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Rick Mather 1937-2013
News: American architect Rick Mather, whose projects included the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, UK, and the masterplan for London's Southbank, has died aged 75. More about Rick Mather 1937-2013
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Eight Inscribed Houses and Three Courtyards by Romera y Ruiz Arquitectos
This social housing block on the Canary Islands was designed by local studio Romera y Ruiz Arquitectos with a pleated facade and three hidden courtyards. More about Eight Inscribed Houses and Three Courtyards by Romera y Ruiz Arquitectos
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Pedervegen 8 by Rever & Drage
This timber-clad house extension in Norway by Oslo studio Rever & Drage features curvy towers that point outwards like periscopes (+ slideshow). More about Pedervegen 8 by Rever & Drage
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Ecology of Colour by Studio Weave
This cabin covered in hand-painted patterns by Hackney architects Studio Weave provides a colourful art studio, bird-watching hide and rain shelter in a woodland park in Kent, England (+ slideshow). More about Ecology of Colour by Studio Weave
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The Dome by Héctor Serrano at Coachella
Revellers at this year's Coachella festival in California can visit a silent disco inside a dome of colour-changing balls by Spanish designer Héctor Serrano (+ slideshow). More about The Dome by Héctor Serrano at Coachella
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Libeskind's peace centre at former Belfast prison given go-ahead
News: planning permission has been granted for Daniel Libeskind's proposed peace centre on the site of the notorious former Maze prison in Belfast. More about Libeskind's peace centre at former Belfast prison given go-ahead
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Market Hall by Robbrecht en Daem and Marie-José Van Hee
Light filters through hundreds of rectangular slits into this towering market hall in Ghent, Belgium, which is is one of the five finalists for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2013 (photos by Hufton + Crow). More about Market Hall by Robbrecht en Daem and Marie-José Van Hee
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Motoazabu Apartment sYms by Kiyonobu Nakagame Architect & Associates
Diagonally stepped floors and ceilings divide triangular zones inside this pair of studio apartments in Tokyo by Kiyonobu Nakagame Architect & Associates (+ slideshow). More about Motoazabu Apartment sYms by Kiyonobu Nakagame Architect & Associates
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Shenzhen Stock Exchange by OMA nears completion
Here are the latest photographs of the OMA-designed Shenzhen Stock Exchange, set to complete next month in the Chinese city (+ slideshow). More about Shenzhen Stock Exchange by OMA nears completion
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BIG to design leisure district on Paris outskirts
News: Danish firm BIG has been selected to design an 80-hectare shopping and leisure complex with a park on its roof to serve a business district between two Paris airports. More about BIG to design leisure district on Paris outskirts
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Lot 2, Jardins de la Lironde by Farshid Moussavi Architecture
London firm Farshid Moussavi Architecture has won a competition to design an apartment block in Montpellier with designs for a tower made from a stack of rippling floor plates. More about Lot 2, Jardins de la Lironde by Farshid Moussavi Architecture
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OMA hired for Bordeaux masterplan
News: Dutch firm OMA is to masterplan a new urban development south of Bordeaux based around the extension of the local tram system. More about OMA hired for Bordeaux masterplan
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Calatrava "must pay" to replace leaking winery roof
News: the owners of the Santiago Calatrava-designed Ysios winery in Spain have launched legal action against the Spanish architect demanding he pays part of the £1.7 million needed to fix the building's leaky roof. More about Calatrava "must pay" to replace leaking winery roof
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ST-House by PANDA
Japanese studio PANDA gave this house in Tokyo a glazed ground floor, then enclosed it in a high concrete-block wall. More about ST-House by PANDA
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Living on the Edge by Arjen Reas
Thatching covers the walls as well as the roof at this house in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands, by Dutch architect Arjen Reas (+ slideshow). More about Living on the Edge by Arjen Reas
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Dutch city launches catalogue of architect-designed homes
News: Dutch city Nijmegen has launched a catalogue of affordable architect-designed housing kits for first-time buyers. More about Dutch city launches catalogue of architect-designed homes
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Neut by Apollo Architects & Associates
This house in Tokyo by Apollo Architects & Associates has skylights in the roof and holes in the floor plates, allowing daylight to reach right down to the basement (+ slideshow). More about Neut by Apollo Architects & Associates
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Mas d’Enric Penitentiary by AiB and PSP
Concrete and stone buildings with sculpted green rooftops are arranged around generous courtyards at this prison complex near Tarragona, Spain, by AiB Estudi d'Arquitectes and Estudi PSP Arquitectura (+ slideshow). More about Mas d’Enric Penitentiary by AiB and PSP
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Town Hall Midden-Delfland by Inbo
This glazed town hall in the Netherlands by Dutch architecture studio Inbo has thatched roofing folding over all five of its huge curved profiles (+ slideshow). More about Town Hall Midden-Delfland by Inbo
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Elena Garro Cultural Centre by Fernanda Canales and Arquitectura 911sc
Mexican architects Fernanda Canales and Arquitectura 911sc have wrapped a concrete and glass frame around the front of an old house in Mexico City to convert the building into a library (+ slideshow). More about Elena Garro Cultural Centre by Fernanda Canales and Arquitectura 911sc