vowe dot net (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
‘casa tóló’ is the creation of portuguese architect álvaro leite siza vieira, son of the 1992 pritzker prize winner álvaro siza vieira. located on a steep hill in northern portugual, siza was confronted with a difficult building site. instead of fighting the natural environment, the architect embraced it using the ...
bookofjoe (Free subscription) | 23/08/2008
Pictured above and below, they're the result of the Pritzker Prize-winning architect's collaboration with ecofriendly Brazilian label Melissa. They'll be sold exclusively at London's Dover Street Market come September following fashion week, in eight different colors. Videre est credere.
Curbed (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
Jean Nouvel's Vision Mashine has a few kinks in it. The Wall Street Journal reports today that the Pritzker Prize-winning starchitect's 100 Eleventh Avenue condo buildingunder construction in West Chelseais nearly a year behind schedule and some $50 million over...
Archinect (Free subscription) | 14/08/2008
The New Republic 's Sarah Williams Goldhagen discusses the Pritzker Prize and this year's winner Jean Nouvel. Read
Off Center (Free subscription) | 13/08/2008
When the Walker hired Herzog & de Meuron to design the expansion in 2000, the Swiss architectural firm wasn’t exactly anonymous. Having just finished the masterful Tate Modern makeover, they were then promptly awarded the Pritzker Prize, the highest honor in architecture. Several high profile projects followed, but on August 8, 2008, their highest profile [...]
Material Interest (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano, the new California Academy of Sciences building is solar-powered, composed almost entirely of eco-friendly and recycled materials, and includes a "living roof," home to around two million species of plants (so that's what...
The Official Blog of LG (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid seems to have developed a taste for fashion collaborations this year - first the bag-inspired Chanel Mobile Art Pavilion, and now shoes with Melissa, (a brand Susie at Style Bubble recently introduced me to) with this fabulous curvy creation: Melissa is a Brazilian company which makes eco-friendly shoes that are 100% [...]
Postman Patel (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008
In 2002, the Chinese Government Government officials opened a global design competition for the Peking Olympics Stadium . With their entry Numbered B11 Pritzker Prize-winning architects Herzog & de Meuron collaborated with ArupSport and China Architecture Design & Research Group to win the competition. Contemporary Chinese artist, Ai Weiwei, is also the Artistic Consultant for design. The above
Vulture (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
Zaha Hadid's Mobile Art pavilion. Photo: WireImage It took a while, but we’ve almost caught up with Ohio’s third largest city. Zaha Hadid, the London-based architect whose swooshing, snaking structures and futuristic drawings earned her a Guggenheim Museum retrospective and a Pritzker Prize, will finally build something in New York, just five years after opening her Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati....
The Real Estate (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
Vornado Realty Trust CEO Steve Roth is considering a design by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Rogers for his planned office tower atop the Port Authority Bus terminal, a Port Authority official confirmed. The design by Mr. Rogers, along with two other designs (New York-based SHoP was said to be working on a design for the tower at one point), is expected to be presented at today's Port Authority...
Property Highlights of Singapore (Free subscription) | 19/07/2008
Sourc : TODAY, Friday, July 18, 2008 Pritzker Prize-winning architect to design new $3-billion development WHEN 31-year-old Farrer Court is demolished over the coming months, its replacement will be a “curvaceous” condominium that is set to dominate the skyline ofDistrict 10 and clock several firsts. Giving the media a sneak peek yesterday, a CapitaLand-led consortium gave hints of how it planned...
Singapore Property News (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
This story was printed from TODAYonline New face in Farrer Pritzker Prize-winning architect to design new $3-billion development Friday • July 18, 2008 Christie Loh christie@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN 31-year-old Farrer Court is demolished over the coming months, its replacement will be a “curvaceous” condominium that is set to dominate the skyline ofDistrict 10 and clock several firsts. Giving the media...
architecture.mnp (Free subscription) | 15/06/2008
http://video.google.com/videoplay'docid=1844176650002432714 Charlie Rose sits down with 2008 Pritzker Prize winner Jean Nouvel - and past winners Frank Gehry , Zaha Hadid and Renzo Piano . Original air date: June 5th, 2008. :: Video Sundays, or VS, is a weekly feature here on AMNP. For more architecture-related videos, click on any Sunday in the sidebar calendar - or on the ‘videos’ category in the...
Green Bloggers Digest (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
Frank Sciame Construction Co . recently topped out Cooper Union's new $150 million academic building at 41 Cooper Square (on Third Avenue between East 6th and 7th Streets). The 9-story, 175,000-square-foot tower was designed by 2005 Pritzker Prize winner Thom Mayne and his Morphosis firm (in collaboration with Gruzen Samton ) and is seeking at least a LEED Gold rating, with Platinum still a possibility....
Curbed (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
&set=72157605525608585"> ?o=0'> ?o=0' style='font-size: 9px; text-align: center;'> Click the image above to view the full photogallery. The hottest starchitect in the universe, this year's Pritzker Prize winner Jean Nouvel and creator of the jaw droppingly awesome Tower Verre on West 53rd, has another killer project on the rise at 100 Eleventh Avenue in West Chelsea. The first couple of floors of the...
