Tag: Oliver Wainwright
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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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Shard leads Olympic Aquatics Centre in race for the Stirling prize
Other contenders for architecture award include Birmingham library, Everyman theatre in Liverpool and LSE student centre• Which building would you vote for? Join our poll
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The Chinese billionaire with six months to make the world’s tallest building
Zhang Yue was the first man in China to own a private jet, and his office is modelled on the Palace of Versailles. Now, he plans to save the planet by raising the world’s tallest building in just six months. A new documentary goes behind the scenes of the great Chinese eco gold rush
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Designs of the Year: chairs that make you fidget and a piano from the future
From the Pro Chair that makes schoolkids squirm to an all-black piano, plus Prada and Zaha Hadid, here are the seven category winners from the Designs of the Year
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Will the buildings of the future be grown underwater?
In a new exhibition, Michael Pawlyn lays out his vision for architecture inspired by the natural world – including biorock buildings grown entirely underwater and whole office blocks being lit by learning from the blind sea star
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Battle of the superyachts: architects go overboard
Architects have long been obsessed with the nautical, but recent designs by the likes of Zaha Hadid and Norman Foster suggest they’re all at sea when creating actual yachts