Tag: architecture
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High times: 76 tall buildings to join London’s skyline in 2019
Number of towers of 20 or more storeys that are planned or under construction hits new record of 541
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From foil-wrapped glaciers to the Alpine storm cyclist: the artists fighting climate change
After too long a silence, art is finally tackling global warming. Here are the big players – including the artist who’s lighting up Alaska
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‘Buildings that defy categorisation’ – Arata Isozaki wins 2019 Pritzker architecture prize
The 87-year-old, known for his visionary ideas including an inflatable concert hall, wins architecture’s Nobel prize equivalent
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Brutal beauty: how concrete became the ultimate lifestyle concept
After a generation in the doghouse, concrete is more fashionable than ever. So why don’t we take better care of our brutalist architecture? Find the rest of our Guardian concrete week pieces here
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Is This Tomorrow? review – back to the future as architecture meets art
Whitechapel Gallery, LondonThe Whitechapel revisits its groundbreaking 1950s exhibition, pairing architects with artists to present changing visions of what’s to come
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Super-tall, super-skinny, super-expensive: the ‘pencil towers’ of New York’s super-rich
An extreme concentration of wealth in a city where even the air is for sale has produced a new breed of needle-like tower. By Oliver Wainwright