Frank Lloyd Wright: Iconic Price Tower Faces Uncertain Future
The Price Tower, an iconic skyscraper designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, is facing closure just 18 months after being purchased…
21 August 2024
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Sir Terence Conran Designer And Design Museum Founder Dies
Sir Terence Conran, designer, philanthropist and founder of the Design Museum, has passed away, Saturday 12 September, he was 88 years old.
12 September 2020
Serpentine Pavilion Unveiled By Architect Junya Ishigami
The Serpentine launched their annual Pavilion this morning with a press view attended by the architect Junya Ishigami and the artistic director of the Serpentine Galleries Hans Ulrich Obrist.
20 June 2019
Antoni Gaudi Sagrada Familia Granted Building Permit After 137-year Hiatus
The city of Barcelona has issued a building permit for one of Spain’s most famous tourist attractions. After 137 years the church, designed by the iconic Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi
10 June 2019
Paul Feiler Centenary Celebrated With New Redfern Gallery Retrospective
The Redfern Gallery will celebrate the centenary of the artist Paul Feiler with a comprehensive retrospective of works (1918-2013)
4 September 2018
C R Mackintosh: Rebirth Of The Willow Tea Rooms Glasgow – Clare Henry
Over a hundred years after it first opened, Mackintosh’s WILLOW TEAROOM – revived, restored, remade, reborn – is again in the limelight. A glorious, memorable, unique temple to Glasgow Art Nouveau.
3 September 2018
Glasgow School Of Art Destroyed In Second Devastating Blaze
Fire crews have spent a third day at the scene of the latest fire to hit the historic Glasgow School of Art.
17 June 2018
Serpentine Pavilion By Frida Escobedo Unveiled In London Sunshine
This year’s Serpentine Pavilion, designed by emerging Mexican star Frida Escobedo has been unveiled to the press. The 38-year-old architect is the youngest ever designer to create the temporary showcase structure in Kensington Gardens.
11 June 2018
Cruising Pavilion Breaks With Heteronormative Venice Architecture Biennale
The Cruising Pavilion is set to go outside the tick box of hetero-normativeity when explores the contemporary architectural narratives related to LGBTQI cruising practices.
18 May 2018
Mexican Architect Frida Escobedo To Design Serpentine Pavilion 2018
Frida Escobedo, a young Mexican architect celebrated for dynamic projects that reactivate urban space, has been commissioned to design the Serpentine Pavilion 2018.
8 February 2018
Frank Gehry: Fondation Louis Vuitton Paris – An Architect’s Impression – Alex Murray
I had never experienced a Frank Gehry up-close. Never stood slack-jawed, gawping at the gymnastic splendours that the photographs in the glossies promise.
6 January 2018
Hastings Pier Wins 2017 RIBA Stirling Prize – UK’s Best New Building
RIBA (The Royal Institute of British Architects) has announced the prestigious 2017 Stirling Prize winner. Hastings Pier by dRMM Architects was awarded the honour.
3 November 2017
UK Holocaust Memorial Design Awarded To David Adjaye And Ron Arad
The British architect Sir David Adjaye and the Israeli architect Ron Arad have been awarded the commission to design the UK’s National Holocaust Memorial in the shadow of the Houses of Parliament in London. Architects Gustafson Porter + Bowman were selected to design a Learning Centre, as part of the project.
24 October 2017