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05-05-2017

Awaiting the winner of the EU MIES AWARD 2017

The winner of the EU MIES AWARD 2017 and the winner of the Special Mention for an Emerging Architect will be announced in Brussels on 16th May. Floornature highlights the finalists and winners of the previous edition.

31-03-2017

A year without Zaha Hadid: an architect’s legacy

A year after the premature death of Zaha Hadid on March 31, 2016, here is a quick overview of a number of projects by one of the most controversial figures in contemporary architecture. The first woman to receive the Pritzker Prize and the RIBA Royal Gold Medal, her legacy for future generations was buildings of sculptural beauty that people either love or hate.

03-03-2017

Touring Spanish architecture with the SapienStone Truck

As we follow the SapienStone Truck’s #AroundTheTop tour introducing the Iris Ceramica Group’s new brand specialising in top quality porcelain kitchen countertops, we look back at a number of Spanish projects presented in the pages of Floornature and Livegreenblog.

10-02-2017

Architectural projects submitted for the European Union’s Mies van der Rohe Award

The names of the 40 projects shortlisted for the 2017 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award have been announced. We take a look at Floornature articles on past editions of the contest.

23-01-2017

Estonia, floating structures respond to environmental needs

Last summer's output of the Wilderness Summer School with the Estonian Academy of Arts Interior Architecture department: VEETEE - waterway in English - with three floating structures in a very challenging landscape, a forest that is flooded at least once a year.

14-10-2016

RIBA Stirling Prize Caruso St John's Newport Street Gallery

The winner of the 21st RIBA Stirling Prize has been announced. The UK’s most prestigious award for architecture has been assigned to Caruso St John's Newport Street Gallery. Let us look at Floornature’s coverage of some of the projects that have won the prize in the past.

18-08-2016

Czech and Slovak Pavilion Venice Biennale

"Care for Architecture: Asking the Arché of Architecture to Dance", the Czech and Slovak contribution to the 15th International Architecture Exhibition of Venice, brought to the international stage the debate on whether the Soviet-era architecture present in both countries should be saved or demolished.

03-06-2016

Architecture in Canada

The recent awarding of an important national award to 12 Canadian architectural projects offers an opportunity to focus on recent architectural projects in Canada presented in the pages of Floornature and Livegreenblog.