Rest of the world

I’m not here

24 April 2018

Junya Ishigami makes something from nothing

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Venice Biennale; Japan; Freeing Architecture; Context; Design construction & technology; Conservation & heritage

Behind the steel curtain: How Shanghai’s weighty veil works

16 April 2018

Fosun Foundation cultural centre, Shanghai

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Facade; Shanghai; China; Heatherwick Studio; Fosun Foundation; Foster + Partners; Moving facade; Design construction & technology; Materials

Off the scale

6 April 2018

Digitised ruler could resolve problems of scale in drawings

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Architect's plans; Design construction & technology; Digitisation; Joanne Swisterski

Richard Sennett: It’s all in the telling

5 April 2018

A hugely entertaining read

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Richard Sennett; Places planning & community; Jane Jacobs; Hannah Arendt; Uses of disorder; London School of Economics

Organic forms: Chaoyang Park Plaza, Beijing

21 March 2018

Natural forms in the latest materials

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: China; Beijing; MAD; Design construction & technology

March of the Mapbots

12 March 2018

Robots change the shape of mapping

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Technology; Naver Labs; Here Technologies; Mapping; Digital mapping; Reality Index

If you think this is hard...

5 March 2018

Structural timber could challenge steel

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Timber; R&D; Design construction & technology; Sustainability; Materials; University of Maryland; USA

Q&A: Mariam Kamara

28 February 2018

David Adjaye's protégé on the Rolex mentoring programme

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Africa; Niger; atelier masōmī; David Adjaye; Rolex mentoring programme; Career; Design construction & technology

Case Study innovation finds modern echo in 3D-printed house

26 February 2018

Factory fabricated home planned for a site in Tennessee

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Case Study Houses; WATG; Richard Neutra; Charles and Ray Eames; Eero Saarinan

Agadir: tragedy and recovery

21 February 2018

The fall and rise of Morocco's coastal city

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Earthquakes; Modernism; Brutalism; Yto Barrada; Morocco; Africa; Regeneration; Rebuild; Disaster relief; Design construction & technology; Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine

Architecture goes over to the dark side

20 February 2018

PyeongChang's earthly black void

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Asif Khan; Ma Yansong; Richard Meier; PyeongChang; South Korea; Winter Olympics 2018; Design construction & technology; Facades; Materials

Green light for techno plants

14 February 2018

Trees to light you home at night

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Environment; Sustainability; Lighting; Research and development; Sustainable architecture; Design construction & technology; MIT; USA

Architects and their storeys

5 February 2018

Sullivan and Goff seen through their buildings

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Heinz Emigholz; Robert Maillard; Louis Sullivan; Bruce Goff; USA; Design construction & technology

Division over India

1 February 2018

How two great architects fell out

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Edwin Lutyens; Herbert Baker; India; New Delhi; Design construction & technology

Tech reads

29 January 2018

Stormwater and sustainability in cities

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Eco-cities; China; Flood control; Urban realm; Urbanism; Places planning & community

Bengal moment: the architects of Bangladesh

25 January 2018

Show highlights a little-known world

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Bangladesh; Niklas Graber; Asia; Louis Kahn; Paul Rudolph; Stanley Tigerman; Design construction & technology; Vernacular; Modernism

When Meier met Stella

23 January 2018

Working with a friend can work well

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Art; Florida; USA; Collaboration; Design construction & technology

China’s syndrome

18 January 2018

Heatherwick keeps it weird in Shanghai

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: China; Heatherwick Studio; Design construction & technology; Shanghai

Trades have hidden superpowers

8 January 2018

How construction workers remain physically fit

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: University of Waterloo; Canada; Ontario; Artificial intelligence; Designing and building it; Working practice

Truly accommodating

3 January 2018

Appropriate temporary homes for the displaced

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Refugees; Refugee crisis; Temporary settlements; Housing; Architecture for social purpose; Health safety & wellbeing; Design construction & technology

Magician of mass

2 January 2018

Meet the engineer helping complete the Sagrada Familia

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Barcelona; Spain; Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry; Design construction & technology; Conservation & heritage

Too much history

19 December 2017

Nouvel's Arab village reflects time and place

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Abu Dhabi; Louvre; Museum; Design construction & technology; Ateliers Jean Nouvel; Middle East

Nuclear marker for our descendants

15 December 2017

Testbed's nuclear protection for future generations

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Sustainability; Waste; New Mexico; Health safety & wellbeing; USA

Postmodernism: Use and ornament

12 December 2017

It’s time to enjoy postmodernism again

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Postmodernism; Design construction & technology; Designing & building it

Bowling a bouncer

8 December 2017

Rwanda’s new cricket pavilion emulates a ball bouncing off for four

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Cricket pavilion; Design construction & technology; Africa; Rwanda; Kigali; Light Earth Designs; Sports facilities

Modernity in Manchuria

5 December 2017

Ultra-modernism and history's record of power

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: China; Japan; Research; Designing & building it; Design construction & technology; Ultra-modernism

RIBA President’s Medals: Silver

5 December 2017

Daniel Hall

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Toolmaking; Designing & building it; Design construction & technology; Sensorium; Education; Japan

Gilbert Herbert 1924 – 2017

4 December 2017

Professor Emeritus Gilbert Herbert 1924 - 2017

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Israel; South Africa; University of the Witwatersrand; Technion; Education; Educator; Middle East

Kengo Kuma: Man behind the veil

27 November 2017

Architect of the V&A Museum of Design Dundee speaks to RibaJ

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Dundee; V&A; Scotland; Designing & building it; Design construction & technology; Japanese architecture; Materials

The building of Baghdad

22 November 2017

Prolific British Empire architect whose work in Iraq sustains

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Heritage; Context; Designing & building it; Iraq; Middle East; Abadan; Basra; Gertrude Bell; HC Mason; Wilson Mason and Partners

Life on the street

21 November 2017

Avenue du Président Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, 2017

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Senegal; Dakar; Guy Tillim; Urban realm; Africa; Modernism; Léopold Sédar Senghor

UK is great for business from Asian perspective

17 November 2017

Brexit hasn’t dimmed the UK’s appeal says Hong Kong practice Lead 8

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Hong Kong; Brexit; International working; External management; Practice

Thinking outside the silo

16 November 2017

The fall and rise of Jo’burg’s Ponte City tower

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: South Africa; Africa; Johannesburg; Regeneration; Where people live; Places planning & community; Inclusive environments

Raising the bar

8 November 2017

Raising the bar

Region:: Rest of the world

Thinking outside the silo

20 October 2017

How was Cape Town's dramatic new museum created?

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Designing & building it; Thomas Heatherwick; Cape Town; Museum; Materials; Concrete; Regeneration

Why was the mudslide at Freetown so devastating?

3 October 2017

Was this a natural or man-made disaster?

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Sierra Leone; Freetown; Climate; Mudslide; Designing and building it

Power complexes

28 September 2017

Small is beautiful for the despotic Kazakh president

Region:: Rest of the world

More:: Kazakhstan; South East Asia; Astana; Models; Politics; Imperialism

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

Rest of the world

I’m not here

Behind the steel curtain: How Shanghai’s weighty veil works

Off the scale

Richard Sennett: It’s all in the telling

Organic forms: Chaoyang Park Plaza, Beijing

March of the Mapbots

If you think this is hard...

Q&A: Mariam Kamara

Case Study innovation finds modern echo in 3D-printed house

Agadir: tragedy and recovery

Architecture goes over to the dark side

Green light for techno plants

Architects and their storeys

Division over India

Tech reads

Bengal moment: the architects of Bangladesh

When Meier met Stella

China’s syndrome

Trades have hidden superpowers

Truly accommodating

Magician of mass

Too much history

Nuclear marker for our descendants

Postmodernism: Use and ornament

Bowling a bouncer

Modernity in Manchuria

RIBA President’s Medals: Silver

Gilbert Herbert 1924 – 2017

Kengo Kuma: Man behind the veil

The building of Baghdad

Life on the street

UK is great for business from Asian perspective

Thinking outside the silo

Raising the bar

Thinking outside the silo

Why was the mudslide at Freetown so devastating?

Power complexes

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

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