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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.

15-03-2017

The American Dream: pop to the present, British Museum

London's British Museum is holding the UK's first major exhibition to chart modern and contemporary American printmaking.

10-03-2017

Architecture for a summer

Spring is at the door, and a number of international institutions have announced the results of design competitions for temporary summer structures: pavilions and installations to host summer events and programmes.

08-03-2017

Koti - Finnish hospitality in Paris

Fall asleep in Finland and wake up in Paris, is the motto with which the Institut Finlandais in Paris presents KOTI, a programme inaugurated on the occasion of the celebrations marking the centennial of Finland’s independence, which will allow visitors to experience Finnish hospitality right in the centre of Paris for 100 days.

03-03-2017

C.F. Møller Architects Art and Architecture in Greenwich Energy Centre

Art and Architecture come together in the energy centre built on the Greenwich peninsula by C.F. Møller Architects with artist Conrad Shawcross.

01-03-2017

The return of genesis, architecture lectures in Pisa

Here comes the second edition of genesis, the architecture lectures with international guests established as an initiative of students and teachers from the Architecture Engineering course of the Engineering School - University of Pisa exploring the genesis of an architectural project.

01-03-2017

The architect of the 2017 Serpentine Pavilion is Diébédo Francis Kéré

London’s famous Serpentine Pavilion will be designed by Diébédo Francis Kéré in 2017. Originally from Burkina Faso, the architect rose to world fame for his design of Gando school campus.

24-02-2017

Finalists for the 2017 Mies van der Rohe Prize

Ordinary yet heroic buildings, is how Stephen Bates describes the five finalists for the 2017 European Union Mies van der Rohe Prize for Contemporary Architecture.