Austrian architects to transform Hitler’s birthplace into a police station
Written by Oscar Holland, CNN Austria has unveiled plans to transform Adolf Hitler’s birthplace into a police station, following years…
China signals ‘new era’ for architecture with ban on supertall skyscrapers and copycat buildings
Written by Oscar Holland, CNN An end to “copycat” buildings and a ban on skyscrapers taller than 500 meters (1,640…
Ryugyong Hotel: The story of North Korea’s ‘Hotel of Doom’
In 1987, ground was broken on a grand new hotel in North Korea’s capital, Pyongyang. The pyramid-shaped, supertall skyscraper was…
Marwan Zgheib speaks of a crisis in global architecture
Whilst building towers of record breaking height was once a priority for many modern Middle Eastern countries, today affordable and…
Turkey opens world’s biggest suspension bridge in Istanbul
Turkey has opened the world’s biggest suspension bridge in Istanbul. It took three years to build and cost some 3…
God’s Gonna Trouble the Water: Freedom’s Call and Response in African American Spirituals
PROGRAM: http://cathedral.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/godsgonna.pdf “Wade in the water children. God’s gonna trouble the water.” So sang the … source
RIBA: Outhouse – BBC News
Outhouse is one of six UK buildings to be shortlisted for the 2016 Riba Stirling Prize for architecture. A select…
Meet the British-Ghanaian architect behind a new African American museum
British-Ghanaian architect David Adjaye explains his inspiration behind the design of the new African National Museum of African American History…
David Adjaye: “Architectural Viewpoint and Work”
Architecture Spring 2016 Lecture Series – April 7, 2016 at Slocum Hall. National Veterans Resource Complex Competition Finalist David Adjaye…
Aerial Asia Trailer
This four-part series shot in stunning 4K captures the history and culture of this extraordinary continent and reveals a spectacular…
Eddie George on Careers in Landscape Architecture
Eddie George, ASLA, talks about how he became a landscape architect and his career after the NFL. source
Zaha Hadid: A look back at her work – BBC News
Dame Zaha Hadid, one of the world’s leading architects, has died at the age of 65. She was born in…
Can plastic roads help save the planet? BBC News
Engineer Toby McCartney explains how his Scottish start-up MacRebur is persuading councils to use local waste plastic to build roads.…