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Studio Gang wins bid for new Chicago O’Hare airport terminal

March 27, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
O'Hare Global Concourse and Terminal by Studio ORD

A team led by Studio Gang founder Jeanne Gang has been named the winner of the bid for the concourse and terminal at Chicago O’Hare airport, beating competition from SOM, Foster + Partners and Santiago Calatrava. Gang’s Chicago competition team Studio ORD was revealed today as the lead architect for the $8.5-billion (£6.44-billion) expansion project for the Chicago O’Hare international airport

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Elemental ends internships amid growing row over unpaid work in architecture studios

March 27, 2019 India Block 0

Chilean architecture studio Elemental has announced it is ending internships after getting caught up in an escalating row about the practice of unpaid labour in architecture. Elemental, headed by Pritzker Prize winner Alejandro Aravena, wrote to Dezeen today to announce the decision, saying that “given the current state of the debate … we have decided to close our

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Serpentine Gallery tells Junya Ishigami to pay all staff working on this year’s pavilion

March 26, 2019 India Block 0
Serpentine Pavilion 2019 interior design render by Junya Ishigami + Associates

Japanese architect Junya Ishigami has agreed to pay all staff working on his design for the Serpentine Pavilion, following a row over unpaid internships at his studio. The move came after the Serpentine Gallery, which bestows the prestigious commission each year, told Junya Ishigami + Associates that unpaid staff would not be allowed to work on

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The Tulip by Foster + Partners on track to be approved by City of London

March 26, 2019 India Block 0
Foster + Partner's The Tulip is on track to get planning permission

The City of London has said that Foster + Partners’ 305-metre-high The Tulip has “the potential to become an architectural icon”, in its planning report on the proposed tourist attraction. Planning officers praised the form of the spire in a 152-page report published by the City of London ahead of the planning committee meeting next week, reported Building Design. The

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Architects who don’t pay interns “shouldn’t be given prestigious commissions” says designer who revealed Ishigami internships

March 25, 2019 India Block 0
Serpentine Pavilion 2019 by Junya Ishigami

Architects who rely on free labour should be banned from high-profile projects like the Serpentine Pavilion says designer Adam Nathaniel Furman, who first revealed unpaid internships at this year’s pavilion architect Junya Ishigami. “This makes my blood boil,” Furman told Dezeen. “People such as Ishigami shouldn’t be given prestigious commissions such as the Serpentine [if] they are designed

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Studio Fuksas to build “largest conference centre in the Middle East”

March 25, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
International Congress Centre Jerusalem ICC by Studio Fuksas for Israel

Studio Fuksas has revealed visuals of the International Congress Center Jerusalem, which will form the heart of a mixed-use complex in Giv’at Ram, Israel. Led by Dezeen Awards judge Doriana Fuksas and her partner Massimiliano Fuksas, the building in Jerusalem will be the “largest conference centre in the middle east” when it completes. The International Congress Center

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3XN unveils “tallest timber office building” in North America

March 21, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
T3 Bayside by 3XN

Huge zigzagging windows tease apart these two cross-laminated timber office buildings, which Danish architecture firm 3XN has proposed for Toronto.  Called T3 Bayside, the 10-storey office complex is proposed for property near Lake Ontario in the Canadian city. The T3 Bayside proposal comprises two large volumes designed to rise to 42 metres tall at their highest point.

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Henning Larsen designs cave-like extension to Hotel Tórshavn in Faroe Islands

March 21, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Visuals of Hotel Tórshavn extension by Henning Larsen

Danish studio Henning Larsen’s extension to Hotel Tórshavn will be characterised by a cave-like foyer that is a nod to the coastal grottos of the Faroe Islands. The hotel in the island’s capital Tórshavn is being extended by Henning Larsen to help accommodate the increasing numbers of tourists visiting the islands. The extension will measure 4,500 square metres and include the

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Daniel Libeskind designs angular archeology museum for northern Chile

March 20, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
Museo Regional de Tarapaca by Studio Libeskind

Daniel Libeskind’s architecture firm has revealed plans for a museum in Iquique, Chile, featuring jagged, earthy concrete walls that are intended to evoke “the stark landscape of the Atacama Desert”. Studio Libeskind has designed the structure to replace the Museo Regional de Tarapacá (MAR) – which translates as Regional Museum of Iquique – in the

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Hong Kong government plans £60 billion artificial island to solve “serious” land shortage

March 20, 2019 India Block 0
Lantau Tomorrow Vision: Hong Kong government plans £60 billion artificial island

Hong Kong’s government has unveiled a £60 billion infrastructure project to address its land shortage by building one of the world’s largest artificial islands. Called Lantau Tomorrow Vision, the 1,000 hectares of reclaimed land near the island of Lantau would be enough space for 260,000 homes, said government officials. If it goes ahead it would surpass

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