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Enter the 2019 A+Awards to get your project published internationally! Click here for more informati on, and enter before February 15th to secure your early entry discount. If you were ever in doubt about just how polarizing architecture can be, look no further than the radical restoration of Matrera Castle in Villamartin on the southeast coast…
Washington, DC’s sports and entertainment district is about to get a makeover. OMA, working with the management company EventsDC, recently revealed two conceptual masterplans for RFK Stadium’s 190-acre campus, which also includes the storied DC Armory. The new proposals would add usable green space along the Anacostia riverfront, an area that is currently obstructed by…
If city dwellers were to look up from their smartphones (please, guys, give it a try), they would se e that the urban fabric is stitched with analog life. Some are vestiges of another time, such as newspaper boxes and parking meters. Others, like bus shelters and bike stands, are experiencing resurgence. Then there are the…
Yesterday, Daniel Libeskind unveiled plans for the Kurdistan Museum, a cultural center that will cel ebrate the history of the Kurdish people. The 150,000-square-foot museum is to be built in Erbil, Iraq, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. Kurdistan is a loosely defined geographical area in the heart of the Middle East that includes the self-governing region…
The wait is finally over. The public has spoken. Over 300 experts from fields spanning the arts and business worlds have weighed in. The winners of the 2016 A+Awards, the world’s largest awards program for architecture and products, have officially been decided! This year’s entries have surpassed every expectation, treating us to an exhibition of…
Earthquakes? No longer a problem for Japanese fabric manufacturer Komatsu Seiren, whose showroom fac ility in Nomi, Japan, has been fitted with a carbon-fiber curtain designed by the architect Kengo Kuma. This innovative reinforcement provides added stability to the building, protecting it from damage wrought by earthquakes. “The fiber rod is said to be seven times…
Le Corbusier may have described houses as “machines for living in,” but most people take a less func tionalist attitude toward the buildings in their lives. Walking around a familiar city, architectural landmarks seem more like old friends than machines. It’s no coincidence that children’s drawings of houses often resemble faces: a door for a mouth…
For over 35 years, Chip Clark worked as the chief photographer of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. Talk about an enviable position! In this role, he documented everything in the museum’s vast collection, of which only a portion is accessible to the public. He was also sent on expeditions to caves…
If there is one architect who understands the challenges that Dame Zaha Hadid faced in the upper ech elons of architectural stardom, it is surely Frank O. Gehry. As last week’s news of Hadid’s unexpected death continues to sink in, one of the architect’s most prominent peers has spoken of her impact across the profession —…