Architecture
Architect Iñaki Echeverria scoops two eco-inspired projects in Mexico
Architect Iñaki Echeverria has been commissioned to design two high profile projects in México that will dramatically remake the landscape. The first, El Parque Ecologico Laso de Texcoco, is to be the world’s largest urban park. ...
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PPS7 house embedded into English countryside granted planning permission by Bolton Council
Make Architects has been granted planning permission for a flower-shaped PPS7 House in the Pennine hillside, North West England. Through close collaboration with client Gary Neville, Bolton Council and the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, Make Architects...
Architecture
Street furniture scheme launched in Mumbai
After months of setbacks, Mumbai is now launching a scheme to spruce up its streets with a wide array of street furniture. Subodh Kumar, Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai has approved plans to enable private developers to create experimental and/or...
Architecture
Ashley Thrall wins 2011 SOM Structural Engineering Travel Fellowship
The Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) Foundation has announced that the $10,000 SOM 2011 Structural Engineering Travel Fellowship has been awarded to Ashley Thrall, who will receive her PhD this month from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering...
Architecture
AIA launches Architect Barbie Dream House Design Competition
The American Institute of Architects and toy manufacturers Mattel have announced a playful design competition for a Dream House for I Can Be…Architect Barbie. Available from American toy stores from August this year, Architect Barbie comes accessorised with a...
Architecture
UK’s first university-accredited course in Shelter After Disaster to be offered by Oxford Brookes University
From January 2012, Oxford Brookes University will be offering students the UK’s first university-accredited course in Shelter After Disaster. Equivalent to one third of a Masters, the 12 week postgraduate certificate (PGCert) targets three main groups:...
Architecture
New sports complex opens in Grozny, Chechnya
A new sports complex has opened in Chechnya, named after the region’s first President – Akhmat-Khadzhi Kadyrov. Featuring a 30,000-capacity stadium, swimming pool, children’s pool and 500-room hotel, the facility opened officially on the 11th May. ...
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