Rest of the world

Windows on African art

19 September 2017

Faceted windows turn grain silo into beacon of art

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Africa; South Africa; Cape Town; Heatherwick Studio; Venetian Glass; Designing & building it; Regeneration

Time and place

5 September 2017

Getting the balance right in refurb

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Refurbishment; Designing & building it; Context; Heritage

LA tries ‘Cool Pavement’ to reduce city heat

1 September 2017

Trials of a reflective road coating are under way

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Los Angeles; Urbanscape; Sustainability; Global warming; Eric Garcetti; CoolSeal

Asmara wins World Heritage status

4 August 2017

Heritage group’s work pays off

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Asmara; Eritrea; Africa; Heritage; UNESCO; Context; Conservation; President's Medals for Research; Asmara Heritage Project

Oslo’s green airport comes in to land

19 July 2017

Oslo’s airport sets benchmark for sustainability

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Airport; Sustainability; Transport; Glulam; Timber; Norway

Symbolism modernised

12 July 2017

Australian Islamic Centre, Melbourne

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Australia; Melbourne; Lighting; Islam; Religious building; Glenn Murcutt; Designing & building it

Conservation building boom in Iranian desert city

7 July 2017

Kashan’s ancient houses blossom once more

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Iran; Vernacular architecture; Renovation; Heritage; Kashan; Tehran

Video: Kéré on community and the Serpentine pavilion

16 June 2017

Francis Kéré talks exclusively to the RIBA Journal about the Serpentine Pavilion

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Francis Kéré; Kéré Foundation; Serpentine pavilion; Designing & building it; Video

Historical imperative

8 June 2017

Palestinian museum, Nablus, West Bank

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: West Bank; Nablus; Henegan Peng Architects; Designing & building it; Landscape design; Context; Museum; Palestine

How California affects the way we all live

1 June 2017

We’re all California girls and boys now

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Design Museum; Design; Technology; California; Communication; Silicon Valley; Black Panthers; Reyner Banham; Social media; Graphic design

Frank Lloyd Wright: Light and shadow

30 May 2017

V C Morris shop, San Francisco, 1948

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Retail; Materials; Doors and windows; Brick; Glass; Heritage; Frank Lloyd Wright; Context; Designing & building it

Liquid leaps ahead of 3D printing constraints

26 May 2017

MIT boosts technology’s potential

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Rapid liquid printing; 3D printing; Materials; Research; MIT; Steelcase

Francis Kéré, man for all seasons

16 May 2017

From a Burkina Faso village to this year’s Serpentine Pavilion is quite a trajectory

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Burkina Faso; Serpentine pavilion; Aga Khan Awards; BMZ Deutschland; TU Berlin; Kéré Foundation

Citizen Jane: How Jane Jacobs saved New York City

15 May 2017

The story of an early urban activist

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Housing; Film; Where people live; Urban realm; Transport; Documentary; Protest; New York; USA; Jane Jacobs; Planning

Accidental New York

27 April 2017

Manhattan is losing its threatening charisma

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Delirious New York; Waldorf Astoria hotel; Art Nouveau; Paris Metro; Hull; Manhattan; Rem Koolhaas; New York; Hugh Ferriss; Raymond Hood; Rockefeller Center; Kushner Companies; Zaha Hadid Architects; Oiio

Mission accepted?

18 April 2017

RIBA International Conference 2017 preview

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: UN Human Settlements Programme; Urbanism; Global problems; Bear Grylls; Morgan Freeman; Bill Pullman; Utopia; Profession

And what will tomorrow bring?

12 April 2017

Classicist Robert Adam peers into his crystal ball

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Classicism; Modernism; Postmodernism; Urbanism; Global problems; World economy; Developing world

AR without the headset

7 April 2017

New form of augmented reality does away with headsets

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Virtual reality; Software; Innovation; Interiors

There goes the neighbourhood

6 April 2017

Why it’s vital to engage with communities

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: New York; Railways; Community; Placemaking; Parks; High Line; Industry; Infrastructure; Gentrification; Designing & building it; City context; Community consultation

Sporting chance

30 March 2017

Building community and wealth in the Gulf

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Middle East; Gulf Co-operation Council; Designing & building it; Sport and leisure; Sport; Community; Social wellbeing

Room to move

22 March 2017

Space issues occupy Melbourne

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Australia; Melbourne; Where people live; Space standards; Housing; Technology

Out in the mid-day sun

14 March 2017

Out in the mid-day sun

Region:: Rest of the world

On the treadmill

10 March 2017

Offices for ‘maximum cognitive function’

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Office; Silicon Valley; Designing & building it; Working environments; Office treadmill

Fear of flying

3 March 2017

Maria Smith checks in for another bad trip

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Procurement & contracts; External management; Designing & building it; Opinion

Lessons for the UK from Rwanda

1 March 2017

RIBAJ Rising Star Edward Dale-Harris on a reconciliatory community build

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: RIBAJ Rising Stars; Cass Design School; Rwanda; Reach; Practice; Theory and practice

Woman of substance

27 February 2017

Canadian exhibition celebrates Phyllis Lambert's 75-year career

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Seagram Building; Mies van der Rohe; Philip Johnson; Canadian Centre for Architecture; Héritage Montréal; Saidye Bronfman Centre; Diller Scofidio + Renfro; Peter Eisenman

Cultural keeper

9 February 2017

China's Wang Shu at Louisiana museum, Denmark

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Amateur Architecture Studio; Huangzhou; Denmark; Louisiana museum; Designing & building it; Vernacular; Urbanisation

NYC house

1 February 2017

NYC house

Region:: Rest of the world

Come on in

1 February 2017

Keeping the aged bathing, wheelchair and all

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Jikka House; Japan; Respite care; Designing & building it; Suma Architects; Where people live; Homes for the elderly

In association with Glazing Vision

How to unlock a roof terrace in New York

30 January 2017

Glazing Vision installs a boxed rooflight compliant with New York conservation area codes

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Terrace; Historical building; Retractable roofs; Conservation; New York; Roof; Heritage; Glazing; Stairway; Stairs; Rooftop

Staying power

24 January 2017

Paulo Mendes da Rocha on his priorities, passions and influences

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Brazil; Modernism; Brutalism; Vilanova Artigas; Designing & building it; Materials

Peter Corrigan, 1941-2016

19 January 2017

Influential RMIT professor and practitioner

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: RMIT; Australia; Melbourne; Education; Designing & building it; Context

Moving drawings

18 January 2017

Can we dump the shop drawing stage?

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Architects' drawings; Designing & building it; Budget constraints; Design and build

Keeping the faith

9 January 2017

Glenn Murcutt’s ‘truly contemporary’ mosque

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Religious building; Glenn Murcutt; Australia; Melbourne; Mosque; Islam; Politics; Designing & building it; Heritage

Tessa Forde

6 December 2016

Dissertation Commendation

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: University of Auckland; Parliament buildings; Scottish Parliament building; The Reichstag; New Zealand Parliament; Public amenity

Phillipa Longson

6 December 2016

Dissertation Commendation

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: London Metropolitan University; Environmental psychology; Attachment theory; Redevelopment

Asmara: Africa's modernist city

6 December 2016

Overall winner & Winner: History and Theory

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Africa; Eritrea; Modernism; Colonialism; Designing & building it

The Common Camp

6 December 2016

Winner: Cities and Community

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Palestine; Middle East; Where people live; Temporary settlements; Israel; Middle East conflict

Supertall Timber

6 December 2016

Winner: Design and Technical

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Where people live; Designing & building it; Tall buildings; Materials; Timber

Inside out

5 December 2016

Atrium, Biomuseo, Panama, 2014

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Fernando Alda; Panama; Central America; Frank Gehry; Photography; Interiors; Aesthetics

A bloodied crown

29 November 2016

Adjay's museum makes a powerful statement

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Washington; USA; Designing & building it; Materials; African American; History; Culture; Ethnicity; Smithsonian

Palestine Regeneration Team (PART)

28 November 2016

Shortlisted: Cities and Community

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Community; Palestine; Public realm; Where people live; Regeneration; Designing & building it; Middle East

Clan-Community Hall

25 November 2016

Shortlisted: Learning from Projects

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Architectural theory; Designing & building it; Where people live; China; Theory and practice; Community

Grafton’s UTEC wins RIBA International Award

24 November 2016

‘Modern day Macchu Pichu’ wins for Grafton

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Competition; Designing & building it; University; Grafton Architects; Lima; Peru; RIBA International Prize; Shell Arquitectos; UTEC; South America

Tech reads, Nov 2016

18 November 2016

A peep into this month's books

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Housing; Austria; Peter Adlington; Designing & building it; Where people live

What is our relationship with power?

17 November 2016

Presidential politics have whipped up a furore

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: American Institute of Architects; Politics; External management; Donald Trump; USA

Temple to engineering

16 November 2016

Atlanta's new billion-dollar stadium

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: BuroHappold; HOK; Retractable roofs; Sport and leisure; LEED; ETFE; Atlanta; Atlanta Falcons

Another world

11 November 2016

Oliver Wainwright’s globe-trotting afternoon

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Dubai; Leisure; The World; Middle East; Marco Bolzoni; Designing & building it

Rest of the world

Windows on African art

Time and place

LA tries ‘Cool Pavement’ to reduce city heat

Asmara wins World Heritage status

Oslo’s green airport comes in to land

Symbolism modernised

Conservation building boom in Iranian desert city

Video: Kéré on community and the Serpentine pavilion

Historical imperative

How California affects the way we all live

Frank Lloyd Wright: Light and shadow

Liquid leaps ahead of 3D printing constraints

Francis Kéré, man for all seasons

Citizen Jane: How Jane Jacobs saved New York City

Accidental New York

Mission accepted?

And what will tomorrow bring?

AR without the headset

There goes the neighbourhood

Sporting chance

Room to move

Out in the mid-day sun

On the treadmill

Fear of flying

Lessons for the UK from Rwanda

Woman of substance

Cultural keeper

NYC house

Come on in

How to unlock a roof terrace in New York

Staying power

Peter Corrigan, 1941-2016

Moving drawings

Keeping the faith

Tessa Forde

Phillipa Longson

Asmara: Africa's modernist city

The Common Camp

Supertall Timber

Inside out

A bloodied crown

Palestine Regeneration Team (PART)

Clan-Community Hall

Grafton’s UTEC wins RIBA International Award

Tech reads, Nov 2016

What is our relationship with power?

Temple to engineering

Another world

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