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Jean Nouvel, Winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2008
No Comments April 19th, 2008

Image Source: Dezeen
On Jun. 2, Nouvel will receive the Pritzker Prize, architecture’s highest honor, in a ceremony at the Library of Congress in Washington. The Paris-based architect has won the profession’s highest honor - Pritzker Prize 2008, for a career of memorable buildings. This is undoubtedly Jean Nouvel’s moment, aside from winning the Pritzker, his [...]



Serero Architects Win Eiffel Tower Anniversary Competition
No Comments March 23rd, 2008

Image Source: Serero Architects
This is last week’s news and I find it rather interesting, Paris-based Serero Architects won an open competition for the redesign of Eiffel Tower’s public reception. The deck would be temporary bolted to the slab without any new support structure, thus expanding the usable floor area from 280m square to 580m square.
According [...]



Brad Pitt and The Pink Project in New Orleans
1 Comment February 1st, 2008

Brad Pitt is one good looking man, he is also a knowledgeable fan of architecture, particularly that of Frank Lloyd Wright, and has helped the National Trust for Historic Preservation raise money to purchase Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House for $7.5 million.
The Pink Project
While filming on a set in New Orleans, actor Brad Pitt [...]



Going Green - Chicago City Hall
2 Comments January 10th, 2008

Image Source: Time Magazine, Photographer: Anne Ryan / Polaris
I came across an interesting article on the latest Time Magazine, it is about greening rooftops. According to the magazine, in an effort to conserve energy, reduce storm water runoff and deflect heat, the roof of Chicago City Hall has been transformed into a brilliant garden. Undeniably [...]



Sustainable Building in Zimbabwe Modeled After Termite Mounds
1 Comment December 14th, 2007

Image Source: Inhabitat
The Eastgate Centre in Harare, Zimbabwe has no conventional air-conditioning or heating, yet stays regulated year round with dramatically less energy consumption, the building uses less than 10% of the energy of a conventional office tower in similar size, thus saving the management $3.5 million a year on air-conditioning.
Designed by architect Mick Pearce [...]



Zaha Hadid’s Island, Radical Plan for Bilbao
3 Comments November 26th, 2007

Image Source: ArchitectureLab
Zaha Hadid was once known as the paper architect because her works never made it off the blueprint, things started to change for the good in recent years, her work has started to mushroom across the world, the latest proposal by Hadid is a yet to be named island, the radical plans for [...]



New York City - City of the Great Pyramids
1 Comment November 21st, 2007

Image Source: Dezeen Copyright: Jean Nouvel
A new kid on the block - the 53 West 53rd Street by Jean Nouvel.
French architect Jean Nouvel did it again; his latest groundbreaking design for Manhattan will rival the Chrysler Building in height and possibly the old bird’s iconic statues. 53 West 53rd Street by Jean Nouvel is a [...]



Beijing Great Wheel
3 Comments November 6th, 2007

Remember my previous post - Eye of the world and the Pakistan Eye? The Chinese government began construction on the Great Wheel of China (220meters, 680 feet), believed to be the world’s tallest ferris wheel provided that Dubai (Dubai Eye at 200meters, 600 feet) doesn’t go back to the drawing board.
Originally $99 million Beijing Great [...]



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