Recently added articles from The Architectural Review:
For the birds.(CARDIFF BAY, WALES)(artist Gitta Gschwendtner)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2009 ... Organicism meets brutalism? In Cardiff Bay, artist Gitta Gschwendtner has designed a 50m-long wall incorporating 1,000 nesting houses for birds and bats. 'Animal Wall' acts as a ...
This memorial to one ordinary girl has come to represent a huge loss of life.(DUJIANYAN, SICHUAN, CHINA)
Oct 01, 2009; ... On 12 May last year, a powerful earthquake struck the province of Sichuan in central China. Measuring 8 on the Richter scale, it killed nearly 70,000 people and left 375,000 injured. Around 15 million people lived in or around the earthquake zone and five million were made homeless ....
Juhani Pallasmaa curates an international symposium on how to put people-centred architecture into practice.(LONDON, UK)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Is there an architecture of resistance that stands in the face of commercial globalisation, that rejects the iconic image and celebrates the spirit of individual place? In the current economic climate, is there an architecture that naturally rejects commoditisation and excess? Can ...
Buildings.(Brief article)(List)
Oct 01, 2009 ... SAN DIEGO Poised on the US-Mexico border, San Diego's radical, energising spirit and border-town condition is giving momentum and inspiration to a new generation of architects. US editor Jaffer Kolb digs deep beneath the city's laidback Californian gloss to discover more ...
069 Pio Pio Restaurant.(Sebastian Mariscal, San Diego, USA)
Oct 01, 2009; ... PIO PIO RESTAURANT LOCATION NEW YORK, USA ARCHITECT SEBASTIAN MARISCAL WRITER JAFFER KOLB, PHOTOGRAPHY PAUL RIVERA Sebastian Mariscal understands atmosphere. In a recent exhibition at ...