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Cliff-hanger house nails top prize
Cliff House, Halifax architect Brian MacKay-Lyons’ creation, has won his firm its sixth Governor General’s medal. Since Christmas, the firm has won 14 national and international design awards. A modest wooden house soaring over a rocky cliff has earned Nova … Continue reading
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CornellNYC Chooses Its Architect
After a competition that included some of the world’s most prominent architects, Thom Mayne of the firm Morphosis has been selected to design the first academic building for Cornell University’s high-tech graduate school campus on Roosevelt Island in New York … Continue reading
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Finalists emerge to redesign National Mall sites
Existing Mall Lakeside gardens, dining rooms hovering over water, grassy new amphitheaters and underground pavilions at the foot of the Washington Monument have emerged as finalists in a design competition to overhaul neglected sites on the National Mall. Designers and … Continue reading
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The Taiwan Tower Twin Syscraper
The Taiwan Tower is a Sustainable Twin Syscraper for the 21st Century The Taiwan Tower is a proposal by Vienna-based architect Steven Ma in Collaboration with San Liu, Xinyu Wan, and Emre Icdem. This highly innovative project consists of a … Continue reading
Real Madrid building $1 billion resort island in the United Arab Emirates
What Real Madrid Resort Island will look like. (Getty) Have you ever dreamed of a place where the warm sun dries Iker Casillas’ tears before they reach his cheek, the Persian Gulf breeze blows through Xabi Alonso’s beard and Pepe … Continue reading
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Corallo House / PAZ Arquitectura
The floor plan is free of columns and the changes in level adapt to the existing topography. Both façades are mostly glass in order to connect the interior to the exterior. Located on a dense hillside forest in the Santa … Continue reading
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SHoP’n the South Street Seaport
The overview of SHoPs redesign of the Pier 17 at South Street Seaport. (Courtesy SHoP) Last night, SHoP‘s Gregg Pasquarelli presented plans to Community Board 1 for South Street Seaport’s South Street Seaport. Not surprisingly, the reception was positive. The design is … Continue reading
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