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- April 18, 2013
Wolf D. Prix, the Austrian architect behind the new headquarters for the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, says everything is connected. Even the ECB and Spanish football team FC Barcelona. more... [ Forum ]
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- March 27, 2013
The project was put on hold after thousands showed up in protest, but early Wednesday morning developers resumed their removal of a section of the longest remaining stretch of the Berlin Wall to make way for luxury housing. more... [ Forum ]
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- March 22, 2013
Klaus Wowereit, Berlin's mayor since 2001, has watched his city become one of world's coolest artistic meccas. But under his guidance, the city has devolved into a backward-looking architectural wasteland in which urban planning only favors the rich. By Georg Diez more... [ Forum ]
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- February 28, 2013
A forest is being planted in central Milan, but it won't look like a typical wooded landscape. Architects in the Italian city have created "Vertical Forest" residential towers that aim to bring a bit of nature back to the concrete jungle. more... [ Forum ]
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- January 10, 2013
A newly opened subway line in Cologne is causing the city's beloved World Heritage cathedral to vibrate, raising concerns that it might suffer damage. Although it has yet to be formerly notified, UNESCO is anxious to know what is going on. By Charles Hawley more... [ Forum ]
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- December 28, 2012
Star architect Zaha Hadid is currently building several projects across China. One of them, however, is being constructed twice. Pirates are the process of copying one of her provocative designs, and the race is on to see who can finish first. By Kevin Holden Platt in Beijing more... [ Forum ]
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- December 21, 2012
Joaquín Torres has become the architect of choice for the football stars of Real Madrid. Along with many of the team's players and even its coach, the famed designer lives in a Madrid suburb that feels miles away from the real world. Now he's looking for a new challenge. By Juan Moreno more... [ Forum ]
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- October 08, 2012
Built as a temporary structure for the Brussels World's Fair in 1958, the massive molecule known as the Atomium has since become the city's best known landmark -- and is shinier than ever thanks to 2006 renovations. Now, the monument must be cleaned twice a year, which is more difficult than it sounds. more...
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- August 31, 2012
What does an environmentally friendly home look like? The German entry at the Venice Architecture Biennale challenges the common notion that the perfectly insulated passive house is the best approach to reducing energy use. Architect Muck Petzet offers a more radical idea: He argues that we should simply recycle more and build less. By Christian Tröster more... [ Forum ]
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- August 23, 2012
Although best known for its flat-pack furniture, IKEA is a tangled web of businesses with tentacles in numerous areas. Now the Swedish company is building entire city districts from scratch, starting with London and then Hamburg. But success in Germany is far from certain. By Stefan Kaiser in Hamburg more...
