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15-01-2016
Zaha Hadid's architecture
Zaha Hadid's architecture is loved and hated, considered an example of avant-garde architecture or of design for its own sake, detached from its context, objects of sculptural beauty which are expensive to build and maintain. Here are the architect's latest new projects, presented in 2015.

18-09-2015
Architecture for education: university campuses - the best of the week
We rediscover architectural design for education, universities and campuses, highlighted in recent weeks Floornature.

18-06-2015
Zaha Hadid Investcorp Building, Middle East Centre of St Antony’s College, Oxford University
Work was recently completed on the Investcorp Building, home to the Middle East Centre of St Antony’s College at Oxford University, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects.

19-05-2015
House in the Chilterns: In the footsteps of Mies Van Der Rohe
Lazzarini Pickering architectural studio renovated a house between Oxford and London, drawing inspiration from the work of Mies Van Der Rohe. The volumes that stand out against the English countryside establish a dialogue between the old traditional cottages and contemporary architecture.

10-04-2015
Wilkinson Eyre Architects opens Weston Library at Oxford University
Weston Library at Oxford University reopened to the public on March 21st after a renovation project by Wilkinson Eyre Architects which improved the building’s relationship with its surroundings.

28-05-2014
Brandalism Takeover. Visual communication on the street
Brandalism is a movement against the visual pollution of our city streets.

07-06-2012
James Frazer Stirling: Notes from the Archive exhibition
The exhibition includes plans, models and documents of famous British architect James Frazer Stirling, material from the James Stirling/Michael Wilford fund kept at the CCA (Centre Canadien d'Architecture).