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King's Cross masterplan brings part of the city "back into an entirely new use"

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This video spotlights the King's Cross masterplan by Allies and Morrison and Porphyrios Associates, which is one of six projects shortlisted for this year's RIBA Stirling Prize. A piece of city is never finished, it will always have to reinvent itself," said Allies. "We

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Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly dies aged 78

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Viñoly passed away yesterday in New York City, according to an announcement made by Elisa Carrió, an Argentine politician and friend of Viñoly's. He was responsible for a number of other projects in New York City including the Bronx County Hall of Justice, and also designed structures in Massachusets, Pennslyvania, Texas, and Illinois.

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How architecture and design are helping put Norway on the map

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Snøhetta’s Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, 2008. At home, Snøhetta’s biggest claim to fame is the 2008 Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, which sits on Oslo’s waterfront. Courtesy Snøhetta. By the 1990s, the country had produced its first (and only) Pritzker Prize winner, the late modernist Sverre Fehn.

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RIBA unveils Stirling Prize 2024 shortlist

Deezen

Jamie Fobert Architects' overhaul of the National Portrait Gallery with Purcell is also shortlisted, alongside the King's Cross Masterplan by Allies and Morrison and Porphyrios Associates. RIBA president Muyiwa Oki praised the six shortlisted projects "for placing regeneration and restoration front and centre".

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Nine notable projects by late architect Rafael Viñoly

Deezen

Viñoly , who passed away on 2 March 2023 in New York City, is known for his portfolio of iconic, and often controversial, buildings around the globe. In an exclusive Dezeen video , Viñoly explained that the cladding deliberately "wasn't at all referential to any of the materials in the city".

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BDP Architecture Practice Information + News

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We are creating a new generation of projects; adapting existing structures for new uses and using digital design and manufacture to support efficiency and wellbeing as we bring new buildings and places to our cities.”. Edinburgh St James building: image courtesy of architects practice. Last year we celebrated 60 years as a design practice.

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The Work

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

The book is indicative of Krier's neo-traditional take on buildings and cities, with carefully composed facades defining urban spaces that are formed rather than leftover. The latter partnership realized Kirchsteigfeld , the masterplan for a new town for around 10,000 inhabitants in Potsdam, Germany.