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Title : MVRDV Press release Future Towers India
City Corporation Ltd, a leading real estate development corporation in the Indian state of Maharashtra has started construction on the first phase of Amanora Apartment City - Future Towers, designed by MVRDV. The project is located in Pune, India and comprises of 1,068 apartments & public amenit
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Title : Foster + Partners Selected to Design Master Plan for West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong
Foster + Partners has been selected for the design of the 40-hectare master plan for West Kowloon Cultural District. The winning proposal City Park will be a major cultural center for music, performing and visual arts, incorporating public spaces and spaces for Chinese culture, living, working, gall
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Title : Vertical Garden Cleans Air Inside Office Building
Vertical garden and green roof dynamos, Urbanarbolism, have successfully completed another project in collaboration with Paisajismo Urbano, this time an indoor vertical garden in Elche, Spain. The three story indoor garden is considered to be Spain's largest and also works to clear the air of indoor
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Title : Tel Aviv Mayor keeps residents in the dark about city?s master plan
Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai is promoting a comprehensive master plan for the city, while leaving the media, civil society groups and the city’s own residents in the dark about the plan’s full scope and details. By Jesse Fox Halfway through his third term in power, Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai
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Title : Eight Teams Shortlisted in Multi-Comfort House Competition
The subject of the competition is the creative approach to the concept of energy efficient construction for high rise buildings. The aim is to design a multiple-use tower according to Isover Multi-Comfort House definition and with Passive House components. The new tower should become a leading proje
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Title : THE JOMOLINE: Guinness World Record
Architecture Caribbean would like to congratulate Jomo Wahtuse who has been awarded the Guinness World Record for the largest steelpan in the world - the Jomoline. His claim for the Largest steel pan / steel drum - Claim Number: 313592 with the Guinness Book fo Records has been successful and confir
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Title : Revealing Florence Architecture
Set against a scenic and historic backdrop, the Florence Institute of Design International will again offer a unique four-week architectural learning experience for aspiring and professional architects. The course, which will run from June 1 to 30, will usher students though different architectural
Posted By : Edric Wage
Title : Eleven Winners of the 2011 AIA Young Architects Award Announced
Jack Baumann, AIA
Baumann promotes architecture as more than just creating physical buildings, but creating relationships with his colleagues, his clients, and his peers, looking toward the future from the impact he makes today.
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced the 11 r
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Title : MoMA PS1 & MAXXI Young Architects Program 2011 - The Winners
The Museum of Modern Art, MoMA PS1, and the National Museum of XXI Century Arts of Rome just announced Interboro Partners of Brooklyn, NY, as the winner of the 12th annual Young Architects Program in New York, and stARTT, of Rome, as the winner of the first annual YAP_MAXXI Young Architects Program
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Title : Ephemeral Architecture: The Fleeting Forms of West African Adobe Mosques
Lawrence Waldron was born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. He received his primary school education at Our Lady of Fatima, R.C. School in Laventille and secondary education at College of the Immaculate Conception (St. Mary's College) in Port-of-Spain, before moving to New York in 1985. In 2010, he receiv
Posted By : Lawrence Waldron
Title : Winners of ?Kay e Sante nan Ayiti? - Haiti Housing and Health Competition
The five winning designs of "Kay e Sante nan Ayiti" (Creole for Housing and Health in Haiti) were announced. Organized by ARCHIVE(Architecture for Health in Vulnerable Environments), the open-innovation design competition aims to demonstrate the importance of health considerations in housi
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Title : Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Designed as a football and rugby stadium, the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium is located beside North End Lake with terraces and hills in the middle of Prince Alfred's Park. The stadium, designed by GMP Architekten, is set in the surrounding area as a landmark building, rising from the edge of the l
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Title : Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa
The Moses Mabhid Stadium in Durban, designed by GMP Architekten and Ibhola Lethu Consortium, features an array of eco-worthy design features. The Moses Mabhid Stadium, named for Moses Mabhida, a former general secretary of the South African Communist Party, finished construction back in 2009 and has
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Title : Fashion Week Trinidad & Tobago 2010
Fashion Week Trinidad & Tobago (FWTT) 2010
seeks to revitalize and develop the local fashion industry and bring about the awareness of its lucrative socio-economic potential. As a non-profit organization, FWTT recognizes the tremendous creative and technical fashion talent present in Trinidad
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Title : Greenpoint Stadium - South Africa World Cup 2010
The Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town was designed by German firm gmp architekten together with local architects and Louis Karol Architects. The new structure is one of the major stadiums intended to host the semi-finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
One of the most artistic football
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Title : 2010 RIBA Award Winners Announced
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2010 RIBA Awards. RIBA Awards for architectural excellence will be presented to 102 buildings in the UK and Europe (93 in the UK and nine in the rest of the EU).cheap prom dresses
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Title : Danish Pavilion at Expo 2010
Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) by competition, the Danish Pavilion is an opportunity to try out Danish city life. You can visit the original and famous Little Mermaid by foot or by city bike. You can let your children run around on the playground. You can enjoy a picnic and dip your t
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Title : German Pavilion at Shanghai 2010 Expo
It is the epitome of a city, boasting the creation of a "harbor image" and a "dynamic tunnel" with urban scenes from Germany. This is the "Balancity," a magnificent crystallization of Germanic originality and technology. The structure is wrapped in silver membrane. A te
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Title : Aviva Stadium opened in Dublin (Architects - Populous and Scott Tallon Walker)
Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland, designed as a result of a collaboration between global architects Populous and Dublin‐based architects, Scott Tallon Walker is officially opened today by An Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, TD. Aviva Stadium, previously called the Lansdowne Road Stadium, hosted its
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Title : Finalists announced in Google's Model Your Town Competition
Five finalists have been selected in Google's Model Your Town Competition, and the winner was selected by the public.
WINNER!
Town: Barranco - Lima, Peru
Team Member: Jorge De Albertis Bettocchi
Town: Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany
Team Member: Leonhard
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