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architecture stories: 55 news summaries

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Rome's New Mayor Vows
to Raze Renowned Museum 

'Post-Fascist' Alemanno wants to destroy Meier building

May 2, 08 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Only a few days into his mandate, Rome's new right-wing mayor has sworn to dismantle a state-of-the-art museum designed by American architect Richard Meier, reports the Times of London. Gianni Alemanno called the Ara Pacis museum, built 2 years ago to house a peace altar from the Augustan period, "... More »

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Richard Meier • architecture • Italy • Rome • culture • Gianni Alemanno

 Jean Nouvel Wins Pritzker Prize 

Pritzker jury praises Guthrie designer Jean Nouvel's 'inquisitive mind'

Mar 31, 08 2:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The French designer of the Arab World Institute in Paris and Minneapolis’ Guthrie Theater has won architecture's top award, the Pritzker Prize, reports the New York Times. Jean Nouvel’s projects "greatly expanded the vocabulary of contemporary architecture,” the Pritzker jury noted. “His inquisitive and agile mind... More »

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architecture • Abu Dhabi • The Louvre • honor • Jean Nouvel • Pritzker Prize • Guthrie Theater • Arab World Institute

10 Must-See Big Apple Buildings 

There's plenty of NYC beyond the Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty

Feb 25, 08 6:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Headed to New York for a burst of sightseeing? Trade the Statue of Liberty for a tour of the Big Apple’s 10 must-see buildings, as compiled by the Center for Architecture:
  1. Conde Nast Building
  2. Brooklyn Museum
  3. Prada New York
  4. Rose Center For Earth And Space
  5. Apple Store Soho
... More »

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architecture • Prada • New York City • Brooklyn • Empire State Building • Frank Gehry • Renzo Piano • Conde Nast Building • Brooklyn Museum • Rose Center for Earth and Space • Apple Store Soho • Grand Central Terminal • Seagram building • Morgan Library • Mies van der Rohe

Mahony Griffin: Unsung Genius

Architecture pioneer emerges from Wright's shadow

Jan 1, 08 9:38 AM CST
(Newser) - You may never have heard of her, but you have seen her work. Marion Mahony Griffin illustrated much of Frank Lloyd Wright's early work. She also illustrated the work of Walter Burley Griffin, her architect husband. She may have been one of America's greatest  architects in her own right, the... More »

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architecture • Chicago • Frank Lloyd Wright • Walter Burley Griffin • Marion Mahony Griffin

Nazi Architect's Son Has His Own Designs

Father's shadow hasn't kept Albert Speer from worldwide impact

Dec 22, 07 6:14 AM CST
(Newser) - It’s hard to make a name for yourself when you share a name with your father, harder when the father was a famous Nazi architect and friend of Hitler. Urban planner Albert Speer constantly battles the association, keeping a low profile, and, though he has made his mark worldwide,... More »

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architecture • Germany • Adolf Hitler • Nazi • Olympic Games • urban revitalization • Albert Speer • Munich

Oscar Niemeyer Threw Life a Curve or Two

The Brazilian architect, famed for his spiraling designs, turns 100

Dec 16, 07 6:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Oscar Niemeyer turned 100 this weekend, but the famed Brazilian architect is still planning for the best years of his life: he’s still developing bold designs—including a museum that resembles a giant eye—starting a magazine, and he recently remarried. Niemeyer, who soared to fame in 1956 after... More »

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architecture • Fidel Castro • Brazil • revolution • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva • Communism • Oscar Niemeyer

Best New Buildings of 2007

BusinessWeek
profiles the top 10

Dec 6, 07 1:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Looks weren't all that mattered to BusinessWeek and Architectural Record in choosing their 2007 architectural awards. "Contribution to business" was important, too. Their top picks:
  1. InterActive Corp. Headquarters, New York—Gehry Partners
  2. Young Center for the Performing Arts, Toronto—Kuwabara
... More »

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architecture • green building • list • buildings • top 10

2 Downtowns, 1 New Museum

Japanese architects win raves for new New York building

Dec 1, 07 10:22 AM CST
(Newser) - New York's New Museum, the scrappy showcase for contemporary art founded in a SoHo loft 30 years ago, reopens this weekend in a building Nicolai Ouroussoff describes as "a series of mismatched galleries precariously stacked one atop the other." For the New York Times' architectural critic, the building,... More »

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architecture • New York • art • museums • Gentrification

Atlantic City Takes on
Las Vegas

Four companies to invest $9 billion, open luxe mega-casinos

Nov 20, 07 4:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Atlantic City is about to get a $9 billion makeover, with four companies slated to build  as many new mega-casinos by 2012. The luxury resorts constitute the biggest burst of investment in the city since the start of casino gambling in 1978, the AP reports. As Atlantic City bids to... More »

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architecture • Atlantic City • gambling • Las Vegas • investments • casino • tallest buildings

MIT Sues
Gehry for Negligence

Architect's $15M design for campus building called 'deficient'

Nov 6, 07 5:35 PM CST
(Newser) - One of the most famous buildings on the MIT campus is plagued by design flaws, the school says, and it has sued Frank Gehry, alleging the world-famous architect provided "deficient design services" for the $300 million project. The university paid Gehry $15 million to design the Stata Center, which... More »

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architecture • MIT • lawsuit • Frank Gehry • Stata Center • negligence

Palatial Design, Modest Price

Can a Kiwi architect create the future of urban design in the Chicago suburbs?

Nov 4, 07 10:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Students of urban design should take a lesson from a new condominium development in Chicago's northern suburbs, the Chicago Tribune's architectural critic Blair Kamin says. Its three 20-story buildings in Skokie not only "create an instant skyline for a suburb that doesn't have one," they use Lego-like layers... More »

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architecture • Chicago • Santiago Calatrava • Blair Kamin • Frank Gehry • Skokie • modernism • Old Orchard • David Hovey

Muschamp, Critic's Critic, Dies at 59

Wrote during 'surge
of exuberance' in architecture

Oct 3, 07 6:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Architecture critic Herbert Muschamp died of lung cancer last night at age 59, the New York Times reports. Muschamp wrote for the Times during a “surge of exuberance” in architecture, and his personal style grabbed readers for more than a decade. Said the Times editor who hired him, “... More »

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architecture • Andy Warhol • World Trade Center • obituary • Frank Gehry • Herbert Muschamp • Nicolai Ouroussoff • Daniel Libeskind • Guggenheim Bilbao • The Factory

10 Modern Chicago Masterpieces

Aug 28, 07 9:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a city known for its early 20th Century buildings, Chicago Magazine names 10 early 21st Century masterpieces, boasting that these structures make Chicago "a global epicenter of architecture."
  1. GARY COMER YOUTH CENTER (2006)  John Ronan Architects, 7200 South Ingleside Avenue
  1. STATE
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architecture • Chicago • list • Frank Gehry • Pritzker • Booth Hansen • Perkins Will • Krueck and Sexton • John Ronan • Millennium Park

150-Story Chicago Spire to Begin Construction

Calatrava designed building will be nation's tallest building

Jun 27, 07 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Chicago Spire, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, is finally under way. Following an ownership change, a design change and a name change, what will become the nation’s tallest building will be completed in 2010. More »

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real estate • architecture • Chicago • Santiago Calatrava • Blair Kamin • Chicago Spire • Shelbourne Development • condominium

Art Market Fuels Boom in Private Museums

Contemporary collectors keep architects busy designing special exhibition spaces

Mar 18, 07 10:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Contemporary art collectors, no longer content to hang the Julian Schnabel over the sofa, are commissioning celebrity architects to design special exhibition spaces, complete with soaring ceilings, professional lighting, and temperature controls. With the art market booming, so is the market for private museums, worrying some observers that important works... More »

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art market • contemporary art • private museums • Richard Gluckman • Rene Gonzalez • Richard Meier • Michael Matzan • Julian Schnabel • architecture • art • art collector

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