Elevation, Dezeen’s documentary about how drones will transform cities, is a finalist at the Lovie Awards 2018. Vote now to help us win! The 18-minute film, which explores how drones could change how people travel, how goods are delivered and how buildings look and are constructed, is up for the honour in the Technology category.
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Architecture firm BIG’s verdant mixed-use complex, reminiscent of Moshe Safdie’s experimental Habitat 67 housing in Montreal, has been approved for Toronto. The King West Street development, first revealed in 2016, has gained permission to begin construction in Canada’s largest city. Its design by Bjarke Ingels’ firm BIG comprises stacks of cubes, arranged in an undulated
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The iconic angled tower of Montreal’s Olympic Stadium is being converted into offices by local firm Provencher Roy. Provencher Roy is overhauling the Montreal Tower for AccèsD, the online payment platform of the Desjardins Group – a leading cooperative financial group in Canada. The iconic structure forms part of the stadium designed by French architect
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Pritzker Prize-winning American architect Robert Venturi, who spearheaded the postmodern movement with wife and partner Denise Scott Brown, has died aged 93 following a short illness. Venturi’s death on Tuesday 18 September 2018 was announced in a statement from his family. “Robert Venturi, one of the world’s leading architects, has died at the age of
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Australian architecture firm Bates Smart has revealed a concept for a 45,000-seat stadium, which would be built above Central Station in Sydney. Bates Smart designed the concept stadium as a city-centre alternative to the New South Wales State Government’s plan to rebuild the city’s existing Sydney Football Stadium at Moore Park. According to the firm, placing the stadium above the station would tie
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UNStudio has presented its vision for a series of adaptable and modular “stations of the future” for a future European hyperloop network. The Ben van Berkel-led practice imagines a concept station made from tessellating components, meaning that it could be adapted and expanded to fit into various locations. The idea is that this system could be quickly and
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Japanese architect Kengo Kuma says the new engineering techniques developed to meet the technical challenges of the V&A Dundee are being used to build his Tokyo 2020 Olympic stadium. Speaking to Dezeen at a launch event for the V&A Dundee, Kuma explained that new 3D modelling tools were developed to create the unique shape and facade of
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Architect Renzo Piano says the Italian government has accepted his invitation to replace the collapsed Ponte Morandi bridge in his hometown of Genoa. Speaking to Dezeen at a preview of his new exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, Piano said that he will develop the replacement for the 1960s-built concrete structure, which
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The architectural profession “must redouble efforts” to improve safety and equity in practices, according to the American Institute of Architects, which has updated the rules in its members’ ethics code in a bid to end sexual harassment and gender discrimination. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has amended several rules in its Code of Ethics
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Buildings in Brazil, Hungary, Japan and Italy have been shortlisted by the Royal Institute of British Architects for its International Prize 2018. Three of the four shortlisted projects are educational facilities – Toho Gakuen School of Music by Nikken Sekkei, Central European University by O’Donnell + Tuomey, and the Children Village by Rosenbaum + Aleph Zero.
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