Tag: architecture
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The Sharaan by Jean Nouvel Resort: The new designs draw on Arabia’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site
Jean Nouvel for the cultural oasis in north-west Arabia. New Jean Nouvel concept designs unveil a new era in architecture: a world-first ‘masterpiece’ resort hidden within the rock dwellings of AlUla, Northwest Arabia. AlUla’s human history began more than 200,000 years ago, yet only recently has modern tourism begun to discover the depth and…
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‘This is the Everest of zero carbon’ – inside York’s green home revolution
The city plans to build Britain’s biggest zero-carbon housing project, boasting 600 homes in car-free cycling paradises full of fruit trees and allotments. When will the rest of the UK catch up?
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‘Courage, elegance, grit’: architect David Adjaye makes history by winning RIBA award
For the first time in its 173-year history, RIBA awards its gold medal to a black architect – and his best, and strangest, work may be yet to come
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The museum of everything: do you have time to look at 150,000 exhibits?
In a world first, Rotterdam’s Boijmans museum has put its entire collection on display in a mammoth new warehouse. As the V&A considers a similar experiment, is this ‘open storage’ model the future?
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Frank Lloyd Wright home in Phoenix set for new lease of life after $7.25m sale
Desert home was built for son and daughter-in-law in 1952Buyers reportedly intend to preserve and restore house
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Bamboo airports and psychedelic oil refineries: Richard Rogers’ thrilling legacy
The visionary architect behind some of the world’s favourite landmarks – and some of its most expensive housing – is hanging up his pencil. Our critic assesses his impact