Magazine
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on 07-05-2022
Minimum number of buildings of architectural significance damaged or destroyed by Russian strikes on the eastern... René Ammann
Beoordelingen
on 05-05-2022
Beijing-based designers of 3andwich Design/He Wei Studio recently completed a tourist infrastructure building in the Tengger Desert in the Ningxia Autonomous Region in northwest... Eduard Kögel
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on 25-04-2022
Height of the former Union Carbide Building in New York City, the tallest building ever voluntarily demolished, which made way for an even taller... René Ammann
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on 14-04-2022
Thickness of walls at the base of the Monadnock Building, a landmarked 1891 building in Chicago's Loop, located two blocks away from the Consumers Building (1913) and Century Building (1915), René Ammann
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on 12-04-2022
Today, April 12, marks the start of the demolition of one of the most important works of postwar architecture in Japan: Nakagin Capsule Tower, designed by Kisho Kurokawa and completed exactly fifty years ago. John Hill
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on 11-04-2022
Factor by which the space per person in the Global North is greater than in the Global South: 6 René Ammann
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on 08-04-2022
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 04-04-2022
Day the demolition of the iconic Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo, designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa and completed in 1972, René Ammann
Beoordelingen
on 31-03-2022
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 25-03-2022
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 21-03-2022
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 15-03-2022
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 15-03-2022
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
Beoordelingen
on 11-03-2022
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 06-03-2022
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 27-02-2022
Number of metro stations Zaha Hadid Architects has designed for Dnipro, the fourth largest city in Ukraine, where... René Ammann
Insight
on 21-02-2022
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 14-02-2022
Number of people across the globe living in earthen homes: 1.7 billion René Ammann
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on 07-02-2022
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 31-01-2022
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 24-01-2022
Extent the historic 1743-seat Palace Theatre in New York's Times Square will be hoisted above street level to... René Ammann
Insight
on 20-01-2022
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 17-01-2022
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 07-01-2022
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 03-01-2022
Number of plants and trees the 75,000-square-meter "Valley" tower block in Amsterdam, featuring 200... René Ammann
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on 13-12-2021
Price paid for a plot of virtual land in The Sandbox metaverse: $4.3 million (€3.8m) René Ammann
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on 06-12-2021
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 22-11-2021
Number of single-family homes the United States is short of: 5.24 million René Ammann
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on 14-11-2021
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 01-11-2021
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 25-10-2021
Number of American renters who fear eviction from their home by the end of this year: 1.3 million René Ammann
Beoordelingen
on 15-10-2021
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