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- Pritzker Laureates On Rose
This year’s Pritzker winner is the French Architect, Geometry Guru, Jean Nouvel. This is a new interview with him that I’ve been trying to get a hold of since I knew he was on Charlie Rose, among other previous Pritzker Laureates such as Hadid and Gehry and Piano. Well..
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There is little question that this is a highly charged global moment for the profession: a building boom in Asia and the Middle East, combined with a hunger for designs by name brands, has created unparalleled opportunities for architects to make their mark. Every city wants its own Bilbao, the saying goes, a reference to [...]
- Bridge Beauty: Abdoun Bridge
PHOTO: Ibrahim Zaghloul Abdoun Bridge is the first cable-suspended bridge in the Jordanian capital Amman. It was commissioned in December 2002 and completed and opened on December 14th, 2006, according to Ahmed on 360east. The bridge is a vital addition to the city linking the prestigious Abdoun Area to the 4th circle and Jebel Amman, and it cost [...]
- Calatrava Jerusalem Bridge Open
Much to the coincidence of my Bridges List and this event; Jerusalem’s New Bridge by Santiago Calatrava! By the way, the link doesn’t work on Etisalat’s connections, so here’s Archinect’s feature of it. Should this be on my list? A disturbing question I suppose. Archinect
- Walter Netsch Passed Away
I don’t know if I should introduce such a figure or not, Walter Netsch from the famous SOM firm and the mastermind of one of the great architectural theories, the Field Theory, has died last Sunday! I remember I came across this figure when I was working in an office and I had one of the SOM [...]
