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23-08-2019

The 2019 Art Fund Museum of the Year is the St Fagans National Museum of History

The winner of the 2019 Art Fund Museum of the Year, the annual prize awarded to the best museums in the United Kingdom, was announced on 3rd July 2019. The prize was awarded to the St Fagans National Museum of History in Cardiff, and the shortlisted museums included the HMS Caroline in Belfast, the Nottingham Contemporary in Nottingham, the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, and the V&A Dundee in Scotland.

14-08-2018

Niall McLaughlin Architects, The Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre, Oxford

Niall McLaughlin Architects studio designed a new structure for the Worcester College, a garden provided with a theatre, learning spaces and a dance studio. For this project, the architects took in great account the design of Freespaces, i.e. the open spaces among the different structures of the Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre.

28-06-2017

The Dedalo Minosse International Award Winners

The tenth edition of the Dedalo Minosse International Award for Architecture Clients has ended and the prize giving ceremony took place on the 23rd June in a space that is a symbol of Italian architectural history: the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, designed by Andrea Palladio.

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.

30-09-2016

The finalists for the RIBA Stirling Prize

An art gallery or a library? A housing complex or a private home? A university campus or a school for civil servants? Who will win the 2016 RIBA Stirling Prize? The winner will not be announced until October 6, but let’s take a look at some of the projects shortlisted for the prestigious prize that have been covered in Floornature.

16-09-2016

Architecture for education

The start of the new school year offers a great opportunity to look at school and university campus projects presented in Floornature.

08-09-2016

Blavatnik School of Government by Herzog & de Meuron

The project for the Blavatnik School of Government, by architects Herzog & de Meuron, creates a new landmark for the Oxford university buildings, and was one of the six finalists of the RIBA Stirling Prize 2016.

31-08-2016

Oslo Architecture Triennale 2016, After Belonging

Oslo Architecture Triennale (OAT) - the largest architecture festival in the Nordic countries - will be running from 8 September to 27 November.

04-08-2016

WilkinsonEyre Weston Library University of Oxford

The WilkinsonEyre architectural practice signed the renovation project of the Weston Library; the original building was designed by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1930 and is part of the Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford, one of the most ancient public libraries in the world.