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From a skyscraper twice the height of today's tallest building to self-sufficient farms designed to offset the Great Depression, a New York exhibition is spotlighting the hidden projects and dreams of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Ho Chi Minh -
They formed the charming backdrop to Graham Greene's sin-filled Saigon in "The Quiet American", but the colonial-era buildings of Vietnam's biggest city are fast disappearing -- sparking fears it is losing its unique charm.
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Paris -
The modernist architect I. M. Pei, who was once pilloried for plonking a glass pyramid into the courtyard of the Louvre, turns 100 Wednesday with his controversial creation now an icon of the French capital.
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Los Angeles -
A house clad in mirrors pops out of the California desert. It blends into the landscape, reflecting a kaleidoscope of the urban grid and arid valley of Palm Springs -- to the delight of photographers and selfie-seekers.
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Moscow -
A striking combination of glass, curves and straight lines -- the Tsentrosoyuz building in downtown Moscow stands as a monument to modernist architecture and the genius of its famed designer Le Corbusier.
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Barcelona -
Three relatively unknown Spanish architects -- Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta -- on Wednesday won the prestigious Pritzker Prize for modern works that are deeply rooted in their local surroundings.
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Barcelona -
Three relatively unknown Spanish architects -- Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta -- on Wednesday won the prestigious Pritzker Prize for modern works that are deeply rooted in their local surroundings.
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Barcelona -
Three relatively unknown Spanish architects -- Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta -- on Wednesday won the prestigious Pritzker Prize for modern works that are deeply rooted in their local surroundings.
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Rome -
The sudden appearance of a cluster of palm trees next to Milan's famous cathedral has sparked a row over the use of non-native plants beside an iconic Italian landmark.
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Rome -
The ruins of a landmark industrial building in Rome have become home to a thought-provoking art project that casts an unflattering light on the capital's patchy record on urban regeneration.
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Mumbai -
India's only surviving opera house has been restored to its colonial-era glory, reopening to the public more than two decades after it closed in disrepair.
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Rome -
A new convention centre in Rome that has been hailed as one of acclaimed architect Massimiliano Fuksas's most ambitious buildings yet was unveiled to the international media Wednesday, ahead of its long-awaited opening next week.
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London -
London's iconic Tower Bridge closed to vehicles for three months on Saturday for its first major maintenance works in nearly half a century.
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Prora -
One of the biggest relics left behind by the Nazis is undergoing a radical transformation on a German island, harnessing a property boom to become a luxury tourist destination.
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Istanbul -
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday inaugurated the third bridge over the Bosphorus Strait between Europe and Asia in Istanbul, a spectacular project at the heart of his drive to create a lasting historical legacy.
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Istanbul -
Turkey is seeking to "build the future of Istanbul" with a brace of ambitious projects including a third bridge spanning the Bosphorus Strait linking Europe and Asia, Transport Minister Ahmet Arslan told AFP.
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Istanbul -
For centuries, it has been the main commercial artery running through the heart of Istanbul, attracting thousands of people every day for shopping, entertainment or historic sightseeing.
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With a fine ceramic minaret, multicoloured walls and a great, carved wooden door, the Grand Mosque in Benin's capital is a marvel of Afro-Brazilian architecture, yet like much in Porto-Novo it faces collapse.
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Brighton -
The world's tallest moving observation tower, the i360, opens to the public on Thursday, a futuristic landmark that has transformed the historic seafront in the English tourist resort of Brighton.
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Deep in the heart of a medieval monastery in Nepal's remote Upper Mustang region, the battle to restore sacred murals and preserve traditional Tibetan Buddhist culture is in full swing.
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Rome -
Rome on Tuesday issued a 500-million-euro SOS to companies, wealthy philanthropists and its own citizens to help restore many of the Italian capital's iconic historic sites and avoid the risk of some falling into ruin.
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Rome -
One of the final works of Zaha Hadid, the acclaimed Iraqi-British architect who died suddenly last month, will be posthumously inaugurated in Italy on Monday.
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Gaza -
A surprise awaits beyond a black door adorned with a silver lotus flower at the end of a tangle of alleyways in Gaza's chaotic Old City.
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London -
The world's most famous female architect Zaha Hadid, whose works include the aquatics centre used in the 2012 London Olympics, died on Thursday from a heart attack aged 65, her company said.
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Intel is changing the way it releases new processors, an alteration that could end Moore's Law. It will extend the lifetime of each process it releases instead of following its traditional "tick tock" cycle. Three phases will now be involved.
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Paris -
A huge golden dome was hoisted into place Saturday atop a Russian Orthodox cathedral being built in Paris, as Russian and French dignitaries looked on.
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Istanbul -
Over 500 years old, surviving fire and earthquakes, it welcomes up to 400,000 people a day and takes pride in being the world's most visited destination -- more popular than the Eiffel Tower.
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London -
Award-winning Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena has built a global reputation not by designing prestige buildings but by creating social housing, distancing his craft from purely aesthetic concerns.
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Amsterdam -
Amsterdam is a beautiful city with impressive buildings, a concentric network of canals, and friendly people. Digital Journal presents the key things to see in a day.
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Mumbai -
Hidden behind a blanket of trees at the back of a university in Mumbai lies the dilapidated, but once grand, former home of writer Rudyard Kipling.
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Discussion is just starting to heat up in France since the law came out very recently. Moyan Brenn
Upside down house at Szymbark, Poland with the 'roof' entrance on the 'ground'. Wikimedia Commons - Tomasz Sienicki
The upside down house at Szymbark, near Gdansk, Northern Poland Tourisme Durable, France via Facebook
Some of the city's canals have been set aside for so-called house-boats where people live throughout the year.
Gladys Wright house. located in Phoenix, Arizona. Designed by renown architect, Frank Loyd Wright
The French Embassy in Bratislava Wikimedia
Vol Walker Hall, Fay Jones School of Architecture. University of Arkansas. Fayetteville, Ark.
Envelope A +D upped the industrial feel of this warehouse setting by demarcating meeting spaces with atypically institutional-looking green and blue rubber flooring. Glass partitions give the offices a sense of openness. Cesar Rubio, courtesy Envelope Architecture + Design
France's National Assembly building, Paris Steve B Chamberlain on Flick'r
Edward Durell Stone's Fulbright Furniture. Fine Arts Center, University of Arkansas. Fayetteville, Ark. Feb. 15, 2011.
The French Stock Market (La Bourse) in Paris Sebche on Flick'r
Unique architecture of the Schermerhorn Symphony Center
Upside down house in the village of Szymbark, near Gdansk, Northern Poland. Facebook - Tourisme Durable
Intel's old "tick tock" (left) and new "PAO" (right) CPU release cycles Intel
New architecture: NEMO, a technology museum in the form of a half sunken vessel.
Mobius design concept Landscape House bu Universe Architecture Universe Architecture
Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years runs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art through December 31st, 2012. Along with Warhol, the show features work by well-known artists including Jeff Koons, Ai Wei Wei, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Chuck Close, and many more.
Old and new meet at Museum Square: the venerable Concert Hall not far from the more modern Van Gogh Museum .
St. Peter Square, Vatican City wikipedia
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