News from Fast Company Magazine - 03/11/2010
3-D Printing Whole Buildings in Stone...in Space: This Printer Rocks
Enrico Dini's brilliant-or-crazy (or both) prototype machine prints entire buildings in solid rock... On the MOON! In Pisa, Italy, mad genius Enrico Dini is building sandcastles on the moon. His giant 3-D printer is the first of its kind with the potential to print whole buildings, and it makes them out of solid rock, cutting down a thousand-year-long process into a few minutes. It uses sand ...
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News from The Moscow Times - 03/11/2010
The Faces Behind Moscow’s Facades
In a young real estate market like Russia’s, reputation is key. Following a turbulent year of asset seizures and poor financial results for some companies, it is likely to pay for investors to know just whose experience stands behind the major local development firms.
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News from Sydney Morning Herald - 03/11/2010
Europe's most eye-catching buildings: adventures in space
Europe may be steeped in tradition but it boasts an eclectic mix of modern buildings, writes Steve McKenna.
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News from eFinancial News - 03/10/2010
Superyacht sales soar
What is really the best indicator that the financial and economic woes of the last few years are behind us? Healthy stock markets? Falling bond yields? The return of big-ticket M&A? Rising employment and GDP? All of the above? NO! Look no further than superyacht sales.
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News from FVW.com - 03/09/2010
Neue Töne im Tourismus
Massachussetts schlägt neue Töne im Tourismus-Marketing an: Der Neuengland-Staat vermarktet sich als Jazz-Destination. Auch aus Kulturszene und Hotellerie gibt es diverse Neuigkeiten.
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News from Sports Illustrated - 03/05/2010
The Limey: England faces mounting roster questions ahead of World Cup
On paper, a 3-1 victory against the African Cup of Nations winners, Egypt, a team sitting 17th in the FIFA world rankings, looks like a good result for England. The reality was an unconvincing performance that emphasized England's lack of depth and highlighted the absence of key individuals through injury and the poor form of some players.
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News from The New Zealand Herald - 03/04/2010
Brian Rudman: Sydney's flair for reinvention underlines our own lack of imagination
For those who are baulking at the idea of a Waterfront Development Authority taking over the revival of the downtown waterfront, just take another look at the pictures in yesterday's Herald. Could anyone inflict worse scars on this...
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News from The New Zealand Herald - 03/04/2010
Sydney's flair for reinvention underlines our own lack of imagination
For those who are baulking at the idea of a Waterfront Development Authority taking over the revival of the downtown waterfront, just take another look at the pictures in yesterday's Herald.
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News from People's Daily - 03/04/2010
World's top 10 beautiful buildings (8)
&$ &$8. The Hearst Tower in U.S.&$ &$ &$ &$ The Hearst Tower in New York was designed by British architect Norman Foster. (Photo: huanqiu.com) &$ ?1? ?2? ?3?
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News from Deseret News - 03/04/2010
Alzheimer's group honoring doctor
Dr. Norman Foster will be honored with a lifetime achievement award at the annual gala of the Alzheimer's Association's Utah chapter on Saturday at the Salt Lake City Marriott Downtown at 6 p.m. The gala is the chapter's primary fund-raising event.
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News from Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news - 03/03/2010
Almaty to Astana
From the top of Astana's Bayterek Tower, visitors are treated to a panorama of an unfinished city dotted with striking examples of shiny, futuristic architecture.
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News from Fast Company Magazine - 03/02/2010
Most Innovative Companies - Architecture
Sponsored by by Linda Tischler (additional reporting by Zachary Wilson) Photo by Tim Bies 1. Diller Scofidio + Renfro The New York-based firm transformed public space in Manhattan last year with the renovation of Alice Tully Hall, the master plan for the redevelopment of Lincoln Center, and the opening of the High Line, a collaboration with Field Operations. DS+R beat out several high-profile ...
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News from Art Daily - 03/01/2010
Daylight Architect, James Carpenter, Honored With EUR100,000 Award
©David Sundberg. COPENHAGEN.- James Carpenter, the New York-based architect, sculptor and designer of daylight, is this year's recipient of the VILLUM and VELUX FOUNDATION'S Daylight and Building Component Award.
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News from PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - 03/01/2010
Daylight Architect Honored With EUR100,000 Award
James Carpenter, the New York-based architect, sculptor and designer of daylight, is this year's recipient of the VILLUM and VELUX FOUNDATION'S Daylight and Building Component Award.
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News from New York Times - 02/28/2010
Children of Exile
Peter Akinti’s first novel is a visceral attempt to detail the harsh lives of the poor and black in Britain.
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News from New York Times - 02/27/2010
Children of Exile
Peter Akinti’s first novel is a visceral attempt to detail the harsh lives of the poor and black in Britain.
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News from Brisbane Times - 02/26/2010
Hiding in the wings, a new plan for Barangaroo
THE company picked to carry out the Barangaroo redevelopment has a second development proposal ready in case its current controversial plan is rejected by the NSW Government.
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News from Sydney Morning Herald - 02/26/2010
A new plan for Barangaroo
Company behind Barangaroo redevelopment has a second development proposal ready in case plan is rejected.
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News from Interior Design - 02/25/2010
I.M. Pei Receives Royal Gold Medal From RIBA
Previous recipients of the honor include Sir Edwin Lutyens, Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Oscar Neiemeyer, Norman Foster, and Richard Rogers.
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News from Brisbane Times - 02/25/2010
Barangaroo spawns a very Sydney argument
For decades Harry Seidler was vilified because he dared to design a residential tower on Blues Point. Elizabeth Farrelly attempts to justify something far more outrageous than anything Seidler might ever have contemplated (''Keating: the new bandmaster leading our mini Manhattan'', February 25). Is this the best architectural criticism the Herald can mount?
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