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Earlier this year Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza was named an honorary member of the International Committee of Architectural Critics (CICA), “in recognition of his exceptional contribution to global architecture.” Next month he will give a keynote at the CICA 2024 International Conference. John Hill
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Fredric Jameson, the literary and cultural critic and longtime professor at Duke University, died on September 22 at the age of 90. Best known for the 1991 book Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, Jameson was influential in architectural circles for making... John Hill
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Two Trees Management has announced the completion of Domino Square, a one-acre public space that is an extension of Domino Park and which sits in the heart of the larger redevelopment of the former Domino Sugar Refinery site in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. John Hill
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Re:Imagine London is a collaboration between Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) and Epic Games that allows users of Fortnite to shape sections of London with curvy modules designed by ZHA. As explained in a video from The B1M, the just-released feature encourages young gamers to understand urban... John Hill
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Citizens of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, are being asked to vote on one of two designs — by David Hotson Architect and Wilmotte & Associés — for the modernization and completion of the Cascade Complex that was started in the 1970s but never finished. John Hill
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Notable as the largest public project in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, since the completion of the Wellington Regional Stadium in early 2000, Tākina – Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre features a shimmering glass facade facing Wellington Harbour. The architects at Studio... Studio Pacific Architecture
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Length of time that former President Donald Trump's 2020 executive order requiring government planners to “beautify public spaces and inspire... René Ammann
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The American Hardwood Export Council's (AHEC) contribution to this year's London Design Festival is Vert, a timber structure designed by Diez Office with OMCºC as a cooling space for visitors and a means of increasing biodiversity in urban environments. Vert is installed at the Parade Ground... John Hill
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Brazilian artist Ciao Reisewitz is the latest artist to take over the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona. Suspendre el cel fills the pavilion with palm trees, ferns, and other plants that recall the Amazon rainforests and draw attention to their destruction and that of indigenous... John Hill
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The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the shortlisted projects for its awards focused on affordable housing and adaptive reuse: the 2024 Neave Brown Award for Housing and the 2024 Reinvention Award. John Hill
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The Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain has announced that, in celebration of its 40th anniversary this year, it will be moving into a historic building on Place du Palais-Royal by the end of 2025. Interior renovations will be carried out by Jean Nouvel, the architect of its current... John Hill
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Number of floors the proposed mass-timber Marcus Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will exceed the 25-story Ascent high-rise, also in Milwaukee, that is currently... René Ammann
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Fifteen years in the making, the New York Korea Center opened its doors in June as the new home of the Korean Cultural Center New York. Located on East 32nd Street, just east of Manhattan's busy Koreatown, the eight-story building features a figural volume that rises behind a clear glass... SAMOO Architects & Engineers
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Energies, the new exhibition that opened at the Swiss Institute in Manhattan's East Village on September 11, invites visitors to explore other parts of the neighborhood related to the exhibition's themes of “ecological affordances and effects, social formations, and political... John Hill
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Best known for the Graz Kunsthaus, which he designed with Sir Peter Cook, Colin Fournier was also a professor of architecture, was involved in the design of the Parc de la Villette, was a member of the avant-garde group Archigram, and planned entire cities. He died in Paris on September 4,... Elias Baumgarten
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The Foundation for the Finnish Museum of Architecture and Design and Real Estate Company ADM have revealed the 623 entries that were submitted in the first stage of an open international design competition for a new museum of architecture in Helsinki’s South Harbour. All 623 proposals are... John Hill
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The latest addition to Tippet Rise Art Center — a sprawling ranch in Montana that has been home to artworks, pavilions, and performance spaces since opening in 2016 — is Geode, an open-air acoustical structure and performance venue designed by Arup to create an intimate sonic environment... John Hill
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We are repositioning ourselves in 2025: We will be reporting from all over the German-speaking world. And because architecture is not an autonomous discipline, we are increasingly writing about art and culture. Elias Baumgarten, who has already been responsible for our partner magazines in... German-Architects Editorial
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Back in May, on the UNESCO International Day of Light, the 2024 Daylight Awards were awarded to Alberto Camp Baeza and Till Roenneber, respectively in the architecture and research categories. The Daylight Award has released videos of their ten-minute award lectures. John Hill
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Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has been named a recipient of Japan Art Association’s 2024 Praemium Imperiale, one of the world's most prestigious awards for architects and other artists. John Hill
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AA Folios: 1983–1985 is a small but dense exhibition now on display at The Cooper Union's Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture in New York City. Open to the public for just three weeks, the exhibition presents seven of the fourteen Folios produced by the Architectural Association in... John Hill
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Estimated number of stairways and interiors of modern gems around the globe that artist Adam Štěch has photographed: 5,000 René Ammann
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ELIPSE is an apt name for this new apartment building in Ljubljana, but it is the wavy balconies projecting from the elliptical plan that grab the most attention. Facing south toward a canal and park, the balconies provide outdoor space for many of the building's 64 units. Sadar+Vuga, who... Sadar+Vuga, Arhipro, Studio Krištof
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Details have been announced for the proposed Las Vegas Museum of Art (LVMA), the first major art museum for the “City of Lights.” Planned for a site in Symphony Park, the museum is being designed by Francis Kéré, recipient of the John Hill
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Pixel, the mixed-use complex designed by MVRDV for the new Makers District on Al Reem Island in Abu Dhabi, is made up of seven towers whose terraces seem to tumble down toward a central courtyard. The terraces and bay windows are shaded by pixelated screens made with glazed brick panels from... John Hill
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Seven years after 72 people were killed in a fire that, due to highly flammable facade retrofit, quickly spread through the 24-story Grenfell Tower... John Hill
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As part of the the Kunsttage Basel event in late August, Nicolas Krupp Gallery invited Swiss visual artist Eric Hatten to play around with the materials in the gallery's new exhibition space currently under construction. VernissageTV walked through the exhibition in one of its latest videos. John Hill
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As editor-in-chief, Katinka Corts shaped German-Architects with her convictions for a long time. Now she is embarking on a new chapter in her life. It is time to thank her for her perseverance and commitment, but also her keen sense of language. Elias Baumgarten
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Unlike fashion, publishing, and other fields, architecture doesn't have a “season.” But when it comes to exhibitions and other architectural events, autumn is a busy time. Here we highlight a half-dozen of the numerous architecture exhibitions opening in September and October. These are... John Hill
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Ever since its founding in 1912, the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut, has been unique for being not just an art museum, but also a science museum and a natural history museum. The museum's appeal is evident in its recent expansion, nearly a decade in the making, designed by... EskewDumezRipple
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Number of rental units expected to be completed in the United States by the end of the year, marking new heights in apartment construction: 518,108 René Ammann
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The British Museum has announces a shortlist of five architect-led teams for a major renovation of its Western Range Galleries, a project the museum contends is “one of the most significant cultural renovation projects in the world.” John Hill
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A typed note by John Sainsbury, one of the donors for the 1991 addition to the National Gallery in London bearing the family's name, was recently found in a false column. The note explicitly criticizes the column as “a mistake of the architect,” Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates. John Hill
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Philippe Block heads the Institute for Technology in Architecture (ITA) at ETH Zurich. Together with the Professors Catherine De Wolf, Jacqueline Pauli and Walter Kaufmann, he has organised the IASS Symposium 2024, which is taking place at ETH Campus Hönggerberg. Philippe Block spoke with... Katinka Corts