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The redesigned Young Vic Theatre by London architects Haworth Tompkins is more than just the extension and renovation of a local theater in Lambeth, South London. It is a radical, minimally designed new facility that celebrates the history of the place and highlights the ambitions of the local arts community.
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Sometimes a building is so well suited to its use, to the client, and to the site that it is hard to imagine it designed any other way. The Atlas Building at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, designed by New York City-based Rafael Viñoly Architects, is such a building — once you get to know it.
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One of the largest construction projects in Europe — and one of the most political and controversial building projects in the UK — the new Terminal 5 at London's Heathrow Airport opened in March 2008, nearly 20 years after the Richard Rogers Partnership (now Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners) won the commission.
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In Frei Otto's landmark examples, the tent fabric was largely glass. Using the term "tent" with admitted looseness, here are two recent examples in the continuing romance of modern expression with tensile engineering. At the Estádio Municipal de Braga, the sheltering tent is made of concrete, while at the Burj Al Arab Hotel, the tent covering is on its side, a great white spinnaker defining a spectacular atrium. — Editor
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More Architecture and Design Rimrock Ranch Fuses Urban Design with the Rugged High Desert — Los Angeles Times, 2008.0717Mind the Gap — Telegraph, 2008.0715 Chinese Olympic Construction Strains Boundaries of Architecture — Daily Tech, 2008.0714 See-through Phila. House Is N.Y. Museum 'Exhibit' — Philladelphia Inquirer, 2008.0714 Controversial Remake Completes — World Architecture News, 2008.0713 Modernist Marvel — The Times (UK), 2008.0713 New Museum at Bethel Woods Celebrates the ’60s — AIArchitect, 2008.0711 Viñoly Rugged but Respectful 121st Precinct Design Wins Approval — AIArchitect, 2008.0711 Architects Rebuild Essex Home — Hartford Courant, 2008.0711 Young Vic Renewal — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0709 Angles from Heaven: Frank Gehry Takes on His Dream Project — Independent Digital, 2008.0709 This Tadao Ando Project Is a Berkshires Rental — Wall Street Journal, 2008.0709 'Not Manly Enough': Berlusconi's Verdict on Libeskind Work — Independent Digital, 2008.0707 One-Storey Wonder — Independent Digital, 2008.0705 Discovering Meaning in Modern — Washington Post, 2008.0705 After a Long Struggle, U.S. Opens New Embassy in Berlin — International Herald Tribune, 2008.0703 Australia in Sonoma — New York Times, 2008.0703 Building Boom Transforming Beijing Cityscape — CNN, 2008.0702 Frank Escher and Ravi GuneWardena -- John Lautner's Architectural Heirs — Los Angeles Times, 2008.0701 Architectural Nest Egg — South China Morning Post, 2008.0626 A Spanish-Modern Mashup in Los Angeles — New York Times, 2008.0626 Soap Bubble and Protein Molecules Inspire Steven Holl Architects’ New Lobby Design — AIArchitect, 2008.0626 Daniel Libeskind Opens a Jewish Museum for All — Wall Street Journal, 2008.0626 A Soaring White Bridge Is New Jerusalem Landmark — AP, 2008.0625 Viñoly at Wageningen — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0625 A Facade Like No Other: Once Temporary, Now a Fixture Worth Restoring — New York Times, 2008.0619 Tadao Ando's Elegant Simplicity — Time, 2008.0619 Jeanne Gang: The Art of Nesting — Metropolis, 2008.0618 An Olympic Nightmare in Beijing — The Times (London), 2008.0618 It's Zaragoza's Turn to Make a Splash — New York Times, 2008.0615
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