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Saudi Royal Family plans mile-high building
The Saudi Royal family today unveiled plans to construct the world’s tallest building – which will be an incredible one MILE high. Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia will be 1.6km tall (one mile) when it is completed and consist of hotels, offices, luxury apartments and a shopping center. The structure will be twice the height
Campus Shuffle in Greenwich Village
New York University to spread over two million square feet around I’M Pei’s Silver Towers site. Aerial View Of NYU’s Expansion Plans With The Silver Towers On The Left. Courtesy NYU On March 16, NYU announced updates for their latest expansion plan, part of NYU 2031, that seemed to say the University had heard
Top 10 Buildings: Women in Architecture
The SOFT HOUSE by KVA Matx in Germany. Making my selection of buildings this week led me to a surprising discovery about the representation of women in architecture. I started with a simple enough premise to select ten buildings by female architects off the top of my head. I was immediately picking out Zaha Hadid,
National Architecture Week 2011 – Connect. Check in. Celebrate. April 10 – 16, 2011
National Architecture Week is a public awareness campaign from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) dedicated to increasing attention to the role architects play as a force for positive change in our communities and to elevate the public’s appreciation of design. Similar to previous years’ observances, National Architecture Week will be virtual and will be
China’s Ping-Pong Paddle Hotel
China is set to build a hotel shaped like an upside-down ping-pong paddle as part of a new $45.8 million sports complex. The China Daily newspaper reports rounded guestroom windows will resemble the surface texture of a table tennis racket, while the “handle” of the 500-foot hotel will be an observation deck, allowing tourists to
Old Buildings, New Life
Retrofitting commercial buildings is quickly becoming the growth market in the building industry. The shift from building new commercial spaces was bound to turn from erecting sparkling new mega-buildings on greenfields to retrofitting run-down but still valuable older buildings in good locations close to transportation or other amenities. No one knows this better than the
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects chosen to design PetroVietnam headquarters
New Haven, Conn. — Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects will design a new headquarters for Vietnam’s national oil and gas company, creating a landmark development in Hanoi. PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation, a subsidiary of PetroVietnam Oil and Gas Group, selected the firm following an international competition. The project is expected to break ground by the
Local Events Highlight National Landscape Architecture Month
WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–From a newly created traveling park in San Diego to the New Jersey Governor’s office, local chapters of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) will volunteer in their communities, reach out to schools and educate the public this April during National Landscape Architecture Month. In addition, the entire April issue of Landscape Architecture
Obama appoints Schlossberg to federal arts panel [that oversees architecture]
President Barack Obama has appointed Edwin Schlossberg, an interactive media designer and husband of Caroline Kennedy, to serve on a federal panel that helps oversee the architecture and design of the nation’s capital. The White House announced the appointment Tuesday night for the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts among other diplomatic and cultural posts. Schlossberg
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