Architecture News
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A French appeals court on Monday blocked the renovation of the iconic former Parisian department store La Samaritaine, saying its modern makeover would clash with its historic surroundings.
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Wary of a public that has never really forgiven them for blighting their view with a skyscraper 40 years ago, Paris authorities narrowly rejected plans for a 43-storey triangular-shaped building on Monday.
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Ankara -
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is planning to expand his already controversial new presidential palace with a 250-room residency building, Ankara's top architect was quoted as saying Thursday.
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For critics, it is the latest excess of an authoritarian ruler, a folly comparable to the notorious Palace of the People of deposed Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.Even the Turkish deputy prime minister admits the costs ran a little high.
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's grandiose new presidential palace is costing Turkey more than $600 million, nearly twice previous estimates, the country's finance minister said Tuesday.
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Cusco -
Clinging to the hillside just above the historic center of the city, the San Blas neighborhood is the oldest residential area of Cusco, Peru and a paradise on earth for those that love to walk.
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Ankara -
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday unveiled a new presidential palace on the outskirts of Ankara that has been denounced as an environmental blight and evidence of his autocratic tendencies.
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Ankara -
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is on Wednesday set to unveil his new presidential palace on the outskirts of Ankara, denounced by ecologists as an environmental blight and by the opposition as new evidence of his autocratic tendencies.
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Paris -
Visitors at the Eiffel Tower were left giddy Monday as the mayor unveiled a new glass floor on Paris's best-known landmark, offering millions of tourists another perspective on the world's most-visited city.
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Medell -
Colombian authorities imploded an upmarket apartment block Tuesday whose partial collapse last year killed 12 people, felling the rest of the six-tower complex in a giant cloud of white dust.
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Just like most everything else in our society today, virtual reality has taken over in the fields of architecture, interior design and construction.
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Pyongyang -
As the capital of North Korea the city sees massive amounts of commerce and activity. "Enter Pyongyang" is trying to give viewers an idea of just what goes on in from day-to-day.
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If the project is successful it will be, by far, the tallest railway bridge ever created. Trains are vital to the economy of India so it makes logical sense that they would begin work on a massive project such as this.
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Amsterdam -
Amsterdam residents fearing the loss of a popular park have rejected a multi-million-euro Holocaust memorial by famed US architect Daniel Libeskind, forcing officials to rethink the plan.
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Industrial designer and architect Karim Rashid marches to the beat of his own drum, and wants to make everything he touches beautiful and unique.
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Adliswil -
No smoking, no perfume, no mobile phone use -- the list of rules at a newly opened apartment building on the outskirts of Zurich is long.
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Rio De Janeiro -
The iconic statue of Jesus overlooking Rio de Janeiro, one of the city's most recognizable landmarks, has lost a thumb tip to lightening, a report said Friday.
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Beijing -
Local officials in a Beijing suburb have built themselves a white-walled, gold-domed office complex resembling Moscow's Kremlin, state media reported, prompting anger among Chinese who condemned the lavish buildings.
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Amsterdam -
Unlike Hongkong, Montreal and a few other cities, Amsterdam does not have an internationally known and recognized skyline. Instead, the Dutch capital is more like a tapestry where sometimes the architecture is very modern, then again charmingly old.
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A Dutch architect hopes to use 3D printer technology to ‘print off’ a futuristic 12,000 square feet ‘endless’ house. Janjaap Ruijssenaars of Universe Architecture aims to complete construction of his concept 'Landscape House' in 2014.
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A house constructed entirely upside down is now a tourist attraction for the tiny village of Szymbark in northern Poland. As well as presenting topsy turvy from the exterior, the house’s internal contradictions proved problematic during construction.
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Nashville -
The Gothic architectural style of the Scarritt-Bennett Center has intrigued visitors and native Nashvillians for nearly ninety years.
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Rio De Janeiro -
The modernist Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer perhaps best known for the striking design of many buildings in the Brazilian capital, Brasilia, has died aged 104.
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Phoenix -
A Phoenix home designed by iconic architect Frank Lloyd Wright faces imminent demolition, if the home is not granted historic designation soon!
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Nashville -
The Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, TN is as well known for its distinctive architecture, grand chandeliers and amazing acoustics, as it is for the wonderful music.
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Copenhagen -
Denmark has decided to build a mini city just for kids. The Prinsessegade Kindergarten and Youth Club is expected to be completed by 2014. It will be located in Copenhagen, Denmark's capital city.
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Colonia -
The old town of Colonia del Sacramento was founded in 1680 by the Portuguese on the northern bank of the Rio de la Plata and for 150 years was the subject of heated disputes with Spain; today is a lovely attraction for visitors from the entire world.
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Restoration works on the world-famous St. Peter's Square in Vatican City has started and will be completed in 30 months according to news reports from the Holy See.
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Fayetteville -
After helping design the Museum of Modern Art and Radio City Music Hall in New York City, architect Edward Durell Stone came home to Arkansas to design furniture for his friend J. William Fulbright, and the ‘Ozark Modern’ exhibit showcased that work.
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The Ludwig Erhard Haus, an unusual and futuristic building in the heart of Berlin, won't be reported on Berlin's tourist guide. It was designed by British architect Nicholas Grimshaw in 1994.
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Discussion is just starting to heat up in France since the law came out very recently. Moyan Brenn
Old and new meet at Museum Square: the venerable Concert Hall not far from the more modern Van Gogh Museum .
St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto has some advanced architecture with some equally advanced devices inside. paul bica
With a shortage of land, the Dutch have learned to live with and on the water.
Some big changes are happening in Vatican City right now. Andreas Tille via Wikimedia Commons
ArrowStream is in an office section of the Bank of America building shown here. Neal Jennings
Replica of an old VOC ship the Dutch used to travel to Japan and Indonesia.
The old town hall at Windsor, with carving adorning the facade.
Unique architecture of the Schermerhorn Symphony Center
A beautiful view of the Hong Kong skyline. Unfortunately smuggling operations sometimes cross through this amazing place. Lichunngai via Wikimedia (CC waived to PD)
Bench designed by Edward Durell Stone. Fine Arts Center Gallery, University of Arkansas. Feb. 15, 2011
Sweeping buildings, construction and industry all helped create an amazing city in architecture. Unfortunately it may also have contributed to high levels of metal in soil. Ben Grey
Arbitrators at the Supreme Court of Canada have made a powerful ruling in favor of local unions. Peregrine981
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.
Chateau Montigny-le-Gannelon, in the Eure-et-Loir region of France WikiCommons
Historic walls with gates leading into intriguing streets, old and new
For years I have found myself wondering whenever I strolled by, whether the inside rooms of this unadvertised place with rounded, walled balconies are unusual in any way.
The upside down house at Szymbark, near Gdansk, Northern Poland Tourisme Durable, France via Facebook
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