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After years of caution propagated by global economic turbulence, the architectural ambitions of many cities around the world appear to have been rekindled. From the deserts of the United Arab Emirates to the bustling metropolises of Taiwan, numerous cultural landmarks across the globe are approaching completion, well under way or set to break ground this…
It can be a pretty difficult task predicting the future of movement, as “Back to the Future II” writ er and director Robert Zemeckis will testify. After all, it appears that the hover boards made famous in that cult movie are not yet the real deal, and flying cars remain the stuff of utopian dreams. Indeed,…
Photographer Hlinka's images look like something straight from a movie poster for Wes Anderson’s “Gr and Budapest Hotel.”
“98% of what gets built and designed today is pure shit.” Frank Gehry took the award for the most re markable quote of 2014, when his sharp-toothed retort to a Spanish journalist caused an entire profession to look itself in the proverbial mirror. Even the most outspoken architects would have a tough time rising to that…
The architectural profession can be a slow-moving beast, but for the more adaptable, avant-garde fir ms out there, a single year can change everything. From Brooklyn-based SO – IL to the Australian Austin Maynard Architects, here are Architizer’s top firms to keep an eye on in 2016: Artes Amant Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1. SO – IL…
The past 12 months has seen some remarkable projects delivered around the globe; from the world’s se cond tallest building — Gensler’s Shanghai Tower — to the many pavilions of the Milan World Expo. The ambitions of designers and developers remains undiminished, though, and 2016 will see the completion of a host of new, groundbreaking, genre-defining…
It’s been another eventful year for architects around the globe, full of controversy, conversation a nd contemporary design of the highest order. Here, we take a look back at some of the biggest events and most notable new buildings covered by Architizer over the past 12 months. Click on the hyperlinks provided to remind yourself of…
Casa Sperimentale is a wild, eclectic ode to Brutalism, slowly crumbling away on a wooded plot near the coast.
One of the most talked-about stories in architecture this year has been Tokyo’s decision to scrap Za ha Hadid’s competition-winning design for the 2020 Olympic Stadium. Fueled by concerns over spiraling costs, public discontentment at the scale of the proposed arena, and mounting criticism from Japanese architects, the city pulled the plug on the British-Iraqi architect’s…