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Richard Meier's homage to concrete
Architect showcases self-cleaning, pollution-zapping new kind of concrete for Italcementi's Bergamo HQ
Published: Tuesday, 19 February 2013
Dyed concrete entices Seoul’s dotcommers
Latest creation from Mass Studies aims to spark migration from the city to a picturesque island off the mainland
Published: Friday, 15 February 2013
2013 Serpentine Pavilion commission goes to Phaidon favourite Sou Fujimoto
The 41-year-old Japanese architect and Phaidon contributor is the youngest ever to be commissioned
Published: Friday, 15 February 2013
Farrells builds first skyscraper in Cambodia
39-storey Vattanac Capital Tower in Phnom Penh becomes the country’s highest high-rise
Published: Friday, 15 February 2013
SOM's 'classical column' rises in China
Just 5 feet shorter than the Shard, Skidmore Owings & Merrill's Zhengzhou tower is clad in painted aluminium
Published: Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Peter Zumthor reveals the secrets of Therme Vals
New video sees him discussing his philosophy, why his most celebrated structure was originally destined to be 'hollowed out' and why he 'drops his pencil' if he thinks a client simply wants to order a Peter Zumthor building
Published: Tuesday, 12 February 2013
Ex-OMA architect Fernando Romero creates flying saucer-style photo museum in the Arabian desert
Mexican follows his much-admired Soumaya museum in Mexico City with an even more audacious concept
Published: Monday, 11 February 2013
BIG architects tear it up in Fort Lauderdale
Two buildings are 'torn open' giving the neighbourhood access to the canals
Published: Monday, 11 February 2013
Montreal church is repurposed as a gallery
Provencher Roy + Associes Architectes addition boasts suitably Canadian features including 'glazed igloo'
Published: Friday, 8 February 2013
Dutch cyclists get floating flyover
Netherlands bridge specialists IPV Delft build motorway-style aerial intersection for two-wheeled travellers
Published: Thursday, 7 February 2013
Foster + Partners designs 3D moon base
Global architecture practice uses latest rapid prototyping to imagine a lunar base for European Space Agency
Published: Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Deep sea hospitality planned for Dubai
It's built tall and supertall, now Dubai mines the sea depths for its latest architectural venture
Published: Tuesday, 5 February 2013
China indulges its love affair with the car
New range of exhibition centres by Marques And Jordy set to roll out in September
Published: Monday, 4 February 2013
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