Richard Meier’s Designs
On May 2, Meier will open the doors of his storehouse in Long Island City, offering a rare glimpse into the creative process behind the Pritzker Prize winner’s 40-year career. Visitors can view 3-D mini-works-in-process from the 1960′s–including the first model for his breakthrough Smith House in Connecticut–through the present.
2008 Salone Del Mobile Preview
The Salone Internazionale del Mobile together with the International Furnishing Accessories Exhibition, returns – from 16th to 21st this year – at the Milan Fairgrounds at Rho with a huge range of exhibits.
Architect of Change
Barack Obama wanted to be an architect when he was young. I always believed in him, and something just clicked even though I have never met him. Now I know we have one more thing in common. You might not be an architect, but you will be the next president of the USA. And that [...]
The Pritzker Architecture Prize 2008
And the Pritzker goes to… (drum roll) … Jean Nouvel. Although most of his work is in Europe, especially in France, his projects are all over the world, including Japan, Korean, Brazil, Qatar, Lebanon, Morocco, Kuwait, US…
Earth Hour
I am sure most of you already know about the Earth Hour, and have seen Google‘s site in black. Today ArkitecTrue encourages everyone to join millions of people around the world in making a statement about climate change by turning off your lights for Earth Hour, an event created by the World Wildlife Fund.
Planning for 8.8.8
Beijing is getting ready for the 2008 Summer Olympics which will start on August 8, 2008. New buildings are under construction, service system is getting better, roads are re-paved, and shortly the city is having an overall make up… It is similar to cleaning up your house before your visitors arrive… I have been a [...]
RIBA 2007
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Stirling Prize is given for the RIBA Building of the Year. It is run in association with The Architects’ Journal and is presented to the architects of the building which has been the most significant for the evolution of architecture in the past year.
HD Award
Remedios Siembieda, where I have been working for almost 7 years, won the annual hospitality design (HD) award for the Shilla Hotel Seoul, Korea.
The Pritzker Architecture Prize 2007
Richard Rogers, whose firm Richard Rogers Partnership is headquartered in London, has been chosen as the 2007 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. The formal ceremony for what has come to be known throughout the world as architecture’s highest honor will be held on June 4 in London. At that time, a $100,000 grant and [...]
The best design products 2007
The winners of the red dot award, one of the largest and most renowned international design competitions, have been chosen. From the absolute record number of 2,548 submitted products, which had been sent to Essen for assessment by the experts, a total of 43 top products have received the ‘red dot: best of the best’ [...]
Women in Architecture
On March 15, the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. will present Women in Architecture: Histories, Herstories, Reappraising the Legacy of American Architecture in honor of women’s history month. The discussion will tackle several topics, including recovering the lost histories of 20th-century architecture, creating criteria to evaluate architecture, and how women architects can conceive and [...]
