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Ring-shaped concourse proposed for major renovation of Los Angeles’ Union Station

July 24, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority has released a movie detailing its proposal to extend the city’s historic Union Station building with a ring-shaped, glazed passenger concourse. Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) created the video to visualise the design as part of a major overhaul of the station, which was built in 1939 in the city’s

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“Don’t spend money you don’t have” and “don’t be afraid to be an asshole,” architects advise

July 24, 2017 Marcus Fairs 0

Getting paid on time, finding time to have children and dealing with long-hours culture were among topics discussed by executives from BIG, Zaha Hadid Architects and Design Haus Liberty at a business talk hosted by Dezeen in London last month. “Don’t hand over your drawings if the client hasn’t paid,” was the first tip provided by BIG’s chief executive Sheela Maini

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Portakabin builds temporary school for pupils of academy next to Grenfell Tower

July 21, 2017 Ali Morris 0

A temporary secondary school is being built to accommodate students of Kensington Aldridge Academy, a school next to Grenfell Tower, which has been shut ever since the devastating fire last month. UK company Portakabin is using its modular construction system to build the school just over a mile away, next to Wormwood Scrubs – an open space in the London Borough of

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Royal Mail’s latest stamp collection celebrates the UK’s “renaissance of contemporary architecture”

July 21, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Zaha Hadid’s London Aquatics Centre, EMBT’s Scottish Parliament and Haworth Tompkins’s Stirling-Prize-winning Everyman Theatre are just some of the landmark buildings featured on a new set of UK stamps dedicated to contemporary architecture. Designed by London design agency GBH, the Royal Mail Special Stamps Collection features 10 of the most famous public buildings from the last two decades. The buildings

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Low-cost school for 3,000 children planned at Syrian refugee camp in Jordan

July 20, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

A huge school for Syrian refugees is set to be built at a camp in Jordan, using a modular and re-deployable construction system developed with the help of former Architecture for Humanity director Cameron Sinclair. Italian non-profit organisation Building Peace Foundation is behind the construction of the new building, which will be the 10th facility it has completed at the Za’atari

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Low-cost school for 3,000 children planned at Syrian refugee camp in Jordan

July 20, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

A huge school for Syrian refugees is set to be built at a camp in Jordan, using a modular and re-deployable construction system developed with the help of former Architecture for Humanity director Cameron Sinclair. Italian non-profit organisation Building Peace Foundation is behind the construction of the new building, which will be the 10th facility it has completed at the Za’atari

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New designs unveiled for Norwegian government headquarters following 2011 terrorist attack

July 20, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

The part of Oslo’s government quarter damaged during the 2011 terrorist bombing will be replaced by one of two proposals – one by a team including Haptic and Nordic, and another by a team featuring A-Lab and LPO Architects. Statsbygg, the Norwegian Directorate of Public Construction and Property, organised a competition calling for proposals to redevelop the Regjeringskvartalet, an area containing several ministry buildings,

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MAPmx’s Mexico City tower to feature facades parted like draped curtains

July 19, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Architecture studio MAPmx has unveiled an office tower in Mexico City with huge concrete walls that appear to be pulled apart at the corners. The local architects designed Chapultepec 500 with the aim to reinvigorate its location on Avenida Chapultepec – one of Mexican capital’s main thoroughfares. To achieve this, MAPmx placed the building on four concrete “legs” with curved edges

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SOM designs “new skyline” for port area of Sri Lanka’s largest city

July 19, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

SOM has won a competition to design a new district for Sri Lankan city Colombo, with a design featuring numerous skyscrapers, a marina, canals and a park, influenced by the country’s tropical climate. The finance and marina district masterplan was designed by SOM for CHEC Port City Colombo, which is looking to transform 269 hectares of reclaimed land beside Colombo’s

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