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Japanese architect wins top award
Mar 17, 2013 23:18 EDT
Architecture's highest honor has gone to Toyo Ito, a Japanese who has designed many innovative homes and public buildings in his country.
New Iraq parliament up in air amid political row
Jan 18, 2013 06:00 EST
For weeks, Iraqi MPs have been locked in a political crisis that has stalled progress on key decisions including one affecting their own offices in a future parliament complex.
London ready for Olympics 'despite nerves'
Jul 22, 2012 19:58 EDT
London Mayor Boris Johnson insisted Sunday the city was ready to host the 2012 Olympics despite a national outbreak of pre-match nerves before the biggest show on Earth gets under way.
Olympic Stadium nominated for top UK architecture prize
Jul 22, 2012 19:32 EDT
London's Olympic Stadium has been nominated for the 2012 Stirling Prize, Britain's top architecture award, the Royal Institute of British Architects announced Sunday.
New homes 'shameful shoeboxes', say architects
Sep 14, 2011 10:30 EDT
Many new houses in Britain are "shameful shoebox homes" which are too small to allow families to live together happily, an architects' body said Wednesday.
British electricity pylons to get a makeover
May 23, 2011 08:59 EDT
Electricity pylons across the British countryside may soon cease to be eyesores thanks to a government backed competition for a new design.
Pieces of Expo pavilion to be auctioned
Oct 25, 2010 07:18 EDT
The 7.5 metre- (24 feet-) long acrylic rods, which give the pavilion a dandelion-like appearance, will be cut down and sold on Taobao.com to raise money for children with cerebral palsy, a spokeswoman for the website said.
Architect Pei to receive British Royal Gold Medal
Oct 05, 2009 20:00 EDT
Chinese-born American architect I. M. Pei is to receive the Royal Gold Medal in recognition of his lifetime's work, the Royal Institute of British Architects announced Tuesday.
Prince Charles under fire over architecture campaign
Sep 09, 2009 20:00 EDT
Prince Charles does not hide his hostility to modern architecture but his longstanding design crusade is now drawing accusations of abuse of power.
Prince Charles under fire over architecture campaign
Sep 09, 2009 20:00 EDT
Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, does not hide his hostility to modern architecture but his longstanding design crusade is now drawing accusations of abuse of power.
Wedgwood Museum wins $160,000-Art Fund Prize
Jun 18, 2009 19:10 EDT
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The Wedgwood Museum in Stoke-on-Trent, which celebrates the famous name in British ceramics, has won the 100,000-pound ($160,000) Art Fund Prize for museums and galleries.
Prince Charles softens tone in attack on modernism
May 13, 2009 09:23 EDT
Prince Charles softens tone in attack on modern architecture; calls for climate change battle. Britain's modern architects still have a formidable foe in Prince Charles, but a quarter century after he first attacked the profession in a famously fiery speech, the heir to the British throne wants to work with the practitioners of the trade ? not trash them.
UK architects' boycott of Prince Charles fizzles
May 12, 2009 17:34 EDT
Planned UK architects' boycott of Prince Charles fizzles as he attacks modern architecture. There were no empty seats in the Royal Institute of British Architects auditorium Tuesday night as a planned boycott of Prince Charles' speech fizzled.
Prince Charles defends opposition to modern architecture
May 11, 2009 20:00 EDT
Britain's Prince Charles sought Tuesday to patch up a long-running row with architects over his traditionalist views on building design -- even as he dismissed the modern approach as "flawed".
Prince Charles faces new architecture row
May 11, 2009 20:00 EDT
Prince Charles faced a new row with architects Tuesday over his traditionalist views on building design, which have notably pitted him against Qatar's leaders in recent months.
Prince Charles faces new architecture row
May 11, 2009 20:00 EDT
Prince Charles faced a new row with architects Tuesday over his traditionalist views on building design.
Architects to Prince Charles: We're staying home
May 11, 2009 14:54 EDT
British architects to Prince Charles: Don't look for us at your speech _ we're staying home. A respectful audience, polite applause, and congratulatory cocktails at the inevitable reception. That's what's expected when Prince Charles gives a speech.
Prince Charles presses Qatar in architecture row
Apr 06, 2009 20:00 EDT
Prince Charles has triggered a new row over his architectural views by urging Qatar's leaders to rethink a modern design for a landmark London building, reports said Tuesday.
Prince Charles presses Qatar in architecture row
Apr 06, 2009 20:00 EDT
Prince Charles has triggered a new row over his architectural views by urging Qatar's leaders to rethink a modern design for the landmark Chelsea Barracks, reports said Tuesday.
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