News from Architectural Record - 11/20/2008
World’s Best Buildings Honored at Festival
Every year, there are scores of festivals, conferences, and exhibitions catering to architects. Add another one to the list: the World Architecture Festival, which was presented for the first time from Oct. 22 to 24 in Barcelona.
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News from Guardian Unlimited - 11/19/2008
The happy architect
Irena Bauman is on a mission to make cities more loveable. Martin Wainwright hears why she is challenging the profession to stop, look around and stand up to developers
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News from Torontoist - 11/17/2008
We Are All Made of Starchitects
Good news for the transit set: a host of actually good and deservedly famous architects will design the TTC's six new Spadina Extension stations slated to open by 2015. (Amazingly, Joe Clark sniffed this scoop out a full month ago .) Will Alsop , who designed OCAD , will tackle Steeles West and Finch West; Norman Foster , who designed U of T's Leslie Dan Pharmacy building , will take York ...
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News from Toronto Star - 11/17/2008
Subway station architects intend to cheer you up
Welcome to the better Better Way.
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News from Guardian Unlimited - 11/17/2008
Frozen skyline
In the last recession, 40% of architects lost their jobs. Are they prepared for this one? And how will the crunch affect our once-booming cityscapes? By Jonathan Glancey
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News from London SE1 - 11/16/2008
Newington Triangle: architects appointed for mixed-use development
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands architects have been appointed by Hollybrook Homes to design a mixed-use development for the 2.75-acre triangle bounded by Newington Causeway, Borough Road and the railway line.
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News from Toronto Star - 11/15/2008
Standing (ren)ovation
Toronto's excited about the skyline again, and all it took was seven new cultural cathedrals. We're finally getting it: Great buildings like the AGO are worth the risk.
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News from CBC Toronto - 11/13/2008
Art Gallery of Ontario reopens with Gehry's stamp
Architect Frank Gehry hopes people can find their way around the Art Gallery of Ontario when it opens Friday to the public after a $276-million renovation.
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News from Spacing Wire - 11/08/2008
Transformation AGO in the Saturday papers
Spacing Associate editor Shawn Micallef is the Blogger-in-Residence at the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Art Matters blog in anticipation of the grand re-opening of the new AGO. He will be cross-posting some of the entries here on Spacing Toronto. To comment on this post, click here and head over to Art Matters. Articles in the Saturday [...]
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