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Tom Pritzker, president of the Hyatt Foundation, announced today that London-based architect Richard Rogers has joined the jury of The Pritzker Architecture Prize. Mr. Pritzker said, "Richard Rogers understands architecture in its larger context and…
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Richard Rogers
The Institute Honor Awards program recognizes achievements for a broad range of architectural activity to elevate the general quality of architecture practice, establish a standard of excellence against which all architects can measure performance,…
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United States Courthouse, Salt Lake City, Utah. Thomas Phifer and Partners. The design of the new Salt Lake City courthouse resulted from a search for a physical symbol to express the American system of justiceóthe form had to be strong, iconic, transparent, and egalitarian. Photograph © Scott Frances
Is this project an amusement park? Resources are many and Bjarke Ingels has prepared a promotional film with the team of Squint / Opera that presents its design proposal for Europa City, a leisure and commercial recreation center which plans to…
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Europa City by Bjarke Ingels, BIG Group. Video-images by Squint/Opera
Barozzi / Veiga designs an abstract and simple volume which houses all the necessary program for the new Philharmonic Hall in Szczecin. Perceived as a light element, the building is perfectly integrated in its urban context through a glass façade…
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Philharmonic Hall in Szczecin by Barozzi Veiga. Photography © Simon Menges
A new concert hall, the Philharmonie de Paris, finally opens today, Wednesday, January 14th. The new concert hall wants to be a different kind of classical-music venue. Designed by the star architect Jean Nouvel to symbolize the end of the “eternal…
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Inside rendering. Philharmonie de Paris by Jean Nouvel
On January 5th 2015, a court ruling by Paris Administrative Court, answering an appeal, has blocked the renovation project, designed by Japanese architect duo…
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Outside rendering of La Samaritaine project by SANAA
The concert hall for the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie finally has an opening date set for 2017, but its price tag is now more than 10 times the original estimate. Herzog & Meuron's design was originally projected to cost just €77 million. According…
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Elbphilharmonie Hall by Herzog and De Meuron. Photograph © Johannes Arlt
The new exhibition at “La New Gallery” present us, with an interesting title, “Almost There”, the solo show by Aleix Plademunt artist, throughout the month of January and February. , full_html
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The practice formed by Graça Correia and Roberto Ragazzi restored this nice apartment in Braga, Portugal. A curved staircase which seems to float over the geometric floor tiles is the project's strongest spot, designed as a focal piece that…
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Escalera. Rehabilitación de un apartamento en Braga por Correia/Ragazzi Arquitectos. Fotografía © Luis Ferreira Alves
Art collector and art philanthropist Dasha Zhukova is launching an ambitious campaign to connect Moscow to the international art world, and she’s tapped architect Rem Koolhaas to execute her vision. , full_html
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