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As part of the commemoration of the centenary of the First World War, impressive new galleries centred on a new atrium have been unveiled today at the Imperial War Museum. These new public spaces represent the first phase of a long-term…
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New First World War Galleries at Imperial War Museum. Image courtesy of Foster + Partners
On Thursday, the COAM Foundation opens exhibition "100 years with Alejandro de la Sota," on an extensive tour that takes place in life and the most important works of the architect's career., full_html
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Exhibition Poster
On Wednesday, July 16, the Japan Art Association announced today that Steven Holl, FAIA, has won the 2014 Praemium Imperiale. The award is a global arts prize bestowed annually since 1989 to candidates from five fields not recognized by the Nobel…
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Steven Holl
The BIA Urban Regeneration Forum is announcing the first edition of the International Ideas Competition for students of architecture and young architects, and designed to promote the urban regeneration and transformation of the consolidated city.…
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This time the architects Sara Romero and Mariano Vallejo delight us with the rehabilitation of an old house in Toledo, whose main characteristic is the central courtyard, which organized the rest of the rooms around it and whose ventilation and…
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Housing renovation around the middle of the eighteenth century in the historical center of Toledo by Romero Vallejo studio. Photography © Juan Carlos Quindós
From June 27 to October 13, 2014, Madrid is to host the largest retrospective held to date on the British artist Richard Hamilton. The exhibition, organized by the Reina Sofía, was designed specifically for the Madrid museum by Hamilton himself, who…
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Reina Sofía in Madrid to host Richard Hamilton
Glenn D. Lowry, Director of The Museum of Modern Art, announced today the appointment of Martino Stierli as The Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design. Mr. Stierli is currently the Swiss National Science Foundation Professor at the…
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Martino Stierli, The Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design, MoMA. Photo: NCCR Iconic Criticism, University of Basel/Alessandro Frigerio
Benthem Crouwel Architects designed the centrally located university building of the Hochschulcampus Osnabrück (college campus Osnabrück, Germany), shaped like a volume of three floors with a cutaway at the bottom. Because of the position of the…
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Campus Osnabrück by Benthem Crouwel Architects. Photography © Jens Kirchner
Studio PEZ along with Zarhy Architects have won the international competition to design the District Courthouse Complex in Jerusalem, Israel. The new 40,000 sqm complex, which will contain all court facilities (aside from the supreme court), will…
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Rendering. Jerusalem District Courthouse by Studio PEZ and Zarhy Architects
Herzog & de Meuron have revealed their design for 357 West Street, an 88-unit housing complex. Renderings depict the white-clad, curvaceously gridded building standing 12 stories tall on the Hudson River, offering views out over the water and…
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