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Entitled ‘Rethinking Theory, Space and Production: Henri Lefebvre Today’, the conference reflected the huge revival of interest in the work of Lefebvre today, which most architects are perhaps unaware of. However, if there’s one twentieth-century phi…

The Architectural League present the work and ideas of the world's most interesting and influential architects and designers to New York, national and international audiences, through lectures, exhibitions, publications, and the worldwide web. The Ar…

The historic library by John Carrère and Thomas Hastings at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street opened in 1911 as a symbol of the City’s commitment to culture and knowledge. Today it is protected as a National Historic Landmark. It offers free access to its…

On Monday, November 3rd at 7 pm, Kengo Kuma, who established the Japanese architectural firm Kengo Kuma …

Zaha Hadid has created a series of sculptural installations for a two-venue New York exhibition, opening on November 1st 2008. According to Kenny Schachter, the curator of the show, each installation offers elements of various architectural projects …

On Tuesday, October 28th at 7pm, Craig Dykers, the co-founder of the architecture and design firm Snøhetta is holding a lecture on their current works in The Great Hall, the Cooper Union in New York. photo: Gerald Zugman ­In 2004 the Norwegian compan…

At the end of September the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd. and The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies announced the winners of this year’s International Architecture Awards…

Gas pipe You can’t be clear enough when making a political statement at a circus like the biennale, as the tiny country of Estonia understands all too well. In response to controversial plans by Gazprom for a pipeline between Russia and Germany, cura…

A new gallery, the Artfarm, was opened on June 28th, 2008 in the Town of Clinton in the State of New York. The design for the gallery and storage came from the Swiss architects HHF and was created together with the artist Ai Weiwei. The Artfarm Galle…

After Neurath is an event that seems to grow as spontaneously as the urban development envisaged by Neurath. For two years now – one year longer than planned – Stroom has been programming activities about this idealist. I visited the most recent exhi…

Gareth Hoskins Architects have won the competition to design the so-called Gathering Space, the Scottish presence at the 2008 Venice Architecture Biennale. Scotland’s first Venice Biennale pavilion ever will be situated in a major piazza during the f…

On April 11 the world’s largest museum for news and journalism – the Newseum in Washington D.C. - opened its doors to the public. It was designed by Polshek Partnership Architects, who creates signature, iconic buildings. The New York City-based firm…

We are happy that the Eiffel Tower in Paris will keep its original shape and look. After most major media outlets – and we are admittedly included – fell for the hoax that the Eiffel Tower will receive a temporary extension to its top visitor’s platf…

Jean Nouvel was announced to be the Pritzker Prize Laureate of 2008. The prize, which includes 100.000 US-Dollars and a bronze medal, is annually awarded by the Hyatt Foundation. The 62 year-old French architect will officially receive the highest ar…

The city of Sarajevo is starting to fulfill several cultural projects that, together with their prominent architectural designs mark the reconstruction of the city after the war. Such is the new building for the Academy of Performing Arts designed by…