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Richard Kosha­lek, the newly ap­poin­ted di­rec­tor of the Hir­sh­horn Mu­seum and Sculp­ture Gar­den, plans to erect a 145-foot-tall in­fla­ta­ble mee­ting hall on the Na­tio­nal Mall.

»It was a Me­di­ter­ra­nean mutt fal­ling down its steep hillside«, he said, and just get­ting to the front door re­qui­red clim­bing a 60-step stair­way from the street. Still, Mr. Mi­randa, who paid $257,000, was »attracted to the rustic set­ting, …

In con­nec­tion with Fos­ter + Partners’ project to re­mo­del and ex­tend the »Städtische Ga­le­rie im Lenbachhaus«, the Len­bach­haus Mu­seum in Mu­nich is hos­ting the ex­hi­bi­tion »Foster + Part­ners: Working with history« 21. Oc­to­ber 2008 - 22…

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 In­ter­na…

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 Yo…

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 re­ce…

There is so­me­thing about this ar­tist from Ber­lin. His best-known work, the Wea­ther Project at the Tate Mo­dern – a shi­ning sun that was oc­ca­sio­nally ob­scu­red by mist – was re­pea­tedly shown by va­rious spea­kers du­ring the …

The Me­tro­po­li­tan World Atlas presents a huge amount of data in an easy-to-understand way thanks to the book's good gra­phic de­sign. The atlas can be di­vi­ded roughly into three sec­tions. First there's an over­view of major glo­bal trade net­wo…