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Costs soar to $33 billion for Trump’s US-Mexico border wall

January 8, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

The controversy surrounding US president Donald Trump’s wall between the US and Mexico continues, as updated plans bring the predicted cost to $33 billion, while a petition has been launched to designate the eight construction prototypes as a national monument. Updates to the US-Mexico border wall proposal include a 316-mile-long extension to the existing 654-mile barrier, as

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Trump Tower catches fire in New York City, injuring three

January 8, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

An electrical fire has caused smoke to billow from the roof of Trump Tower on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue and has injured three people. Reports claim that the building’s heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system ignited earlier around 7am, but the New York City Fire Department tweeted saying the fire was “under control” shortly afterwards. However,

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Wind farms and man-made island in the North Sea could help Europe meet renewable energy targets

January 8, 2018 India Block 0

A man-made island surrounded by wind farms in the middle of the North Sea could help bring large-scale renewable energy to Europe by 2050. Dutch energy company TenneT claims its plans for the North Sea Wind Power Hub has the potential to supply 70 to 100 million Europeans with renewable energy in just over 30

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BIG and Google team up for terraced offices in Sunnyvale

January 4, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

Architecture firm BIG is working on yet another project for Google, this time a pair of offices blocks with ramping roofs in Sunnyvale, California. Bjarke Ingels Group – which is also working with Heatherwick Studio on the Google HQ in neighbouring Mountain View and the company’s main offices in London – has now designed two

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Outrage over plans for Apple store in Melbourne’s publicly owned Federation Square

January 4, 2018 Jessica Mairs 0

Melbourne residents are protesting the arrival of Apple’s first southern-hemisphere flagship in Federation Square, and criticising the Victorian government for pushing through the commercial development without consultation. The two-storey Apple store designed by Foster + Partners will replace an existing three-storey building in Federation Square, a publicly owned plaza set on the bank of the Yarra River in the

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13 skyscrapers set to transform City of London skyline by 2026

January 3, 2018 Jessica Mairs 0

These new renderings reveal how the City of London skyline is set to look within the next decade, with the addition of 13 skyscrapers, including one expected to be 290 metres high. The CGIs commissioned by the City of London Corporation show how the skyline of London’s financial district will be affected by 2026, based on current

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American architect and atrium aficionado John C Portman Jr dies aged 93

January 2, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

Atlanta-based architect and developer John C Portman Jr, renowned for his buildings designed around vast atria, has died aged 93. Portman’s architecture firm made the announcement the day after his death on 29 December 2017, which was followed by a string of tributes from the international architecture community. Thank you John C Portman for bringing

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Arthur Mamou-Mani unveils twisting temple for Burning Man 2018

January 2, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

Burning Man festival has revealed a spiralling wooden pavilion as the main temple to be built and then sent up in flames in the Nevada desert this year. The design, by Arthur Mamou-Mani of London-based Mamou-Mani Architects, was selected by the Burning Man Arts organisation, which oversees the creative programme for the annual nine-day event.

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Architecture historian Gavin Stamp dies aged 69

January 2, 2018 Amy Frearson 0

The architecture industry has been paying tribute to historian, writer and broadcaster Gavin Stamp, who has died following a battle with prostate cancer. Stamp was a leading voice for British architecture, the author of several important architectural history books, and the presenter of television series including Pevsner’s Cities and Gavin Stamp’s Orient Express. He passed away on

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Architecture historian Gavin Stamp dies aged 69

January 2, 2018 Amy Frearson 0

The architecture industry has been paying tribute to historian, writer and broadcaster Gavin Stamp, who has died following a battle with prostate cancer. Stamp was a leading voice for British architecture, the author of several important architectural history books, and the presenter of television series including Pevsner’s Cities and Gavin Stamp’s Orient Express. He passed away on

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