Richard Rogers Iconic Architect Of High Tech Movement Dies Age 88
Richard Rogers, one of the most highly regarded architects of his generation, has died at age 88.
17 July 2017
Assemble Art Collective Open Major New Museum Survey In Vienna
The Turner Prize winning art collective Assemble: are offered a major new survey of their work at the Architekturzentrum Wien.
16 March 2017
Revolution And Architecture – The Lights That Failed By Edward Lucie-Smith
The Design Museum’s new exhibition, Imagine Moscow: Architecture, Propaganda, Revolution, is in many respects a great improvement on its rather incoherent opening show (or collection of shows).
Royal Institute of British Architects International Prize 2016 Shortlist Announced
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) International Prize 2016 has announced the shortlist for this important architecture prize . The winner will be announced on Thursday 24 November 2016.
China’s Toilet Shaped Building Defies Architecture Ban
A new university building that more than resembles a 12-story “toilet” recently unveiled in Henan province has slipped through the net of a ban by the Chinese government, announced in February, on structures that are “oversized,” “xenocentric,” or “weird.” The purpose built hall of learning is in the campus of the North China University of Water Conservancy […]
Zaha Hadid Selected For London Science Museum Extension
Zaha Hadid architects have been selected by The London Science Museum to design their new Mathematics gallery as part of the Museum’s plan to redevelop a third of the museum over the next five years, which is being financed by a £5 million donation from science philanthropists David and Claudia Harding. The David and Claudia […]
Efforts To Transform British Architecture At Venice Biennale
The British Council will present Venice Takeaway: Ideas to Change British Architecture, in the British Pavilion at the 13th Venice International Architecture Biennale, which will run from 29 August – 25 November 2012 (Preview Days: Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 August 2012). Focusing on a group of ten exciting architectural talents, selected in open competition across the UK, the British […]
16 January 2012
HORTUS And Critical Territories At The Architectural Association
January exhibitions at the AA – REVIEW There are two new exhibitions now showing at the Architectural Association: H.O.R.T.U.S. – an installation by ecoLogicStudio (on the first floor, next door to the café) – and Critical Territories, which presents the work of two experimental interdisciplinary practices, Groundlab and Plasma Studio (in the ground floor gallery […]