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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…

The new Arctic culture centre in Hammerfest, the world’s northernmost town, designed by a-lab architects was completed this month. The building, which is used as a venue for art, cultural events and conferences, is visible from both land and sea and …

According to the website the exhibition was to open at 1 o’clock. I arrived 20 minutes early and wandered around the building. Suddenly I noticed an open door that led to the inner garden of the art campus. I looked around, saw no-one and slipped ins…

Next to Amsterdam Central Station, a new building houses the Conservatorium van Amsteradam, which opened on April 21, 2008. Designed by Frits van Dongen of Cie., the buidling is a school and concert hall in one, which is situated in the culturally in…

On the site of the last battle fought on British soil, the new visitor centre, which opened on 16 April 2008, will house interpretation of the battle, its prehistory and aftermath, and will include educational and conference facilities, a café, resta…

New designs for worldwide architectural projects by Zaha Hadid reach us almost weekly. Now Zaha Hadid Architects have designed a rug for non-profit organization Arzu. The one-of-a kind rug is part of Arzu Rug’s "Hope by Designers” collection and come…

Did you recognize it? The Eiffel Tower in Paris will change its exterior appearance temporarily by adding a horizontal extension to the top viewing platform. In order to overcome the increased amount of visitors, Parisian-based Serero Architects deve…

In order to increase livability, Amsterdam is thinking about building an underground city. The plans for the AMFORA project were recently revealed at the International Congress “Underground Space Challenges in Urban Development” in Amsterdam. The arc…

In September 2007, Uppsala opened its new Concert and Congress Hall which is located in the centre of the town. The 8 floors-high and 37 metres-tall building offers a spectacular view of the city, some of the landmarks that can be viewed being the Ca…

A dangerous disease is affecting the developing countries’ lifeline to a healthy development: unchecked and substandard schooling facilities creating an increasingly disparate future and unemployable youth. The erosion of this precious commodity has …

The construction of the Bodegas Protos Winery in Peñafiel has been finished. The building of Winery designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour …

The Porter Gallery in the V&A Museum London will house the contemporary program of the V&A over the next ten years. The gallery, designed by Block Architecture, is situated next to the V…

Peter Nietzke and Elisabeth Blum, both architects and authors of the publication FavelaMetropolis, delivered an optimistic story about Brazilian slums like Copacabana and Favela-Bairro. It wasn’t that they were positive about life in the slum, which …

Sint Lucas in Boxtel has been 'pimped' and that’s resulted in a school complex that looked dated as soon as it was opened. It already looks like alterations will need to be carried out very soon. That’s not only down to the decorative a…

The ‘Zone Palatul Parlamentului’ was realised in all its dull monumentality during the Ceausescu regime. The dictator got the idea for the biggest ever grand projet after visiting North Korea, where he saw at first hand what a socialist…