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Kieran Timberlake completes £75 million “crystalline cube” for US Embassy in London

December 18, 2017 India Block 0

Kieran Timberlake has completed work on the US Embassy in London, a glass cube swathed in shimmering sails of plastic that is set on a plinth and surrounded by a moat-like pond on the edge of the River Thames. The Philadelphia-based firm won the competition to design an embassy to embody the “ideals of the American government”

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Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners begins work on Louvre art store in northern France

December 15, 2017 India Block 0

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has started building a new concrete-framed art storage facility for the Louvre museum in Lievin, France, which will be covered by a large green roof. The centre designed by the British architectural firm will be equipped to store 250,000 art works as well as conservation and study areas. Set entirely on one level, the Louvre collections facility

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Foster + Partners staggers limestone towers to create roof terraces with sea views in Beirut

December 12, 2017 India Block 0

Foster + Partners has completed its first project in Lebanon, a trio of limestone-clad residential towers in downtown Beirut with views out over the Mediterranean, and a McLaren car showroom in its base. The stepped blocks are part of 3Beirut, a city centre development designed by British architecture firm Foster + Partners for Lebanese luxury property developer Sea View

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RIBA reveals 62 projects vying to be named world’s best new building

December 12, 2017 India Block 0

A forest chapel in Japan, an oyster-shell-inspired ferry terminal in Italy and a grain silo converted into an art museum in South Africa are among the projects shortlisted for the second edition of the RIBA International Prize. The Royal Institute of British Architects has released a longlist of 62 projects vying for the RIBA International Prize 2018,

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New photographs reveal the feat of engineering behind the Louvre Abu Dhabi’s dome

December 11, 2017 India Block 0

These photographs by Luc Boegly and Sergio Grazia show the complex engineering of the vast dome that is suspended over the galleries of Jean Nouvel’s Louvre Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Meetings between the the French architect and engineers Buro Happold began in 2007, with the architect laying out his vision for an art gallery like

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Architectural Association promises to maintain cultural offering as members protest redundancies

December 8, 2017 India Block 0

The Architectural Association has sought to alleviate concerns that staff cuts will mean the loss of it’s exhibitions and publications departments, as members including David Adjaye and Richard Rogers demand a meeting to reverse the plans. Adjaye and Rogers, along with Kate MacIntosh, Ted Cullinan and Edward Jones, were among 21 signatories of a letter

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Architectural Association promises to maintain cultural offering as members protest redundancies

December 8, 2017 India Block 0

The Architectural Association has sought to alleviate concerns that staff cuts will mean the loss of it’s exhibitions and publications departments, as members including David Adjaye and Richard Rogers demand a meeting to reverse the plans. Adjaye and Rogers, along with Kate MacIntosh, Ted Cullinan and Edward Jones, were among 21 signatories of a letter

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Qatar’s shipping container football stadium can be taken apart and reassembled after the match

December 7, 2017 India Block 0

Modified shipping containers are being used to construct Fenwick Iribarren Architects’ Ras Abu Aboud stadium in Doha for the controversial 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar. The Spanish architecture practice’s modular design means the stadium can be dismantled and moved to a new location after the football tournament. Repurposed steel containers will be arranged in an “elegant curved square” and each will

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RIBA announces student winners of President’s Medals 2017

December 6, 2017 India Block 0

A novel response to London’s housing crisis and a study of the stark living quarters of Welsh quarrymen in the 1800s were just two of the student projects recognised by this year’s RIBA President’s Medals. The seven student winners received their awards at a ceremony hosted by the Royal Institute of British Architects in central

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Piercy & Company suspends steel staircase in new atrium of Savile Row office

December 5, 2017 India Block 0

British practice Piercy & Company has cut an atrium through a three-storey office building in London’s Mayfair and suspended a white steel staircase in the void. Savile Row, the Mayfair street renowned for being the home of bespoke tailoring, has been the home of Derwent London for 17 years. The property company commissioned London architects Piercy & Company to refurbish

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