Sharjah Architecture Triennial to Take Place Across Two Public Buildings
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The inaugural edition of Sharjah Architecture Triennial will launch in November this year, taking place across two recently decommissioned public buildings — the Al-Qasimiyah School and the old Al Jubail Vegetable Market, as its main exhibition venues as paLandini Associates Create “The Ultimate McDonald’s” on Times Square
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McDonald’s has recently opened a new restaurant topped with a giant billboard at Times Square in New York, reports dezeen.Designed by Landini Associates, the glass-fronted three-story restaurant has a fully-glass facade with seating that overlooks the squarThe “World’s First” 360-degree Infinity Pool Coming to London
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Plans to build a rooftop infinity pool with 360-degree views of the London skyline has been unveiled by Compass Pools, a UK-based swimming pool building, and supply firm. The four-sided infinity pool would be built atop a London skyscraper and can access viaKazakhstan’s Flag Reinterpreted as a Building for Astana
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The Rotterdam-based architecture firms Fundamental Architects and Omega Render have envisioned a building spanning a river in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan, with a hole in the middle that would make it look like the country’s national flag. The design has bLondon’s Cheapside Gets Lively with Colorful Street Furniture
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Playful street furniture gets scattered throughout London’s Cheapside financial district as part of the London Festival of Architecture (LFA), making the city bright and colorful. The displayed works are the winning designs of the City Benches competition,“At Home. Projects for contemporary housing” at MAXXI
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Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo (MAXXI) in Rome is hosting “At Home. Projects for contemporary housing,” an exhibition that reviews the concept of habitation from low-cost housing projects of the Post-war years to new experimental and sustainablCarpenters Workshop Gallery at Design Miami/ Basel
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Carpenters Workshop Gallery is participating in Design Miami/ Basel.Design Miami/ is the global forum for design. This year, the show started on June 12 and remains open through June 17, 2019. The fair brings together the most influential collectors, gallerisUNStudio Designs Karle Town Centre in Bangalore
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UNStudio has designed one of Bangalore’s most exciting upcoming projects — Karle Town Centre (KTC). The Karle Infra, with its properties in Mysore, Bangalore, and Goa, is now focusing on their new premium township in North Bangalore. According to the websFinland’s Paimio Hospital set to be a World Heritage Site
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Finnish architect Alvar Aalto’s Paimio Hospital (former Paimio Sanatorium) is in an elite race to be one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The Sanatorium is listed in the tentative list. Sanatorium’s official website mentions that in many ways it is an“Love2 House” — A 19 sqm house in Tokyo by Takeshi Hosaka
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Architect Takeshi Hosaka has built a micro home in Tokyo with a total floor area of just 19 square meters. The house, which is owned by the architect himself, is a single-floor building called ‘Love2 House.’‘Love2 House’ is built in a plot in the BunkPerkins+Will to build world’s tallest hybrid wood tower in Vancouver
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The global architecture firm Perkins+Will unveiled its plan for what it says will be “world’s tallest hybrid wood tower” in Vancouver. The project, called Canada’s Earth Tower, is planned on a 1.3-acre (0.5-hectare) property along Eighth Avenue near VShortlisted Entries for 2019 RAIC International Prize Announced
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The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) has announced the shortlist for the 2019 RAIC International Prize. It is a biennial event that rewards new architectural designs that are socially transformative.The jury, consisting of six-members, have chosFrench Senate Passes New Bill on Notre-Dame Restoration
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The French Senate has passed a bill, stating that the Notre-Dame Cathedral must be restored in the way it was before the fire. This comes after a number of opinions and speculation over how the cathedral must be rebuilt, following last month’s catastrophe tFoster + Partners Pledges to Design Carbon Neutral Buildings by 2030
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British architecture firm “Foster + Partners” signs up to the “Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment,” becoming the first studio to use carbon-neutral buildings by 2030. The Norman Foster-led studio has joined 23 cities, including New York, London, anColnaghi and Chahan Collaborate to Celebrate the Enduring Legacy of the Grand Tour
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Colnaghi and Chahan have collaborated to present a project featuring the home of a 21st-century traveler at the historic Abbazia di San Gregorio in Venice. Coinciding with the launch of La Biennale di Venezia, the exhibition will remain open by appointm
Foster + Partners Converts Washington D.C. Library into Apple Store
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Foster + Partners in collaboration with the design team at Apple lent a new life to Washington D.C.’s first public library. The Apple Insider reports that the Apple Carnegie Library in Washington, D.C. has been in development for some three years and was inPair of Imperial Gilt-Lacquered Zitan-Veneered Display Cabinets to be Sold at Bonhams
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A magnificent pair of Imperial gilt-lacquered zitan-veneered ‘Farming and Weaving’ display cabinets will be offered at Bonhams’ upcoming auction, “Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art,” which will take place on May 28, 2019, in Hong Kong. The presImportant “Elaborate Peony” Floor Lamp to be Offered for Sale at Sotheby’s
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An Important “Elaborate Peony” Floor Lamp from Tiffany Studios will be featured at Sotheby’s upcoming auction, “Dreaming In Glass: Masterworks By Tiffany Studios” that will be held on May 23, 2019, in New York. The pre-auction estimate of the presen“Non Architecture” Launches a Game of Thrones Design Competition
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Fans and enthusiasts of the popular HBO television series “Game of Thrones” will now have a chance to win 1500 Euros by submitting their ideas in a Game of Thrones (GoT) inspired architecture contest by the non-profit organization “Non Architecture CompThe London Festival of Architecture Opens June 1
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The 15th edition of the “London Festival of Architecture” (LFA), the world’s biggest annual architecture festival, will commence on June 1, 2019. The theme this year for the month long show is ‘Boundaries.’“We’ll open the doors to iconic tAmerican Academy of Arts and Letters announces 2019 Architecture Awards
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On May 23, American Academy of Arts and Letters announced the recipients of the 2019 Architecture Awards. Top honors were given to Hernan Diaz Alonso, Mario Gooden and Mabel O. Wilson, Eric Howeler and Meejin Yoon, Anne Rieselbach and Eduardo Souto De Moura.Gustafson Porter + Bowman to Redesign Eiffel Tower Parks
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British landscape architecture studio Gustafson Porter + Bowman has been selected to redesign the square-mile “grand site” surrounding the Eiffel Tower, Paris, the city’s most iconic space. The announcement comes after a competition for the Site Tour EiAllbright Opens Mayfair Club with All-Female Art on the Walls
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Women-only member’s club Allbright has opened a venue in London’s Mayfair that features artworks made exclusively by female artists across its five floors. It features over 120 works work by more than 80 female artists, all created over the span of the laYorkshire Sculpture Park Bags Three RIBA Yorkshire Awards 2019
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The Weston, Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP)’s new visitor center by Feilden Fowles has been declared as the winner of the RIBA Yorkshire Award 2019 and RIBA Yorkshire Building of the Year Award 2019.Yorkshire Sculpture Park also received the special categorGroup Show “Dinner” at R & Company, New York
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R & Company, New York, is hosting a new exhibition titled “Dinner,” featuring works by Pierre Yovanovitch, The Haas Brothers, Katie Stout, Oscar Niemeyer, Joaquim Tenreiro, Jeff Zimmerman, Rogan Gregory, Renate Muller, Kelly Lamb, and Ashley Hicks.OnImportant Table Lamp by Tiffany Studios Gets High Estimate at Sotheby’s
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An important and rare “Fish And Waves” table lamp by Tiffany Studios will be offered for sale at Sotheby’s upcoming auction, “Dreaming In Glass: Masterworks By Tiffany Studios” on May 23, 2019, in New York. The pre-auction estimate of the present laThai Architect Boonserm Premthada Wins 2019 Royal Academy Dorfman Architecture Award
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Royal Academy of Arts (RA) in London named Boonserm Premthada, the founder of the Bangkok Project Studio, as the winner the 2019 Royal Academy Dorfman Architecture Award. The prize also marks the beginning of the RA’s Architecture Week — the institutionA French 'Japonisme' Vitrine-Cabinet Gets Top Lot at Christie’s Upcoming Sale
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A French 'Japonisme' Ormolu-Mounted Rosewood Vitrine-Cabinet will be offered in one of the featured lots at Christie’s upcoming auction, “The Collector: Silver &19th Century Furniture, Sculpture & Works of Art,” which will be held on May 23, 201“Alexander Girard: A Designer’s Universe” at Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe
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On view through October 27, 2019, at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is “Alexander Girard: A Designer’s Universe,” a traveling exhibition organized by the Vitra Design Museum.Considered to be one of the most influential int
