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on 4/8/22
Compared to their male colleagues, female architects still do not receive the recognition they deserve. Art historian Ursula Schwitalla and architect Christiane Fath are committed to increasing the visibility of women in the architectural profession, having founded the Katinka Corts
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on 4/4/22
Day the demolition of the iconic Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo, designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa and completed in 1972, René Ammann
Reviews
on 3/31/22
Under the direction of Ma Yansong, the office MAD Architects has realised its first social housing project. MAD Architects, known for spectacular forms and spaces in their projects, in... Eduard Kögel
Headlines
on 3/25/22
Just over a year after Blair Kamin left his post at the Chicago Tribune, leaving the architecturally significant city with no architecture critics, the Chicago Sun-Times has announced Lee Bey... John Hill
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on 3/21/22
Base price for a one-night stay in the two-person Biosphere, designed by BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group with a facade made from 340 bird nests: 12,000 SEK ($1300/€1150) René Ammann
Film
on 3/15/22
Francis Kéré talks about his contributions as an architect, how he builds in his home town of Gando, the role of trees in his design, and more in five short films made on the occasion of being named John Hill
Insight
on 3/15/22
In one moment, everything in Anhelina Starkova's life changed. Putin's war devastated her hometown of Kharkiv and thwarted her plans for the future. But she has not lost her courage. Elias Baumgarten
Reviews
on 3/11/22
In April 2021, Xu Tiantian and her office DnA_Design and Architecture were invited by the local authority of Jinyun County to develop ideas for the conversion of former quarries. Those... Eduard Kögel
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on 3/6/22
Discount the owner of a Los Angeles hilltop mega-mansion featuring 21 bedrooms, 49 baths, and 5 swimming pools had to grant: $154 million (€141m) René Ammann
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on 2/27/22
Number of metro stations Zaha Hadid Architects has designed for Dnipro, the fourth largest city in Ukraine, where... René Ammann
Insight
on 2/21/22
Visitors to the American-Architects platform of World-Architects last month voted Mecanoo’s renovation of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC as US Building of the Year, picking it from dozens of adaptive reuse and renovation projects. Following... John Hill
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on 2/14/22
Number of people across the globe living in earthen homes: 1.7 billion René Ammann
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on 2/7/22
Number of bids placed in an auction for a sixteenth-century villa in Rome containing the only ceiling mural ever painted... René Ammann
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on 1/31/22
Price paid this month in Palm Beach, Florida, for a newer 3,988-square-foot (370 m2) house... René Ammann
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on 1/24/22
Extent the historic 1743-seat Palace Theatre in New York's Times Square will be hoisted above street level to... René Ammann
Insight
on 1/20/22
Apartment Blossom is the second volume in the Urban Studies Degree Zero Series. This beautifully designed, delicately bound book includes short essays by Li Han, partner at Drawing Architecture... Madeline Beach Carey
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on 1/17/22
Average floor area of a newly built house in the United States and Australia: 229 m2 (2,465 sf) René Ammann
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on 1/7/22
Average annual price growth across 150 cities worldwide in the year to Q2 2021, according to a Global Residential Cities Index:... René Ammann
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on 1/3/22
Number of plants and trees the 75,000-square-meter "Valley" tower block in Amsterdam, featuring 200... René Ammann
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on 12/13/21
Price paid for a plot of virtual land in The Sandbox metaverse: $4.3 million (€3.8m) René Ammann
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on 12/6/21
Amount British street artist Banksy has offered to buy an empty prison in Reading, England, that features an uninterrupted 500-meter-long paintable surface, proposing to turn it into... René Ammann
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on 11/22/21
Number of single-family homes the United States is short of: 5.24 million René Ammann
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on 11/14/21
Price of a salad bowl at Swedish retailer Ikea that served as an inspiration for MVRDV's Depot Boijmans Van... René Ammann
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on 11/1/21
Maximum height skyscrapers in Chinese cities counting less than 3 million people can be built, to reduce energy consumption and as part of a broader René Ammann
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on 10/25/21
Number of American renters who fear eviction from their home by the end of this year: 1.3 million René Ammann
Reviews
on 10/15/21
Songyang has a new poetry museum. The Beijing-based architect Xu Tiantian received the commission for this. With her office DnA_Design and Architecture, she has already completed many small interventions in... Eduard Kögel
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on 10/13/21
Number of (mostly) Catholic churches built in Poland between 1945 and 1989, during the country's communist era:... René Ammann
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on 10/11/21
Number of the estimated 8,000 architectural marvels threatened by wind erosion, war, and economic struggles in Sana’a and other ancient cities of Yemen that were René Ammann
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on 10/3/21
Number of apartments built into a former prison in Lorton, Virginia, after the original windows (high in the ceiling) were given larger openings: 171 René Ammann
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on 9/27/21
Average rise of prices for residential property in Germany within one year (June 2020 to June 2021): 10.9% René Ammann
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on 9/20/21
Debts China’s property giant Evergrande, the country's second-biggest property company, suddenly cannot pay: $300 billion... René Ammann
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on 9/6/21
Share of American contractors who say they are struggling to find workers, leaving nearly 300,000 roles vacant: 88% René Ammann