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Mecanoo's Kaohsiung Center for the Arts to open in October
Mecanoo's Kaohsiung Center for the Arts to open in October
April 20, 2018 | Discuss
Eleven years in the making, the Mecanoo-designed Kaohsiung Center for the Arts in Taiwan is now scheduled to open this October. Located on a former military training base in the newly landscaped Weiwuying Park, the Center comprises of five separate...

Forty Canadian architects announced in RAIC 2018 College of Fellows
Forty Canadian architects announced in RAIC 2018 College of Fellows
April 18, 2018 | Discuss
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada announced their 2018 College of Fellows today. Hailing from 13 Canadian cities across the country, the College of Fellows comprises of 40 RAIC members who are being recognized for their outstanding achievements in design...

A NEW IMAGE FOR PINOCCHIO: don't miss the chance to register with an EARLY BIRD!
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A NEW IMAGE FOR PINOCCHIO: don't miss the chance to register with an EARLY BIRD!
April 18, 2018 | Discuss
April 22nd is the deadline to register to A NEW IMAGE FOR PINOCCHIO with an EARLY BIRD and take part in the latest design challenge launched by CODE – COmpetitions for DEsigners: re-shape Pinocchio and design a new logo for...

Mass Studies to design “Seoul Cinematheque” film cultural complex
Mass Studies to design “Seoul Cinematheque” film cultural complex
April 17, 2018 | Discuss
Out of five invited domestic and international architecture firms, Minsuk Cho's Mass Studies had the winning proposal for a film art complex tentatively named “Seoul Cinematheque”, in the historic Chungmuro film industry hub in Seoul. Today, the Seoul Metropolitan Government...

Materials & Applications picks the top three Staging Construction finalists
Materials & Applications picks the top three Staging Construction finalists
April 17, 2018 | Discuss
Last year, LA-based Materials & Applications launched Staging Construction as a call for projects that explores construction as both practice and performance. The competition responds to the increasing attention to “the unseen endeavors intrinsic to the production of architecture”, as...

MILITARY MUSEUM: a few days left to take advantage from the EARLY BIRDS!
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MILITARY MUSEUM: a few days left to take advantage from the EARLY BIRDS!
April 17, 2018 | Discuss
Military Museum is the new competition launched by YAC – Young Architects Competitions – and the Italian Government aiming to breath a new life into a military building in Sardina by repurposing it into an international hub dedicated to military history. Winners...

KPF + Heatherwick Studio win bid to design Changi Airport's Terminal 5
KPF + Heatherwick Studio win bid to design Changi Airport's Terminal 5
April 16, 2018 | 1 Comment
Kohn Pedersen Fox and Heatherwick Studio had the winning bid to design Changi Airport's new Terminal 5 in Singapore. Their team – which includes Architects 61, James Corner Field Operations, The Fountain Workshop, Speirs + Major, Lichtvision Design, and Bruce Mau Design with Entro...

Erin Besler and Marcel Sanchez Prieto announced as 2018-2019 Rome Prize Fellows
Erin Besler and Marcel Sanchez Prieto announced as 2018-2019 Rome Prize Fellows
April 12, 2018 | Discuss
The American Academy in Rome has announced the winners of its Rome Prize, their annual fellowship that supports the independent endeavors of some 30 artists and scholars working in the arts and humanities. Erin Besler, co-founder of the LA-based firm...

Brutal Destruction: capturing concrete architecture's dying moments
Brutal Destruction: capturing concrete architecture's dying moments
April 12, 2018 | 2 Comments
Once mighty, often fortress-like structures clad in the accentuated and raw beauty of exposed concrete, more and more examples of the once praised Brutalist movement have fallen out of favor with the general public and had their lifespans cut much...

Apply now for 2018 AA Istanbul Visiting School - Robotic Mediations!
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April 12, 2018 | Discuss
AA ISTANBUL VISITING SCHOOL – ROBOTIC MEDIATIONS Monday June 25 – Friday 6 July 6, 2018AA Istanbul Visiting School, in collaboration with Istanbul Bilgi University, is a unique learning and making experience. The program continues to build on its expertise...

First glimpse of HASSELL's Qianhai Mawan Mile masterplan in Shenzhen
First glimpse of HASSELL's Qianhai Mawan Mile masterplan in Shenzhen
April 10, 2018 | Discuss
Hassell was recently appointed as a design partner to develop Qianhai Mawan Mile, a new mixed-use precinct in Shenzhen's new Qianhai business district. The masterplan, which is still a work in progress, comprises above- and below-ground neighborhood zones, a continuous...