Magazine
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on 6/7/14
The exhibition Made in Europe, organized by the European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe, opens today at Palazzo Michiel as a collateral event of the 2014 Venice Biennale. Here is a peek at the 25 years of the Mies/EU Prize on display. John Hill
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on 6/6/14
Daniel Libeskind's project for the Venice Pavilion is comprised of three elements: 100 of the architect's never-before-seen drawings mounted on glass panels, a chandelier made from hand-blown glass, and a sculptural "X" in front of the pavilion. John Hill
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on 6/6/14
As part of Lisson Gallery's Genius Loci – Spirit of Place, running concurrently with the Venice Biennale, Ai Weiwei has assembled a monumental stack of conjoined stainless steel bicycles overlooking the Grand Canal and Accademia bridge. John Hill
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on 6/5/14
In the Elements of Architecture portion of the Venice Biennale, Rem Koolhaas has defined 15 fundamental elements, such as ceilings, floors, stairs, and walls. The latter has a particularly impressive kinetic skin wall by Germany's Barkow Leibinger. John Hill
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on 6/5/14
As part of the Absorbing Modernity 1914-2014 segment of Fundamentals, the 2014 Venice Biennale directed by Rem Koolhaas, the Architectural Association School of Architecture has realized a full-scale model of Le Corbusier's famous Maison Dom-ino. John Hill
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on 6/4/14
World-Architects got a preview of the Time-Space-Existence exhibition, a collateral event of the Venice Biennale. The exhibition is being held in two venues: Palazzo Bembo and Palazzo Mora. Here we highlight some pieces from Palazzo Mora. John Hill
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on 6/4/14
World-Architects got a preview of the Time-Space-Existence exhibition, a collateral event of the Venice Biennale. The exhibition is being held in two venues: Palazzo Bembo and Palazzo Mora. Here we highlight some pieces from Palazzo Bembo. John Hill
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on 6/4/14
Last night was a small party for press at the Biennale office near San Marco. The man of the hour, of course, was Director Rem Koolhaas, who mingled for a while (and chatted on the phone) before getting on his boat. John Hill
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on 6/4/14
The World-Architects team has arrived in Venice for the Biennale. Be sure to check in daily, as we'll be posting to the Daily News throughout the week. Pictured is a vaporetto with Irma Boom's graphic treatment for Fundamentals. John Hill
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on 6/3/14
The National September 11 Memorial Museum opened to the public on May 21, 2014. Designed by Davis Brody Bond, the museum is located beneath the 8.5-acre Michael Arad/Peter Walker Memorial Plaza, for which the firm served as executive architect. John Hill, Davis Brody Bond
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on 6/2/14
a/LTA won a 2013 competition for an intergenerational residence in ZAC Beauregard-Qunicé, Rennes, France. This "city fragment" is conceived as a durable space, open and porous, lending itself to new forms of function. John Hill, a/LTA architectes
Headlines
on 5/30/14
World-Architects will be in Venice for the 14th International Architecture Exhibition, directed by Rem Koolhaas under the theme "Fundamentals." John Hill
Products
on 5/30/14
The sophisticated, multi-layered glass façade of Annette Gigon and Mike Guyer's Würth House in Rorschach, Switzerland, appears rippling; fitting for its setting on Lake Constance. John Hill, Thomas Geuder
Headlines
on 5/30/14
Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, the architecture mentor in the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative for 2014-15, has selected Paraguayan architect Gloria Cabral as his protégé. John Hill
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on 5/30/14
Artist Robert Morris's permanent addition to the Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri, opened on May 22. John Hill
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on 5/29/14
The project site for this residence is a 7,500 sf cross slope lot in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles. The property is located near the top of a significant hill with panoramic views towards the Silver Lake Reservoir. John Hill, ANX /Aaron Neubert Architects
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on 5/29/14
The Royal Greenwich UTC is a co-educational college for 600 14-18 year-olds. The UTC specializes in engineering and construction and has state-of-the-art equipment to give students the best possible opportunities. John Hill, Walters & Cohen Architects
Headlines
on 5/29/14
The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe present “Made in Europe”, an exhibition tracing 25 years of European architecture in the Palazzo Michiel from June 7th to August 4th, coinciding with Biennale Architettura 2014. John Hill
Headlines
on 5/28/14
Five proposals vying to be Sweden's newest skyscraper, to be built in Gothenburg, have been selected in the Karlavagnstornet competition. John Hill
Headlines
on 5/28/14
Tonight the Montreal Symphony Orchestra inaugurates the pipe organ at Maison Symphonique. The 6,489-pipe colossus is a collaboration between Jack Diamond of Diamond Schmitt Architects and Quebec-based organ manufacturer Casavant Frères. John Hill
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on 5/28/14
Following the 2011 competition UNStudio’s World Horticultural Expo Theme Pavilion in Qingdao, China, has been realized. The World Horticultural Expo 2014 takes place the Chinese city of Qingdao from April to October 2014. John Hill, UNStudio
Headlines
on 5/27/14
The legendary graphic designer of everything from logos to signage, magazines, maps, and architectural monographs, died on May 27 at the age of 83. John Hill
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on 5/27/14
If anybody can be described as a sound architect it's Bernhard Leitner, who created "Le Cylindre Sonore" for the Parc de la Villette in Paris. His work is celebrated in an upcoming exhibition at Architekturzentrum Wien (Az W). John Hill
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on 5/27/14
Copenhagen restaurant group Cofoco has teamed up with some of the city’s most creative forces — Kilo founder Lars Larsen, creative adviser Jonas Hartz, BIG partners Jakob Lange and Bjarke Ingels — to create the new restaurant Llama. John Hill, Jonas Hartz
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on 5/26/14
Today we are launching Daily News, a new editorial section of World-Architects that, as the name indicates, brings headlines, projects, products and other features to readers on a daily basis. John Hill
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on 5/26/14
The Spanish office of Francisco Mangado has won first prize in the international competition to convert the facilities of an old thermal hospital into a spa. John Hill, Francisco Mangado
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on 5/26/14
BBP Architects have converted an office building dating from 1964 in the center of Copenhagen into the new headquarters for the Danish jewelry firm Trollbeads, who are known for their glass and gold beads. John Hill, BBP Architects
Headlines
on 5/26/14
A fire broke out on Friday in the basement of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's early 20th-century masterpiece. John Hill
Insight
on 5/26/14
To recognize the achievements of firms profiled on World-Architects.com, we present the fourth biannual roundup of Awards, Competitions, Completed Buildings, Exhibitions, and Monographs; carefully selected, just like the profiles. John Hill
Headlines
on 5/26/14
Pezo von Ellrichshausen's Poli House wins the inaugural award from the Illinois Institute of Technology. John Hill
Headlines
on 5/26/14
Reaction, Creation on Aarau, Switzerland's Schneider & Schneider is the first of a new series of monographs from W-A. John Hill
Headlines
on 5/26/14
The founder of the Canadian Centre for Architecture will receive the prize from Venice Biennale director Rem Koolhaas. John Hill
Headlines
on 5/19/14
Libeskind teams with photographer Edward Burtynsky and landscape architect Claude Cormier on Canada's monument. John Hill
Products
on 5/19/14
From a distance Bierman Henke Architects' egg-shaped "Art Cloud" at the Museum de Fundatie resembles a stucco-like surface, but up close one can see that it is made up of ceramic tiles, over 50,000 of them in fact. Ceramic manufacturer Royal Tichelaar Makkum produced two sizes of... John Hill
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on 5/19/14
The passing of H.R. Giger on May 13 at the age of 74 has prompted us to think of the artist's contribution to films like Alien but also the eponymous bars he designed in his home country of Switzerland. John Hill
