The New Republic - In the same thread of recent commentary and critique with regard to architecture's Pritzker Prize, Sarah Williams Goldhagen, historian, theorist of modern architecture and architecture critic tells us why we should have ...
Beauty these days is subjective, with the onslaught of fantastically ugly icon-spectacles that have risen from the foundation piles around the world. Sometimes, people call it architecture. Writing as commentator for The Independent, Alain de Botton, Author of The ...
The Skyline | Chicago Tribune | Blog - The Olympics are a real event in a real place, but they are also a high-voltage television show, capable of conveying powerful—and possibly, distorted—messages about the host country through the ...
The Architect's Journal - Zaha Hadid Architects' has revealed these designs for Singapore's largestresidential development. The £1.1 billion project, called Farrer Road, is located on an 83,500m2 site and includes seven 36-storey towers ...
After what Hassan Fathy did for Egypt by reintroducing local building materials and techniques - re-establishing the use of the local adobe brick as a ...
Star architect Jacques Herzog, the man behind the new Olympic Stadium in Beijing, tells SPIEGEL his arena is a subversive place where people can meet in locations not easily monitored by officials. He also defends ...