Tag: Art and design
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Rowan Moore’s best architecture of 2019
From hemp and cork buildings to energy-efficient council housing, the climate crisis got us thinking laterally• Read the Observer critics’ review of 2019 in full here
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Gardens, waterfalls, parks… what is happening to our airports?
From Beijing to Istanbul, exotic new airports are symbols of prestige for strongman leaders. But the environmental cost is massive…
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Hello, Robot review – where human and machine don’t quite meet
V&A DundeeFrom pet cyber-seals to cars with minds of their own, an exploration of the science and fiction of robots raises more questions than it answers
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Cars: Accelerating the Modern World review – revolutions behind the wheel
Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonThe V&A’s finely tuned exhibition tracing the history of the automobile attempts to balance the car’s wide-ranging cultural impact with the environmental costs of its gas-guzzling success
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George IV exhibition shows redeemable qualities of ‘exuberant king’
Monarch drank and gambled, but also commissioned ‘extraordinary art’
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Desert ski slopes and outdoor aircon: can the scorching emirates really go green?
It is one of Earth’s biggest carbon emitters, a place where SUVs roar from manmade islands to malls with ski slopes. Can an architecture triennial in the UAE really teach us how to go green?