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01/10/2017
GCR
Richard Rogers has used a memoir published this month to revive a bitter argument with Prince Charles over what the architect claimed is the royal’s ongoing...
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29/09/2017
The New York Times
“We’re like surgeons around a body,” said David Chipperfield as he looked at Berlin’s New National Gallery. The building, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe...
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17/09/2017
The Hill
In July, President Trump floated the idea of constructing a transparent wall along the United States' southern border in order to prevent...
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15/09/2017
The Economist
The quayside roads that wind along the Seine used to throb with hurtling traffic. Today, potted palm trees have been ranged along the tarmac. Joggers and cyclists enjoy...
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10/09/2017
The New York Times
In a backyard in Berlin, a ramshackle house that was once a haven for the civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks is preparing for its third life...
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07/09/2017
Since 1997 the Dutch foundation called the Prince Claus Fund has annually honored individuals and organizations for groundbreaking work in the fields of culture and development, with emphasis on contributions in places where resources are limited...
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07/09/2017
The Chinese architect Wang Shu and the Brazilian critic André Corrêa do Lago now sit on the jury of the Pritzker Prize, which in its next round, in 2018, celebrates its fortieth anniversary. They join Glenn Murcutt (chairman), Stephen Breyer, Peter Palumbo...
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02/09/2017
The Guardian
The architect talks about his wartime childhood, most celebrated projects – and offers forthright views on Grenfell and architectural responsibility. Plus, an extract...
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30/08/2017
The Economist
Eclipse-watchers in Australia and New South Wales will be able to witness five total solar eclipses between April 2023 and December 2038...
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27/08/2017
The Economist
While some might be afraid of losing their jobs to technology, time has shown it can actually be the source for new ones...
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25/08/2017
Bulldozers begin razing Robin Hood Gardens, the social housing estate in Poplar set to be replaced by mix of flats for private sale, market and social rents,. It was one of the most notable of all of London’s post-war housing estates...
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23/08/2017
The Art Newspaper
The five-storey museum dedicated to the queen of the polka dot will open on 1 October in Tokyo’s Shinjuku ward...
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16/08/2017
Matt Simonds
Sacred architecture is the central theme of Matt Simmonds´ work, a series of architectural sculptures carved into solid stones...
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11/08/2017
TLS
Architects as great men shaping the world. A stereotype partly built by architects against which Louis S.Kahn fought during his whole life...
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08/08/2017
Wired
The Sunway TaihuLight supercomputer is the world's most powerful and has a processing power of 93 petaflops, a step further towards artificial intelligence...
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07/08/2017
Nasa
Scientists from NASA explore de Gulf Stream with a supercomputer simulation of its current. The video runs at one day simulation per second...
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29/07/2017
UCL
The Norman Foster Foundation will award an annual scholarship to an architectural student...
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28/07/2017
The Economist
AT THE start of this year, two straws in the wind caught the attention of those who follow the development of artificial intelligence (AI) globally...
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28/07/2017
The New York Times
The United States Army Corps of Engineers has begun preliminary preparations for the construction of segments of a wall in...
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24/07/2017
The Times
It’s May in Madrid, and a stellar cast has gathered for the opening of the Norman Foster Foundation. Michael Bloomberg rubs shoulders with the Apple designer Jonathan Ive...
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20/07/2017
Business Insider
Located on the island of Rügen, the 3-mile-long abandoned Nazi resort was meant to comfort the weary German worker who toiled away in a factory without respite...
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18/07/2017
The inaugural Soane Annual Lecture will be delivered by Moneo. In addition to the lecture he will be awarded the Soane Medal, a copy of the medal presented in 1835 to Sir John Soane by ‘the Architects of England’, in recognition of his ‘essential services to Architecture’...
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17/07/2017
The New York Times
After a nearly nine-month campaign to wrest Mosul, once Iraq’s second-largest city, from Islamic State control, images captured by DigitalGlobe reveal that vital parts...
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16/07/2017
The Guardian
From Brazil to Mexico to South Africa, diverse and delicate ecosystems are somehow holding on in the face of rampant urbanisation...
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03/07/2017
Deutsche Welle
Peter Zumthor is the first foreign architect to be honored by the Association of German Architects. He is now receiving a German accolade, the "Großer BDA Preis" for his lifetime...
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25/06/2017
Wired
The wealthy never run out of ways to amuse themselves in Dubai, where you can party aboard a house floating...
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23/06/2017
The Guardian
In return for a cheap rent, Finnish 18- to 25-year-olds are befriending older people in a state-run care home while providing social activities...
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21/06/2017
Seattle Pi
Finally, thanks to years of environmental clean-up efforts, algae and zooplankton have multiplied, giving good food for the menhaden and, therefore, food for whales...
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21/06/2017
The New York Times
A rapidly advancing crack in Antarctica’s fourth-largest ice shelf is getting close to a full break, according to scientists. It has accelerated this year in an area already...
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19/06/2017
The Guardian
Philip Hammond said that the material used in the Grenfell Tower refurbishment, containing flammable polyethylene, was “banned” in the UK...
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New Books
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AV Monographs
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analyzes in each issue a theme related to a city, a country, a tendency or an
architect, with articles by leading specialists complemented by commentary on works
and projects illustrated in detail. Published bilingually, with Spanish and English
texts placed side by side.
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Arquitectura Viva
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covers current topics, taking stock of recent trends in set sections: cover story,
works and projects, art and culture, books, technique and innovation. From 2013
on, monthly and bilingual, with Spanish and English texts printed side by side.
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AV Proyectos
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is the third member of the AV family: a bilingual publication essentially focussed
on design projects (with special attention on competitions and construction details),
heretofore only laterally dealt with in the other two magazines.
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Other publications
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RCR arquitectes
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Land architecture, but also architecture of the land. After three decades of work, Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta have obtained universal recognition for a stubbornly local oeuvre.
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SANAA
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The 352-page volume, in hardcover and fully bilingual Spanish-English edition, which gathers the complete oeuvre of Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa over almost three decades of work of the three studios they lead in Tokyo
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Francis Kéré
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The ICO Foundation has published a bilingual (Spanish and English) catalog of the exhibition ‘Francis Kéré: Primary Elements.’ Presenting a selection of 33 works, the book journeys through the professional trajectory of the Burkinabe architect.
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David Chipperfield
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The Fundación ICO presents the bilingual Spanish-English catalogue of the exhibition ‘Essentials. David Chipperfield Architects.’ Featuring thirty works and projects, the book covers thirty years in the career of the British architect.
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Juan Navarro Baldeweg
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The Fundación ICO publishes, in bilingual Spanish-English edition, the catalogue of the exhibition ‘One Zodiac. Juan Navarro Baldeweg,’ which covers the professional career of the Spanish architect, establishing connections between his works as if they formed a zodiac, a ring of constellations.
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The Architect is Present
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Published by the Fundación ICO in a bilingual edition, Spanish and English, the book ‘The Architect is Present’ shows the work of five studios that work in underprivileged contexts, proving that scarcity of means can stimulate technical inventiveness and comunity participation.
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Spain mon amour
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Published by the Fundación ICO in a bilingual edition, Spanish and English, the book ‘Spain mon amour’ reviews recent Spanish architecture through fifteen works in fifteen different cities, completed by five studios and represented by five prominent photographers.
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Change of Climate
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Following the editions of 2010, 2012, and 2014 – ‘More for Less,’ ‘The Common,’ and ‘The Necessary,’ the 4th international congress organized by the Fundación Arquitectura y Sociedad set out to examine ‘Change of Climate’ in architecture, now undergoing deep change.
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Necessary Architecture
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Following the editions of 2010 and 2012, ‘More for Less’ and ‘The Common,’ the third international congress organized by the Fundación Arquitectura y Sociedad came with the heading of ‘Necessary Architecture’, centering upon values of austerity but also on cultural aspects of architecture.
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The Common
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Organized by the Fundación Arquitectura y Sociedad, the congress (Pamplona, June 2012) appealed to civic solidarity as an instrument of architecture in facing the urgent economic and environmental challenges of today.
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More for Less
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Organized by the Fundación Arquitectura y Sociedad, the congress (Pamplona, June 2010) aimed to take stock of the change of mood in architecture. Published in a bilingual edition, Spanish and English, the book presents the interviews with the participants.
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Atlas: Europe
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Devoted to the most recent architecture of the European continent, it is the fourth volume in a series which develops and updates the work published in 2007 by the BBVA Foundation, Atlas. Global Architecture circa 2000. The current publication, of 320 pages, is also edited in Spanish.
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Atlas: Africa and M. East
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Devoted to the most recent architecture of Africa and the Middle East, is the third volume in a series of four which develop and update the work published in 2007 by the BBVA Foundation, Atlas. Global Architecture circa 2000. The current publication, of 320 pages, is also edited in Spanish.
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Atlas: America
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Devoted to the latest architecture of America, it is the second volume in a series of four which develop and update the work published by the BBVA Foundation in 2007, Atlas. Global Architecture circa 2000. The current publication, of 320 pages, is also edited in Spanish.
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Atlas: Asia and Pacífic
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This Atlas, devoted to the latest architecture of Asia and the Pacific, is the first volume in a series of four which develop and update the work published by the BBVA Foundation in 2007, Atlas. Global Architecture circa 2000. The current publication, of 320 pages, is also edited in Spanish.
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Atlas. Circa 2000
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The BBVA Foundation presents Atlas. Arquitectura global circa 2000, a volume of 312 pages published also in Spanish. Centered on the period opened by the Fall of the Berlin Wall, this work intends to be a critical assessment of world architecture in our global times.
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Spain Builds, 1975-2010
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Second edition of the work published in 2006 coinciding with the exhibition on architecture in Spain held at the MoMA. Now, to mark Spain's presence at Expo Shanghai, the oeuvre is extended, adding Chinese to the original languages.
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