teamed up with Greek developer OLIAROS to launch UPTO35, a competition open to architects under the age of 35 to design an affordable student housing complex in Athens. More »

June 30th, 2009

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British designer Thomas Heatherwick has released images of his updated design for the UK pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010. More »

June 30th, 2009

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DMY Berlin 09: Norwegian designers Fantastic Norway have sent photos of Walking Berlin, a project in which they dressed up as their latest building and walked around Berlin. More »

June 30th, 2009

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Basque architects VAUMM have completed a kindergarten at Eibar in Gipuzkoa, Spain (via yatzer). More »

June 29th, 2009

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London architects Yes We Can Architecture have sent images of a project they built last summer out of hula hoops. More »

June 29th, 2009

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Architectural photographer Leonardo Finotti has sent us images of a school in Lisbon, Portugal, recently modernised by Portuguese studio Bak Gordon Arquitectos. More »

June 28th, 2009

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German architects Gerd Priebe have completed a new office situated in the existing complex of medical equipment developers Saegeling Medizintechnik in Heidenau, Germany. More »

June 26th, 2009

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Finnish architects C-Laboratory have completed a timber house on a cherry farm in the mountains of northern Taiwan. More »

June 25th, 2009

Dezeenwire: Sears Tower in Chicago is to undergo a $350 million green refit to “reduce the tower’s electricity use by 80% and save 24 million gallons of water a year”. The Guardian

June 25th, 2009

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Since we’re on a summer pavilion tip today… the Serpentine Gallery in London have given us a couple more images of this year’s pavilion, which is under construction in Kensington Gardens. More »

June 25th, 2009

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A museum dedicated to Belgian artist and Tintin author Hergé, designed by Atelier Christian de Portzamparc, opened earlier this month in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (via yatzer). More »