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  1. Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright
    The ninth of April 2009 was the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Frank Lloyd Wright, who remains one of the big names of the twentieth century... Read
  2. Carchitecture Carchitecture
    The big car manufacturers have recently discovered an effective marketing instrument in a new kind of corporate architecture: large museums and car collection centres built right next to the production plant, where the customer can experienced an idealised world of the automobile. Read
  3. Grand Stand 2 Grand Stand 2
    Even the most spectacular trade fair stand disappears again as fast as it was set up and remains only an ephemeral memory. However this two-volume photographic record, the result of a cooperation between publishers Frame and Gestalten Verlag... Read
  4. Herzog & de Meuron 1997 - 2001 Herzog & de Meuron 1997 - 2001
    From being known only to insiders Herzog & de Meuron have become megastars, and their awards include the 2001 Pritzker Preis and the 2007 Praemium Imperiale. Volume 4 of their complete work has now been published and covers the years 1997 to 2001... Read
  5. Landhäuser in Berlin (Berlin residences) 1933-1945 Landhäuser in Berlin (Berlin residences) 1933-1945
    In his dissertation for the Berlin FU (Freie Universität) Frank Schmitz took as his subject the private houses individually built during the National Socialist period in Berlin... Read
  1. Haus K. in O. (House K. in O.) Haus K. in O. (House K. in O.)
    Between 1930 and 1932 the architect Martin Elsaesser planned and constructed a villa in the Hamburg suburb of Othmarschen for the tobacco magnate Philipp F. Reemtsma and his family.. Read
  2. Urban Swiss Design: Glattalbahn Zurich Urban Swiss Design: Glattalbahn Zurich
    With its 12.7 km the Glattalbahn runs through the (urban) landscape like a red thread, binding the individual towns and districts of the Glattal - noth aglomeration of Zurich - into a single urban space. Read
  3. The UAE Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 breaks ground The UAE Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 breaks ground
    Drawing inspiration from the form of a sand dune, the pavilion is a reference to this symbolic feature of the desert landscape shared by each of the seven emirates... Read
  4. schmidt hammer lassen architects to build largest library in Scandinavia schmidt hammer lassen architects to build largest library in Scandinavia
    Scandinavia's largest public library will be realized on the waterfront of Aarhus in western Denmark... Read
  5. Urban Art Photography Urban Art Photography
    At the end of the Eighties Jürgen Große began to document street art in Berlin with his camera. This new large-format illustrated volume contains a selection from twenty years of intensive field research... Read
  1. Economic crisis – disaster or opportunity? Economic crisis – disaster or opportunity?
    We have not experienced a crisis of this magnitude since 'Black Friday' in 1929, when the stock market crash rocked the world economy. However, times of recession do not necessarily mean stagnation. In the field of public investment they instead provide an opportunity and a challenge to innovate. Read
  2. Festival of temporary architecture? Festival of temporary architecture?
    Whereas on previous occasions Milan always proved to be a festival of temporary architecture, this year we had to look hard for innovative concepts. Read
  3. Sanitary fixtures as furniture, taps as sculptural objects Sanitary fixtures as furniture, taps as sculptural objects
    Even though for 50 years it has been one of the world's leading trade fairs for the building industry, at first glance all the things which nowadays lie behind the three letters ISH are not immediately obvious. Read
  4. Housing moves on Housing moves on
    Starting with the concept of 'individual design for living', what forms, themes and tendencies determine the parameters for today's housing design? Read
  5. The Modulor House The Modulor House
    With a range of more than 20 000 materials Modulor is probably the major supplier of model construction products for architects, designers and artists... Read
  1. Grand Pari(s) Grand Pari(s)
    “We have to think big”, said President Sarkozy on 30 April 2009 at the opening of the exhibition at the Palais de Chaillot, where ten of thirty-seven future models for the re-design of Paris are on display. Read
  2. Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics
    The Center was designed by the Californian firm of architects Morphosis and named after its generous sponsor Charles H. Cahill, who helped finance a large share of the 50 million dollar building... Read
  3. Habitat Machines Habitat Machines
    Science fiction – the world after its destruction in the year 2347. This could be a rough description of the first impression created by the photo-montages of the Canadian artist Dave Trautrimas... Read
  4. Opening MUMUTH Opening MUMUTH
    UN studio Ben van Berkel are building the new faculty building of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. The new building will act as the interface between the university and the public. Read
  5. In Detail: Materials for Interiors In Detail: Materials for Interiors
    The latest volume in the prestigious 'Edition Detail' is, as the title suggests, devoted to materials for the interior. Read
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