HWKN rebuilds the legendary dance club (the original was destroyed by a fire in 2011) and restores the island’s central hub for culture and nightlife.
By Nina Boccia |
10 days ago
Section: Architecture
Tags: Cultural
Situated in the Space for Life campus – along with the Biodome, Insectarium and Botanical Gardens – the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium, by Cardin Ramirez Julien in collaboration with AEdifica, stares up at the sky with two aluminum-clad binoculars.
By Elizabeth Pagliacolo |
20 days ago
Section: Architecture
Tags: Cultural
The New Mariinsky Theatre by Toronto’s Diamond Schmitt Architects provides St. Petersburg with Russia’s first major performance venue since the time of the czars.
By David Dick-Agnew |
30 days ago
Section: Architecture
Tags: Cultural
Kicking off today, this four-day festival in the heart of the Bowery is jam-packed with panel discussions, workshops and events that explore the future of cities and how art and culture are vital to their growth.
By Nina Boccia |
May 1, 2013
Section: Curiosity
Tags: Conference, Cultural, Exhibition
Teased by the warmer temperatures? Feast your eyes on these four knockout outdoor pavilions – including Foster + Partners’ polished canopy recently unveiled in Marseille.
By Nina Boccia |
April 19, 2013
Section: Architecture
Tags: Cultural
The Pritzker Prize laureate wins a competition to design Japan’s New National Stadium in Tokyo and puts her signature on another city.
By Josephine Minutillo |
April 15, 2013
Section: Curiosity
On an island off the coast of Osaka, Japan, Shuhei Endo builds a dramatic theatre-in-the-round for an ancient form of puppetry.
By Tim McKeough |
April 15, 2013
Section: Curiosity
Tags: Cultural
In Oslo, global star Renzo Piano redefines the capital’s post-industrial shoreline with a glass-roofed contemporary art museum that celebrates its seaside location.
By David Theodore |
April 1, 2013
Section: Architecture
Tags: Cultural
In time for Passover and Easter, we look at some of the most striking and inspirational sacred architecture around the world.
By David Dick-Agnew |
March 26, 2013
Section: Architecture
Tags: Cultural
An earthquake-ravaged medieval tower in Umbria, Italy, is reimagined with a dramatic steel spine.
By Barry Chong |
March 20, 2013
Section: Curiosity
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