Tag: Culture
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Zaha Hadid’s Tokyo Olympic stadium slammed as a ‘monumental mistake’ and a ‘disgrace to future generations’
The 2020 Olympic stadium has faced two years of widespread criticism and budget cuts. Now prominent Japanese architect Arata Isozaki has launched a blistering attack on the designsZaha Hadid: ‘I don’t make nice little buildings’
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Sydney’s One Central Park wins world’s best tall building award
An apartment block in Chippendale impressed jurors for its sustainable design concepts, including green walls and water recycling program • The world’s best tall buildings of 2014 – in pictures
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From Byzantine bannings to the Jeff Koons attack: the lamest art vandalism ever
The recent lacklustre spray-paint job on a Jeff Koons is nothing new in art … rubbish vandals have always been with us• Jeff Koons retrospective targeted by vandal
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Fondation Cartier celebrates 30 years with portrait tribute to artists
Celebrated figures in music, film and science included in nod to treasured ‘family’ as Paris museum marks anniversary
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Peter Saville: the UK’s most famous graphic designer
He talks about the joy of Factory Records, hating the fashion industry and being sacked by the city of Manchester
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Louvre Abu Dhabi scoops up 300 masterpieces from France
Monet, Leonardo, Van Gogh and Matisse among artworks to go on display at the £400m Arab museum when it opens in December 2015