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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

Zoltan Pali is no larger part of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences museum in Los Angeles. John Hill

Frank Gehry becomes the sixth architect to win the prestigious Spanish award. John Hill

Founded by Phyllis Lambert in 1989 as a museum and study center, the Canadian Centre for Architecture has established itself as one of the most important collecting and research institutions focused on architecture in the world. John Hill

Lightweight printed facades offer the opportunity for artistic expression while also enabling easy and inexpensive change in the future. For a daycare center in a new urban district under development on an old airfield in southern Germany, (se)arch Freie Architekten employed SergeFerrari's... John Hill, Thomas Geuder

The Vancouver Art Gallery selects the Swiss architects to design their new building at Larwill Park. John Hill

Google has teamed up with LEGO to launch Build with Chrome. In addition to creating whatever strikes their fancy in an online virtual environment, builders can place their structures in Google Maps alongside other creations – a true "Land of Legos." John Hill

As the school year winds down for architecture students around the world, we highlight 10 design/build programs that are making a difference by developing experience and skills in the future architects, by contributing to local communities through their efforts, and by exploring the integral... John Hill

Bertrand Goldberg's cantilevered concrete cloverleaf is coming down to make way for a glass tower. John Hill

Zaha Hadid Architects' Heydar Aliyev Center is the winner in the architecture category. John Hill

Fujiko Nakaya: Veil, guarantees to make a strong – if fleeting – impact on the iconic heart of the 47-acre Philip Johnson Glass House campus in New Canaan. John Hill

Bremen, Germany's URBANSCREEN is using more than 20 high-end video projectors to transform the 100-meter-high, 24-sided Gasometer Oberhausen into what they call "an imaginary, ever-changing room." John Hill

The first phase of the design by Grimshaw, Nordic Office of Architecture and Haptic Architects will open in 2018. John Hill

The Museum of Modern Art has started the demolition of the museum designed by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien. John Hill

Neolith is a brand of durable surfacing material created by parent company TheSize for façades, countertops, flooring, interior walls and other architectural applications. Two building façades – in Doha, Qatar, and in Seoul, South Korea – show some possibilities of the... John Hill

The Philadelphia Inquirer architecture critic wins the 2014 prize for distinguished criticism. John Hill

BPS Development Company has unveiled phase-three designs by Frank Gehry and Norman Foster. John Hill

David Chipperfield Architects has been unanimously selected as architect for the Nobel Foundation's new building in Stockholm. John Hill

The National Capital Planning Commission rejects Frank Gehry’s design for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial. John Hill

Cassina's stand at the Salone Internazionale de Mobile in the Rho Fiera was billed as "a sensorial natural habitat" and designed by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, the creator of last year's Serpentine Gallery. John Hill

The new InerContinental Davos Hotel stands out in its mountain setting thanks to its oval form and the flowing gold façade. Munich's OIKIOS looked to the natural setting, particularly pine cones, in their design of the building, which was realized with Seele. John Hill

Despite record-setting attendance, the 3XN-designed aquarium in Denmark will undergo a major renovation. John Hill

For the third year in a row, The Architectural League of New York and Socrates Sculpture Park have held the Folly competition "that invites emerging architects and designers to propose contemporary interpretations of the architectural folly." This year's winner is SuralArk, a... John Hill

The New York City institution is moving ahead with a design competition for a Helsinki branch. John Hill

Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA are the recipients of the fourth Velux Stiftung Daylight Award for their design of the Rolex Learning Center EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland. In this short film the duo speaks about the importance of daylight in their buildings. John Hill

Rem Koolhaas and company beat out former OMA employees Bjarke Ingels and Ole Scheeren for Berlin media center. John Hill

The New York-based honor society announced the five recipients of the 2014 awards. John Hill

Photographer Jordi Bernadó responds to the fact Mies van der Rohe ordered the Barcelona Pavilion to be photographed without doors in his intervention Second Reconstruction. John Hill

Most of the news on 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient Shigeru Ban focuses on his humanitarian efforts made from paper tubes. We look at how his material innovation extends to other structures built with paper tubes, complex wood structures, buildings made from prefabricated components,... John Hill

Shigeru Ban is the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2014 Laureate. John Hill

The architecture medal from the University of Virginia goes to Japanese architect Toyo Ito. John Hill

Timber structures are increasingly applauded as a sustainable alternative to the carbon-heavy production of concrete and steel. No longer the domain of houses and other small-scale buildings, wood now frames mid-sized buildings of various types and potentially high-rises in the near future.... John Hill

On March 11 the 2014 Venice Biennale curator Rem Koolhaas expanded upon the theme of Fundamentals and its three interlocking exhibitions: Absorbing Modernity 1914-2014, Elements of Architecture and Monditalia. John Hill

The Chilean architect's design for the 14th pavilion in London's Kensington Gardens opens in June. John Hill

Curator Rem Koolhaas explains Fundamentals and its three interlocking exhibitions. John Hill

Canadian artists Caitlind r.c. Brown & Wayne Garrett have created installations, most notably CLOUD, from old incandescent bulbs. In a similar vein the duo realized NEW MOON for an arts festival in Lexington, Kentucky. NEW MOON is an interactive sculpture that exhibits the moon's phases,... John Hill