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Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly dies aged 78

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In the UK he designed 20 Fenchurch Street in London, which is widely known as the Walkie Talkie due to its shape, along with the masterplan for Battersea Power Station and the Firstsite visual arts centre in Colchester. In 1989, Viñoly designed Tokyo International Forum, which featured a 60-meter-high curtain wall.

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How architecture and design are helping put Norway on the map

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Snøhetta’s Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, 2008. At home, Snøhetta’s biggest claim to fame is the 2008 Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, which sits on Oslo’s waterfront. Courtesy Snøhetta. By the 1990s, the country had produced its first (and only) Pritzker Prize winner, the late modernist Sverre Fehn.

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Nine notable projects by late architect Rafael Viñoly

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Photo is by Hufton & Crow Battersea Power Station masterplan (2008) Viñoly was responsible for outlining the masterplan for the redevelopment of the Battersea Power Station in London, parts of which are now complete.

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BDP Architecture Practice Information + News

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Fairham continues: “Our award-winning projects range from the masterplanning of entire cities to the design of interiors and building components. Previously, BDP held an Edinburgh office from 2008 to 2011. BDP wins Kuwait Masterplan. Edinburgh St James building: image courtesy of architects practice. photo © Isabelle Lomholt.

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Studio Egret West Architects London: Architecture

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In September 2022, the Arden Cross partnership also signed memorandums of understanding with the University of Warwick and University Hospitals Birmingham, to investigate the potential of a medical and technology campus as part of the proposals which will be included in the revised masterplan.

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Event: Fresh & Clean: The Evolution of Practice

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Founded in 2008, sekou cooke STUDIO has completed design commissions for masterplans, multi-unit residential developments, residential and commercial buildings, interior renovations, speculative developments, and tenant improvements across the United States and internationally.

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The latter partnership realized Kirchsteigfeld , the masterplan for a new town for around 10,000 inhabitants in Potsdam, Germany. The project that follows Kirchsteigfeld is another important masterplan: Brandevoort, a residential district for some 20,000 residents in Helmond, Netherlands.