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Venice Biennale 2012: Architecture. Possible here? Home-for-all / Japan Pavilion
© Nico Saieh The Japan Pavilion for the Venice Biennale (designed by Takamasa Yoshizaka in 1956) presented the exhibit “Architecture. Possible here? Home-for-all”, curated by Toyo Ito, with the...
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AD Round Up: Wood Architecture
© Sergio Gómez Wood, one of architecture’s nobler materials, allows us to develop both complex structures and minimal designs.For today’s Round Up, we’ve selected projects that feature wood heavily in...
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Koolhaas to be the Biennale’s next Director?
OMA Rem Koolhaas © Dominik Gigler Hot on the heels of the Jencks Award, yet another accolade is rumored to be coming Rem Koolhaas‘ way. The claims are flying about the twitterverse: OMA’s Koolhaas...
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Venice Biennale 2012: Originaire / China Pavilion
“Sequence” by Shao Weiping © Nico Saieh From the curator Fang Zhenning: “Originaire” is a word created to combine the meanings of “original” and “initial”. In the Chinese language, the character for...
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Venice Biennale 2012: Spontaneous Interventions / USA Pavilion
© Nico Saieh The jury of the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale has awarded the United States pavilion a “Special Mention” for it’s innovative installation, titled Spontaneous Interventions: Design...
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Firehouse of Palma de Mallorca / Jordi Herrero Arquitecto
© Jaime Sicilia Architects: Jordi Herrero Arquitecto Location: Palma de Mallorca, Spain Equipo De Diseño: Jordi Herrero Campo, Sebastián Escanellas Genovard, Juan Gabriel Valls Palmer, Gabriel Palmer...
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Guangzhou South Railway Station / TFP Farrells
© Nick Hufton Architects: TFP Farrells Location: Guangzhou, China Project Year: 2010 Photographs: Courtesy of TFP Farrells, Nick Hufton Located at the heart of the Pearl River Delta region, Guangzhou...
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‘Rethink Singapore’ Archifest
Courtesy of Singapore Institute of Architects Organized by Singapore Institute of Architects, the annual month-long architecture festival is back for the sixth year running to celebrate the urban...
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Yutenji Apartments / architecture WORKSHOP
© Daici Ano Architects: architecture WORKSHOP Location: Tokyo, Japan Design Team: Koh Kitayama, Hiroko Hasama, Mariko Hama, Kim Young Woo, Shimpei Yamashita Project Year: 2010 Photographs: Daici Ano...
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G-Flat / architecture WORKSHOP
Architects: Koh Kitayama – architecture WORKSHOP Location: Tokyo, Japan Design Team: Koh Kitayama, Mariko Hama, Yurie Kobayashi, Hiroko Hasama, Toru Kudo Project Year: 2006 Project Area: 2635.78 sqm...
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Joint Office Building and Passenger & Cargo Terminal Proposal / de...
Despite unique climate challenges in the city of Keelung, Taiwan, the design for the Joint Office Building and Passenger & Cargo Terminal by de Architekten Cie. is an example of how one can...
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Polideportivo in Sa Indiotería / Jordi Herrero + Sebastián Escanellas
Architects: Jordi Herrero + Sebastián Escanellas Location: Palma de Mallorca, Spain Project Architects: Jordi Herrero Campo, Sebastián Escanellas Genovard Project Area: 2,607 sqm Photographs: Jaime...
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International Architecture Award 2012: New Headquarter Building / BOLLES +...
BOLLES + WILSON recently received an ‘International Architecture Award 2012‘ for their design of a new headquarter for a concrete plant in Erwitte, Germany. The building, which is highlighted by an...
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Venice Biennale 2012: Eduardo Souto de Moura
Eduardo Souto de Moura’s structure overlooks the old buildings in front of the Arsenale from the waterfront, on the path leading to Alvaro Siza’s structure that we featured yesterday. This structure...
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School of Dentistry for Charles Sturt University / Brewster Hjorth Architects
Architects: Brewster Hjorth Architects Location: Wagga, Australia Project Year: 2010 Project Area: 3,500 sqm Photographs: Christian Mushenko The CSU School of Dentistry building at Wagga-Wagga...
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Himmelhagen / Snøhetta
Norwegian-based architecture firm, Snøhetta, has just been announced the winner for the Ordrupgaard competition to design an underground extension to the existing museum in Denmark. In addition to...
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‘Past Futures, Present, Futures’ Exhibition
Storefront for Art and Architecture is opening up its fall exhibition season starting September 25th with ‘Past Futures, Present, Futures’. The exhibition, which will be up until November 17th,...
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Casa Di Sassuolo / Enrico Iascone Architetti
Architects: Enrico Iascone Architetti Location: Sassuolo, Italy Design Team: Enrico Iascone, Carlotta Menarini, Camilla Belletti, Alberto Vitali Project Year: 2011 Project Area: 1,600 sqm Photographs:...
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President of Madrid Puts Foot In Mouth, Offends Architects Everywhere
Politicians caught on camera say the darndest things. Like – if you’re Esperanza Aguirre, President of Madrid – that architects “should be killed.” The Politician was unknowingly recorded while...
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Gehry’s donation to SCI-Arc endows annual thesis prize
SCI-Arch Trustee Frank Gehry and his wife, Berta, have donated $100,000 to the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc). The noteworthy contribution will go towards the establishment of...
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