Deezen

MARCH 15, 2022

Burkinabè architect Diébédo Francis Kéré has won this year's Pritzker Architecture Prize , becoming the first African architect to win the award. Born in Gando, Burkina Faso , he is the first African and the first Black architect to win the prestigious prize, which has been awarded annually since 1979.

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Deezen

MARCH 8, 2024

Find out more about Es Devlin › Photo by Geordie Wood Elizabeth Diller, co-founder of Diller Scofidio + Renfro American architect Elizabeth Diller co-founded Diller Scofidio + Renfro with her partner Ricardo Scofidio in 1979 and has since become a powerful force within design, architecture research and education.

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Deezen

APRIL 11, 2024

It will be an evolution of its approach for Phase 2 "This is one of the final phases at Park Hill, and so is an opportunity to tie together all the buildings and landscapes and ‘complete’ the estate again," said project architect Alim Saleh. "It It opened in 2013 and was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize in the same year.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The cover, a photograph from the slide archive of Annemarie and Lucius Burckhardt at the University Library Basel (ditto Joseph Beuys, below), hints at the idea of minimal intervention: landscape architect Bernard Lassus would experiment on the altering of perception by placing a strip of white paper within the bloom of a tulip.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

MARCH 13, 2023

But many architectural exhibitions, especially the ubiquitous biennials and triennials, feature projects that are specially commissioned and are often installed right up until opening day (architects and their deadlines!). Such timelines make it hard for a companion book to be released alongside an exhibition.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

A Spanish social housing project and the Stirling Prize-winning Town House by Grafton Architects are among the five finalists in the architecture category of the Mies van der Rohe Award for 2022. The Stirling Prize-winning Town House by Grafton Architects is also on the list. Photo is by Dennis Gilbert. Photo is by Myr Muratet.

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Deezen

MARCH 16, 2022

Burkinabè architect Diébédo Francis Kéré , who was named the winner of the 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize yesterday , describes his philosophy in this video. I think it's fundamental to think about what is existing in the given place where you're going to build, and then check, what is my contribution as an architect?"

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Deezen

APRIL 26, 2022

RIBA Gold Medal-winning studio Grafton Architects has been awarded the European Union's annual architecture award for Town House , a colonnaded teaching building designed for Kingston University in London. The post Grafton Architects' Town House university building wins Mies van der Rohe Award 2022 appeared first on Dezeen.

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Bustler

MAY 10, 2022

The online event is open to the global community of architects, researchers, scientists, building professionals, educators, students, members of press, and everyone interested in daylight and its impact on human health, well-being and the environment.

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Deezen

MARCH 16, 2023

By contrasting simple, abstract new elements and materials with the original building's textures, which the architect revealed and reveled in, Chipperfield showed how we could make history visible. What they have overlooked among the architects working in the geographic or racial mainstream of architecture is just as interesting.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In 2020, for example, Architizer introduced the “Adaptive Reuse” category to the A+Awards for the first time ever ; the following year, the Pritzker Prize was awarded to Anne Lacaton and Jeanne-Philippe Vassal, indicating that the values of interpreting place, rather than tabula-rasa scenography, were gaining momentum.

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Bustler

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Event Date: Feb 7, 2024 - Mar 3, 2024; Event City: Prague, CZ A Lot With Little A Lot With Little is a project created and produced by curator and architect Noemí Blager with films by Tapio Snellman, film director and artist working predominantly with architectural and urban planning themes.

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e-architect

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

To picture the sky, imagine the cosmos, talk about astronomy: the program’s dreamlike dimension inspired the architectural team led by frenak+jullien (France), with Cardin Julien (Canada), associate architects, and m+mathieu holdrinet (France), project architect, helping to create the building’s singular form.

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Deezen

MARCH 8, 2024

Yamamoto takes the tally of Japanese male winners to eight' After a brief dabble in recognising the work of women architects – Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara winning in 2020 and Lacaton & Vassal in 2021 – it looks like the Pritzker Prize has now reverted to form, again presenting the award to a very established Japanese architect.

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e-architect

MARCH 7, 2023

I take this award as an encouragement to continue to direct my attention not only to the substance of architecture and its meaning but also to the contribution that we can make as architects to address the existential challenges of climate change and societal inequality. Cities are dynamic, so they don’t just sit there, they evolve.

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e-architect

MAY 10, 2023

Previously on e-architect: 26 Jan 2017 Museum of London Funding Museum of London in West Smithfield Funding The Museum of London’s plan to move to Smithfield market has moved a step closer thanks to a funding boost. A planning application will be made in 2018 and the museum hopes to open its new home to the public in 2022.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The use of industrial and construction materials complemented the raw and brutal interior of the Palais de Tokyo, which was renovated in 2012 by French architecture studio Lacaton & Vassal.

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e-architect

JANUARY 11, 2023

Arena Du CO’Met, Orléans, France images / information received 110123 from Populous Architects. picture from architect. Design: Jakob+MacFarlane Architectes. picture Courtesy Lacaton & Vassal. Design: Du Besset-Lyon Architectes. picture from architects office. Design: Architecte DPLG.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

This year's roundup of books to give to discerning architects for the holidays is presented in pairs. Still, these are not books the average architect will plop down in an armchair and read; their audience is small and focused on academia. A few of these books will receive longer reviews next month.

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Habitus Living

AUGUST 2, 2023

When Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal were awarded the Pritzker Prize in 2021, the “democratic spirit” of their architecture was decisive. As the culmination of three years of teaching and research surrounding the Rothwell program, the exhibition follows a week of lectures and events with the French architects visiting Sydney.

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ArchiDiaries

JUNE 4, 2022

Lilavati Lalbhai Library at CEPT University, in Ahmedabad, India, by RMA architects / Rahul Mehrotra: The library, a living case study of passive climate mitigation strategies, integrates seamlessly into the existing campus while forging its own distinct identity.

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Community Architect

DECEMBER 17, 2020

For example, the 2020 Pritzker Prize, the biggest award architects can get, went to two women. Tokyo meanwhile employed big name architects to design public toilets, or public conveniences as the Brits call them. In that context it is a question whether it is befitting that Taliesin West closed right in the beginning of 2020.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Elon Musk is "the biggest architect of our time" says Jan Boelen. Design curator and educator Jan Boelen sparked debate by calling Tesla and SpaceX entrepreneur Elon Musk the world's greatest living architect. Barefoot Architects tucks weathering steel house and courtyard behind old brick wall. Photo is by Duncan Hull.

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