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on 2015/9/25
Barcelona, now one of the world capitals of architecture, has been able to redefine itself over the years through architecture competitions, some of them bringing profound changes to the city. World-Architects curator Silvia Pujalte Toledo presents the recent competition for the Plaza de les... Silvia Pujalte Toledo
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on 2015/9/24
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced that Dame Zaha Hadid will be the recipient of the 2016 Royal Gold Medal, what RIBA calls "the world’s most prestigious architecture award." John Hill
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on 2015/9/24
Although the legacy of Antoni Gaudí dominates architectural histories of Barcelona, the great architect was not alone in developing a unique Catalonian strand of modernism. Miriam Giordano takes readers on a tour of Lluis Domenech i Montaner's Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital,... Miriam Giordano
Film
on 2015/9/24
Albert Moya, the young director who was born in Tarragona and lives in the United States, has gifted us with a powerful and extremely poetic portrait of Ricardo Bofill, an icon of Catalan architecture. Miriam Giordano
Headlines
on 2015/9/23
With the recent completion of Josep Lluís Mateo's renovation of the Ninot Market, Antonio La Gioia takes a look at the history of markets in Barcelona and other recent examples of these valuable parts of the Catalan capital. Antonio La Gioia
Headlines
on 2015/9/23
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations has shortlisted 6 design firms from the 48 firms under consideration in the two-stage selection process for the New U.S. Embassy Compound in Brasilia, Brazil. John Hill
Found
on 2015/9/23
John Wardle Architects has designed the inaugural Summer Architecture Commission, a new initiative of the National Gallery of Victoria's Department of Contemporary Design and Architecture. John Hill
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on 2015/9/22
Indoor markets dating back to the 19th century are an integral part of Barcelona's quality public spaces and architecture. Since 1991, 39 markets have been renovated under guidelines of the Barcelona Municipal Market Instute, most recently the Ninot Market per a design by Josep...
Works
on 2015/9/22
The Serpentin housing complex was built by the architect Émile Aillaud during the 1950s and 1960s. At the turn of the twentieth century, the Courtillières neighborhood was in decline and suffered from a degraded image. Agence RVA, Dominique Renaud, Philippe Vignaud and Associates
Headlines
on 2015/9/21
The Linda Pace Foundation has unveiled plans for its new building designed by David Adjaye for a site along San Pedro Creek in San Antonio, Texas. John Hill
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on 2015/9/21
The recently completed Ryerson University Student Learning Centre in Toronto, designed by Snøhetta with Zeidler Partnership Architects, has a crystalline form accentuated by faceted panels with a prismatic finish at the building's entrance on Yonge Street. John Hill
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on 2015/9/21
After their competition-winning design for the 2020 Olympics stadium in Tokyo was scrapped due to rising costs, Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has stepped down from the revised competition, unable to find a contractor to partner with. John Hill
Headlines
on 2015/9/18
Nearly one year after initial designs by China's Ma Yansong were unveiled to the public, refinements to the museum that filmmaker George Lucas is planning for a lakefront site in Chicago have been released. John Hill
Film
on 2015/9/18
Vitra Design Museum's Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design may have closed on September 13th, but for those who missed it the museum has a 25-minute tour of the exhibition from curator Amelie Klein. John Hill
Works
on 2015/9/17
The city of Jacou's wedding hall and municipal room project needed to be rethought at the crossroads of several axes and scales. The aim was to change the use of an existing building located in the town center. NBJ Architectes
Headlines
on 2015/9/17
The Dutch firm will lead the renovations of two Midtown-Manhattan libraries for the New York Public Library: the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building and the Mid-Manhattan Library, which sit across Fifth Avenue from each other. John Hill
Found
on 2015/9/16
The Guardian architecture critic Oliver Wainright goes on a rare tour of Pyongyang, revealing the architecture of the North Korean capital as well as his own sharp eye for capturing the city and its buildings through words and photos. John Hill
Works
on 2015/9/16
Located in the heart of Old Montreal and docked at the Port of the Saint-Lawrence River, Bota Bota spa is a major tourist attraction. The port context is rich in history and has a unique character in Montreal. MU Architecture
Works
on 2015/9/15
SUPERISCOPE, the world's biggest periscope: If we rotate it to vertical, a container is like an urban scale ready-made periscope. Pedro Barata e Arquitetos Associados
Works
on 2015/9/15
As an architectural practice operating in an urban environment, the large scale of our work often implies that we are unable to fully engage the end user within the realm of the everyday objects that they interact with – be they light fixtures, small Architecture Discipline
Works
on 2015/9/14
The Fairyland Guorui Villa complex is located in the Miyun Economic & Technical Development Zone 1 in Beijing. The site is situated on a plot where two rivers converge, surrounded by natural scenery and mountain views. UNStudio
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on 2015/9/14
The much-anticipated opening of The Broad, the museum designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro for Eli and Edythe Broad in downtown Los Angeles, takes place on September 20th. John Hill
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on 2015/9/14
"Shaping European Cities," the opening event of the exhibition "European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2015" at BOZAR, Brussels, aims to strengthen the dialogue between policymakers, architects and a wider audience about the role of... Miriam Giordano
Insight
on 2015/9/11
Diller Scofidio + Renfro recently completed the McMurtry Building for the Department of Art & Art History at Stanford University. Writer Fred Bernstein got a tour of the building from Charles Renfro and filed this report for World-Architects. Fred Bernstein
Works
on 2015/9/11
Following an architectural competition in 2011, the firm Chevalier Morales Architectes received the mandate to expand, redesign and bring to compliance the old Lachine borough library, dating back to 1974. Chevalier Morales Architectes
Works
on 2015/9/10
The Scaffold House project consists of the rehabilitation of a single-family home that was built in various phases starting in the 1950s in the unrivaled setting of the Sa Riera cove in Begur, Girona. bosch.capdeferro arquitectures
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on 2015/9/10
French architect Dominique Perrault has been named a recipient of the Japan Art Association’s 2015 Praemium Imperiale International Arts Award, one of the world's most prestigious awards for architects and other artists. John Hill
Film
on 2015/9/9
The Architect's Newspaper interviews Chicago architect Jeanne Gang in, of all places, the Chicago River, next to the boathouse her studio completed for a site on the river's north branch. John Hill
Works
on 2015/9/9
An open lift connects the lower and upper portions of arte SPATIAL DESIGN STUDIO's concrete WW+ house in Osaka. arte SPATIAL DESIGN STUDIO
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on 2015/9/8
Since winning the competition for the World Trade Center masterplan in 2002, Daniel Libeskind has realized buildings all over the world, from Albania to Canada to Singapore. This year sees the completion of his studio's first building in South America: Vitra, a residential building with...
Headlines
on 2015/9/8
Sydney-based landscape architectural practice McGregor Coxall has been appointed to work with the Art Gallery NSW and Japanese architects SANAA to develop the landscape design concept for the Sydney Modern Project. John Hill
Headlines
on 2015/9/8
FC Barcelona has announced the finalists in the architectural competition for the Espai Barça, which aims to be the "biggest and best sports facility that the world has ever seen in a city center." John Hill
Works
on 2015/9/8
The new entrance hall at Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum opened to the public on 5 September. "Work to move our main entrance to Museumplein has gone very well," says director Axel Rüger. Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates, Hans van Heeswijk Architects
Products
on 2015/9/7
Stone supplier SolidNature collaborated with architect Rem Koolhaas and designer Petra Blaisse to display 600 types of onyx, marbles, travertines, and other stones for the Maison & Objet trade fair in Paris. John Hill
Headlines
on 2015/9/6
Five finalists have been named in the Finnish Association of Architects' (SAFA) 2015 Finlandia Prize for Architecture, with the winner to be selected by composer Kaija Saariaho. John Hill
