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John Hill | 27.01.2014

Found

An exhibition opening at the Institute for Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London next month draws attention to a body of work that has remained unrecognized relative to her male contemporaries. Jane Drew (1911-1996): An Introduction runs from 12 February until 23 March in ICA's Fox...


John Hill | 27.01.2014

Headlines

A window bearing the signature of Le Corbusier is broken on his masterpiece Chapelle Notre-Dame du Haut in France.


John Hill | 27.01.2014

Insight

In two years Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) will celebrate its 80th anniversary, having been founded on January 1, 1936. In the ensuing decades the firm has expanded from two offices in the United States to eleven offices on three continents, while becoming one of the most recognizable and...


John Hill | 27.01.2014

Headlines

A snow blower damaged a large pane of glass valued at close to $500,000 at the Apple store on Fifth Avenue in NYC.


John Hill | 20.01.2014

Products

Double-curved glass walls, crafted by Folcrá and Cricursa in Barcelona, define the undulating cuts in the exterior walls at the Emporia shopping center in Malmö, Sweden, designed by Wingårdhs, hinting at the offerings inside.


John Hill | 20.01.2014

Found

Due to damage from increasing floods in recent years, Frank Lloyd Wright's 1954 house for Mr. and Mrs. A. Bachman Wilson in Millstone, New Jersey, will be moved to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas.


John Hill | 20.01.2014

Headlines

Large Frank Gehry projects are given approval by LA County supervisors and "definite maybe" from Toronto city council.


John Hill | 20.01.2014

Headlines

Miami Beach's new commissioners kill the $1 billion convention center redevelopment OMA won last year.


John Hill | 13.01.2014

Found

Federico Babina's "Archibet" is the latest in an obscure but relatively long history of illustrations portraying architecture in alphabet form.


John Hill | 13.01.2014

Headlines

The artist, architect and partner in the Reversible Destiny Foundation with the late Arakawa died on January 8.


John Hill | 13.01.2014

Headlines

Diller Scofidio + Renfro's proposal doesn't save the 2001 building designed by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien.


John Hill | 06.01.2014

Products

EXYD GmbH's M series line of stainless steel panels are hammered and beaten to create bumpy surfaces that fragment reflections along the lines of Impressionist paintings. BEHF Architects used the panels for the canopy of the Neukauf shopping center in Villach, Austria, "reflecting a new...


John Hill | 06.01.2014

Found

The "art and design of monumental typography" is the subject and subtitle of Lettering Large, a new book from design educator and prolific author Steven Heller with Mirko Ilić.


John Hill | 16.12.2013

Found

Art lovers and the downright curious braved cold temperatures and occasional rain and snow for hours to get short looks at Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirrored Room  - The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away, part of her I Who Have Arrived In Heaven exhibition at David Zwirner...


John Hill | 16.12.2013

Headlines

Herzog & de Meuron's highly anticipated Pérez Art Museum Miami opened during Miami Art Week/Art Basel.


John Hill | 16.12.2013

Insight

For our last Insight feature of 2013, World-Architects is taking a look back at the events, significant projects, and passings of the last 12 months, while also taking a look ahead at projects expected to be completed next year.


John Hill | 16.12.2013

Headlines

The design by Australia's Denton Corker Marshall opens days before the winter solstice.


John Hill, Thomas Geuder | 09.12.2013

Products

A senior housing project in Düren, Germany, designed by JSWD Architects shows a rippling alternative to flat metal panels, courtesy of Fielitz GmbH's "Water Wave Vision" product.


John Hill | 09.12.2013

Headlines

Frank Lloyd Wright's 1894 masterpiece in River Forest, near Chicago, is on sale for the first time in nearly 60 years.


John Hill | 09.12.2013

Headlines

On November 27, Dubai was announced as the host city of the 2020 World Expo with the theme "Connecting Minds, Creating the Future."


John Hill | 09.12.2013

Headlines

A five-hour blaze hit the 1,600-seat auditorium of the 1989 cultural center.


John Hill | 02.12.2013

Found

The recipients of the 25th Piranesi Awards were announced last week at the conclusion of the Piran Days of Architecture in Slovenia. From the 40 nominated projects culled from 8 countries in the Alpe Adria region and Central Europe, the Piranesi Award was given to Ring Road Bressanone-Varne in...


John Hill | 02.12.2013

Headlines

An incident kills two people at the São Paulo stadium set to host the opening ceremony of the Brazil World Cup next year.


John Hill | 02.12.2013

Headlines

Frank Gehry moves forward on plans for two large-scale projects in his adopted and native hometowns.


John Hill | 02.12.2013

Headlines

The 500,000 square meter (5.3 million sf) terminal designed by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas opens November 28.


John Hill | 25.11.2013

Found

Removing the buildings from architectural photography may not seem like something to celebrate in the age of Photoshop, but there is something appealing about the photos of famous buildings hand-cut by Mexican artist Jose Dávila, 90 of them assembled in the new book There But Not.


John Hill | 25.11.2013

Products

Studio Mishin approached Arup's Materials Consulting and Lighting Design teams for help in engineering a perforated copper stair in the center of the Villa Mallorca in Spain. The pleated planes of the three-story-high staircase are made from 200 square meters (2,150 square feet) of copper...


John Hill | 25.11.2013

Film

This short film by Nathan Eddy, a journalist based in Germany, touches on the various issues surrounding the preservation of Bertrand Goldberg's Prentice Women's Hospital, through interviews with critics and preservationists on the one hand, and the client and a lawyer on the other.


John Hill | 25.11.2013

Headlines

Musician and architecture enthusiast Kanye West stopped by Harvard GSD to talk with students and give away some concert tickets.


John Hill | 18.11.2013

Found

According to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in a new interactive infographic, the answer to this Churchill-esque question is: "Yes." The value of architects, per the AIA, lies in how they "can affect the mental and physical health of everyone that comes into...


John Hill | 18.11.2013

Headlines

The Nobel Foundation has selected three schemes in the competition to design its new home in Stockholm.


John Hill | 18.11.2013

Headlines

The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada honors the founder and chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network.


John Hill | 18.11.2013

Headlines

The CTBUH's ruling makes One World Trade Center the tallest building in North America.


John Hill | 11.11.2013

Found

Artist Greg Shapter has created an installation on the brick party wall of the Domus showroom in Clerkenwell, London, that resembles architect Zaha Hadid. The catch is that "I Am Zaha" can only be grasped fully from one spot, which the artist has marked with an "X" on the...


John Hill | 11.11.2013

Products

The Kunstmuseum Ahrenshoop builds upon the town's past and present through a 500-strong collection of paintings and sculptures by local artists housed in five interconnected one-room galleries designed by Staab Architekten. The TECU® Brass cladding from KME gives the museum a strong image...


John Hill | 11.11.2013

Headlines

Italian company Zamperla has unveiled plans to transform landfilled San Biagio Island into an amusement park.