Diebedo Francis Kere becomes first African to win Pritzker prize
Issued on: 16/03/2022 – 22:04 The Pritzker Prize, architecture’s most prestigious award, was awarded Tuesday to Burkina Faso-born architect Diebedo Francis Kere — the first...
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RIBA International Prize 2021: Friendship Hospital in Bangladesh named world’s best new building
Written by Oscar Holland, CNN A remote hospital in an area of Bangladesh vulnerable to rising sea levels has been named the world’s best new...
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This ‘zero waste’ Japanese building is made from 700 donated windows
Written by Rebecca Cairns, CNN Contributors Junko Ogura, CNNMayumi Maruyama, CNN Planks of burgundy cedar wood frame 700 mismatched windows, forming a patchwork quilt of...
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The striking architecture set to shape the world in 2022
Written by Oscar Holland, CNN With Covid-19 causing delays in construction schedules and project openings, compiling CNN’s annual architecture lookahead has become a tricky business....
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Richard Rogers, Pritzker Prize-winning British architect, dies aged 88
Written by Hilary Clarke, CNN Contributors Jonny Hallam, CNN Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Rogers, whose landmark buildings include the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the...
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British architect of Pompidou Centre, Richard Rogers, dies aged 88
Issued on: 19/12/2021 – 07:26 British architect Richard Rogers, known for designing some of the world’s most famous buildings including Paris’ Pompidou Centre, has died...
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Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia adds new tower after nearly 140 years under construction
Issued on: 09/12/2021 – 03:47 Jordi Fauli is the seventh chief architect of Barcelona’s iconic Sagrada Familia since Antoni Gaudi began work on the basilica...
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Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia is topped with giant star
A huge, 12-pointed star has been installed on top of one of the towers of Antoni Gaudí’s famous Sagrada Familia cathedral in Barcelona. The star,...
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Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz open the doors to their California mansion
Written by Megan C. Hills, CNN In the mountains north of San Diego, a modernist mansion made of white concrete and glass rises from the...
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Villa with world’s only Caravaggio ceiling mural goes on sale for $547 million
Written by Livia BorgheseSana Noor Haq, CNNRome, Italy A stately villa in the heart of Rome, which houses the world’s only ceiling mural by the...
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Open Architecture: The husband-and-wife design duo redefining China’s cultural landscape
Written by Oscar Holland, CNN With China experiencing a museum boom, and cities of all sizes building cultural venues at unprecedented speed, there is something...