Architecture

July 16th, 2009

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Dutch architects MVRDV in collaboration with Madrid architect Blanca Lleó have completed a social housing project in Madrid, Spain. More »

July 16th, 2009

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New York architecture and design practice Axis Mundi have designed a conceptual alternative to French architect Jean Nouvel’s design for a 73-storey tower next to the Museum of Modern Art in New York (see our previous story). More »

July 16th, 2009

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Dubai architecture firm X-Architects have unveiled their masterplan for a sustainable urban development in the center of Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates. More »

July 15th, 2009

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The National Stadium in Beijing by architects Herzog & de Meuron has been awarded the RIBA Lubetkin Prize – an award given each year to the best building by an RIBA member built outside Europe. More »

July 15th, 2009

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New York architects Rafael Viñoly have completed a new East Wing extension to the Cleveland Museum of Art in Ohio, USA. More »

July 15th, 2009

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Japanese architects Suppose Design Office have completed a residence in Nagoya, Japan, featuring a room dedicated to plants. More »

July 14th, 2009

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Cloud Tower is a pavilion for open-air concerts in the grounds of a castle near Vienna, Austria, designed by the next ENTERprise – architects. Photographs are by Lukas Schaller. More »

July 13th, 2009

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Dutch architectural photographer Iwan Baan has sent us his photographs of this year’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion by Japanese architects SANAA, which opened to the public in London’s Kensington Gardens yesterday. More »

July 13th, 2009

French architects Manuelle Gautrand Architecture have designed a car showroom and leisure centre for Cairo, Egypt. More »

July 12th, 2009

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German firm Architekten Schröder Schulte-Ladbeck have completed a copper-clad concert hall in the grounds of a castle near Vienna, Austria. More »

July 11th, 2009

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The 2009 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion designed by Japanese designers SANAA opens to the public in London tomorrow. Here we present a quick guide to all the Serpentine Gallery Pavilions (including the 2003 incarnation, above, by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer) since the series was inaugurated in 2000. More »

July 10th, 2009

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Dutch architects Office for Metropolitan Architecture have announced the start of construction on De Rotterdam, a complex of three interconnected towers that will be the biggest building in the Netherlands. More »

July 10th, 2009

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French architects ECDM have completed a residence in Epinay-sur-Seine north of Paris that includes accommodation for students, university staff and women in distress. More »

July 9th, 2009

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Here are some pictures of the completed Burnham Pavilion by Dutch architects UNStudio in Millennium Park, Chicago. More »

July 9th, 2009

Here’s the latest in our series of stories about projects by Japanese architects Suppose Design Office: a residence in Saijo, Hiroshima, Japan, based on traditional pit-dwelling houses. More »