OMA's De Rotterdam, the largest building in the Netherlands, reached its highest point of construction - 150 metres - today. The achievement, exactly one year prior to the scheduled completion of the building, was marked by a ceremony attended by…
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The photo documentary Building the Rotterdam, a work in progress by Ruud Sies
Kazuyo Sejima will guide and counsel Yang Zhao a young architect from Dali, China, who will benefit from her wide professional experience and artistic direction over one year. Sejima has selected Yang Zaho as part of the Rolex Mentor and Protége…
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The Protégé. Yang Zhao
This exhibition in Vienna is the first major architecture exhibition about structures built in the non-Russian areas of the Soviet Republic during the modern period. Soviet Modernism 1955 – 1991: Unknown Stories will be on display at the Vienna…
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Poster
Today we present the book "Socialist Architecture: The Vanishing Act", a book and a collaborative project between photographer Armin Linke and architect Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss. Weiss and Linke have worked together since 2009 to visit and document…
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Cover, Socialist Architecture: The Vanishing Act
EUROPAN is a competition directed at architects under 40 years old, which saw the participation of 3,000 teams of architects from all across Europe. The exhibit presents 19 award-winning projects chosen by the jury of EUROPEAN/Spain and 18 projects…
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The architect Francisco Javier Carvajal Ferrer (Barcelona 1926) has been the winner of the Gold Medal of Architecture 2012. The award is the highest award granted by the Superior Council of the Associations of Architects of Spain to recognize those…
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Javier Carvajal Ferrer, Gold Medal of Architecture 2012
One of the main arteries of Mexico City is the famous Avenida Reforma. It is partially closed for pedestrian use, during Sundays. Always there are a heavy traffic by its central lanes, however, on its sidewalks there are all kinds of activities.…
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Detalle. Portal de la Percepción. Fotografía © Jaime Navarro. Cortesía de Rojkind arquitectos
Our second reminder, if you can, you have go to visit during the next two weeks the Biennale Architettura 2012. Two weeks still to the closure of the 13th International Architecture Exhibition Common Ground, (these time with "acqua alta") curated by…
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Russian pavilion, 13th International Architecture Exhibition. Photography © Patricia Parinejad
Ecumenopolis, COAC audiovisual program presents the film Unfinished Italy. , full_html
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Last days
For his first ever international solo show, emerging Japanese architect Akihisa Hirata will exhibit an immersive 1:1 scale installation – a contorted loop – to distil his architecture’s essence into a large-scale experiential…
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Akihisa Hirata: "Tangling". Photography © Courtesy Daniel Hewitt