Virtual world.
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A new game designed to aid dementia research shows how understanding architecture is vital to gameplay.
Khartoum at sunset. The city’s architectural heritage is under threat.
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Students at the University of Khartoum are protesting about a secretive plan to move the institution from its historic buildings.
The Melbourne Recital Centre, which is derived from polystyrene packaging.
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Last Friday, the Melbourne architects Stephen Ashton, Howard Raggatt and Ian McDougall (of the eponymous practice ARM) were awarded the Gold Medal – the Australian Institute of Architects’ highest honour…
Nano-architects design materials that can work together at very tiny scales, like these interlocking gears made of carbon tubes and benzene molecules.
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One of the great technological challenges of this century is to design novel items and then make them – and have the results match the intent.
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The tea and crumpets vision of Englishness that Capability Brown brings to mind does him an injustice.
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A model Palmyra’s Arch of Triumph, made in Italy from Egyptian marble, has been installed in London’s Trafalgar Square. Is this such a good thing?
An illustration of Nightingale 1.0, which provides an alternative to developer-led housing.
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A quiet revolution is happening in housing development in Australia. It started small, with a group of architects in Melbourne, but has the potential to transform the way urban housing is conceived, funded…
Zaha Hadid.
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The author of ‘Where Are the Women Architects?’ explores the significance of losing Hadid in a field where female role models are few and far between.
The size and pace of activity in Tokyo can be overwhelming, but at the human scale the city has an incredibly rich layering of experiences built over generations.
The concept of living heritage can help us make decisions that go beyond preserving historical facades to protect and add to, rather than freeze, the stories and layers of the past.
Zaha Hadid’s ongoing Australian projects and draft designs will attract plenty of attention in the future.
London Aquatics Centre, designed by Zaha Hadid. Artur Salisz
Celebrated architect Zaha Hadid, who died last week, had three projects on the go in Australia. Will there be a surge of interest in her work - as has happened to other architects who have died prematurely?
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A former colleague of the award-winning architect Zaha Hadid pays tribute to her ‘great presence’.
One of the architects of 443 Queen Street says: ‘The Queenslander – elevated on stilts and open to natural ventilation – was an inspiration for the tower’.
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Landmarks identify and define cities. Town-planning instruments should protect these landmarks from new development that does not respect the setting.
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Osborne’s grand scheme needs solid foundations: and that’s where architecture can lend a hand.
Virtual reality is improving in leaps and bounds.
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From education to sport to sex, virtual reality has dozens of applications, and we’re only just scratching the surface of its potential today.
The BreezeBlock house, designed by Eva-Marie Prineas for her sister.
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One of the very first pieces of advice you receive in architecture school is Never Work For Family: the risks are too great, runs the argument, there’s too much emotion and too much money at stake, and…
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Wheatley has expertly reimagined Ballard’s futuristic novel in a way that rings true to modern living.
The city of light has found a way to draw on the resources of the private sector, while looking after the interests of its citizens.
Tidal Lagoon, Swansea Bay, as envisaged by LDA Design.
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Celebrate the shift to renewable energy with bold designs that add to the landscape.
China’s National Theatre.
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Our experts explain why China is taking a hard line on oversized, xenocentric, weird architecture. And no, it’s not to stifle Western influences.
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Jeremy Corbyn wants UK politics to be less theatrical – but the Palace of Westminster is the perfect stage for confrontation.