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IM Pei's Museum of Islamic Art was the most significant building of 2008

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Next up in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series is the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha , Qatar, by IM Pei , the first "mega-museum in the Gulf". Such references led the New York Times architecture critic Nicolai Ourousoff to describe the museum as a "temple of high art, placing culture on the same pedestal as religion".

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Check out the winning projects of the 2022 International Architecture Awards

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The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design has announced its list of more than 150 winning projects for the annual International Architecture Awards in partnership with The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. Projects were commended for their demonstra.

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Anna Heringer's Anandaloy was the most significant building of 2020

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The thick walls of the building were created using an ancient technique known as cob, with local earth, straw, sand and water kneaded like dough and formed into walls atop fired-brick foundations. "It was my first urbanism." The illustration is by Jack Bedford and the photography is by Kurt Hoerbs.

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SOM's Burj Khalifa put Dubai on the map

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Photo by Bradley Young Sculptural wings fan out from the Burj's Y-shaped tripartite floor plan, built into a solid-rock foundation. The Burj Khalifa's sturdy foundations were, and remain, a feat of engineering. Construction took place over six years.

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House re-opens for tours

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Although it was envisioned as the heart of a 36-acre arts complex, the wider project was never completed. Hollyhock House has had its ups and downs over the years, serving as the HQ of the California Art Club until the early 1940s, when it faced the threat of demolition. Photography: Joshua White / © Barsndall Art Park Foundation.

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North Carolina Museum of Art Phil Freelon Exhibition

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North Carolina Museum of Art Phil Freelon Exhibition, NCMA Container/Contained Show, US Architect News. North Carolina Museum of Art Phil Freelon Exhibition. North Carolina Museum of Art to Host Exhibition on Architect Phil Freelon. North Carolina Museum of Art Phil Freelon Exhibition News. December 15, 2021.

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2025 Pritzker Architecture Prize winner, Liu Jiakun

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Sichuan Fine Arts Institute Department of Sculpture (Chongqing, China, 2004) displays an alternate solution to maximizing space, with upper levels protruding outward to extend the square footage of a narrow footprint. Visit pritzkerprize.com for more information.