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Better Quality Of Life - And Housing - In Kazakhstan

Better Quality Of Life - And Housing - In Kazakhstan

German bureau "Benisch Architectin" won the competition for the project of a residential and hotel complex in the suburbs of Almaty

Motley Tower

Motley Tower

The new residential building "Avangard" in Cheryomushki is a very summer building, which is not harmed by the brightness of the decorative panels, but is helped

Apotheosis Of Multi-facades

Apotheosis Of Multi-facades

The new office complex "Hermitage Plaza" successfully combines a careful attitude to the context with a whole fan of technological and modern facade solutions

Meeting Of The Joint Expert Working Group On January 18

Meeting Of The Joint Expert Working Group On January 18

At the first meeting of the joint working group in 2007, the following were considered: a project of residential skyscrapers next to Moscow City, an office center at 2 Samotechny Lane. and the construction of a small building next to the Yesenin Museum

True Architecture Of The Future

True Architecture Of The Future

2006 Architectural Review Emerging Architects Awards Winners Announced

Critical Case

Critical Case

Japanese architect Hidetsugu Aneha sentenced to five years in prison for designing buildings that are unsafe from the point of view of the seismic threat

AIA Names Laureates

AIA Names Laureates

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Announces 2007 Awards Winners

Rest In The Pit

Rest In The Pit

British architecture firm Atkins wins international competition to design a luxury hotel in a quarry on the outskirts of Shanghai

In Honor Of The Sixties

In Honor Of The Sixties

The small house combines the simplicity of a 60s modernist architecture with the technology of residential skyscrapers. This will make it possible, by fitting the building into a miniature plot, to keep the existing square almost intact, to illuminate the apartments well and provide residents with special opportunities in terms of free planning. The correspondent of the Academy of Sciences asked several questions to the authors

Marfino

Marfino

The microdistrict, the design of which is in the process of developing an idea, will be located in the north-east of Moscow behind the Botanical Garden. It consists of blocks-blocks with large courtyards, the silhouette and facades of which vary, making the development of a giant space of 25 hectares "more human". The correspondent of the Architectural News Agency asked a few questions to the architects

Museum For The Expressway

Museum For The Expressway

British Bureau "Futures Systems" presented the final design of the building of the Maserati Museum for Modena

Modernization Of The "musical" Hotel

Modernization Of The "musical" Hotel

Lord Foster's workshop has presented a project for the renovation of the Clarence Hotel in downtown Dublin, owned by two musicians of the group "U2"

Tele-facade

Tele-facade

The new building of the Institute of Image and Sound, designed by the Rotterdam workshop Neutelings Riedijk, opened in the Dutch Hilversum

Glass Wave

Glass Wave

Kisho Kurokawa's National Arts Center building opens in Tokyo

Financial Castling

Financial Castling

Lord Foster announced the possible sale of his architectural firm or part of it

Architectural Conflict

Architectural Conflict

Today we became aware of an acute conflict related to the construction of the Federal War Memorial Cemetery - a team of architects "Mosproekt-4" under the leadership of A. Bokov, who won the competition of the Ministry of Defense to design the memorial, was actually suspended from work and is going to sue

Architectural Grand Prix

Architectural Grand Prix

Rudy Ricciotti received the 2006 French National Grand Prize for Architecture

Mediterranean Museum In Marseille

Mediterranean Museum In Marseille

Architect Rudy Ricciotti will build the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations (Mucem) in Marseille

Memorial Complex: Development Of The Theme

Memorial Complex: Development Of The Theme

A few days ago we wrote about a conflict related to the design of a federal memorial complex: the winning team of architects led by A. Bokov was actually removed from work, the author's idea was borrowed and distorted. On Tuesday, both parties involved in the dispute met with reporters and commented on their position

Ski Architecture

Ski Architecture

Hérault Arnod Architectes won the competition for the design of the new headquarters for the French ski and sportswear company Rossignol