Tag: buildings
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City of London tightens rules on skyscrapers over wind tunnel fears
Developers will have to modify designs deemed likely to affect cyclists and pedestrians
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Arty escape: must-see cultural highlights in Nice and the Côte d’Azur, France
Along one of the world’s most beautiful coastlines lies an abundance of awe-inspiring architecture, contemporary museums and independent galleries. Here’s where to find the best cultural treasures from Nice, Cannes, Antibes and Monaco
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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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Party palaces and funky funhouses: Freddy Mamani’s maverick buildings
With pinball machine interiors and animal-shaped facades, Mamani’s wild venues have transformed Bolivian architecture. Now the former bricklayer is taking ‘neo-Andean’ style to Paris
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Frank Lloyd Wright: fantasist or genius?
As an exhibition in New York marks 150 years since the birth of Frank Lloyd Wright, is it time for a reappraisal of this flawed hero of modernist architecture?
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Foundation stone: leading architects on the homes that shaped them
How does your childhood home influence the one you make yourself? Seven leading architects look back at the foundations of their career