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One World Trade Center becomes tallest in the West The spire atop One World Trade Center has been hoisted into place filling the void left on the New York skyline by the attacks on September 11th, 2001. The… 03/05/2013
Divisive new Mariinsky Theatre opens in St Petersburg Russian President Vladimir Putin led a select crowd of guests at the first performance at the controversial new Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg on… 03/05/2013
Skopje: the future is in the past It’s the monument in front of which everyone wants to have their photo taken: Skopje’s largest statue features Alexander the Great, who is considered a… 22/04/2013
Europe’s highest building The Shard opens soon – nocomment London’s latest landmark, The Shard, is due to open to the public next month from where it will offer unprecedented views of the UK capital. 11/01/2013
Niemeyer, icon of architecture, dies The legendary Oscar Niemeyer has died, just shy of his 105th birthday. Even in the last few days of his life, the Brazilian architect who designed his… 06/12/2012
World’s narrowest house opens in Warsaw An artist’s workspace has opened in Warsaw and has been hailed as ‘the World’s Narrowest House’. The structure, situated between two apartment blocks, is… 01/11/2012
Architecture seeks Common Ground in Venice The latest edition of the Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition is assembling a major gathering of the world’s top architects over the next three months… 29/08/2012
Mandela statue unveiled – nocomment South Africa has unveiled its latest monument dedicated to Nelson Mandela. The new statue is located in KwaZulu-Natal, where he was arrested 50 years ago for… 07/08/2012
Self-cleaning buildings The facades of buildings in our cities are blackened with pollution. This is largely down to vehicle exhaust gases, which are as dangerous for our health as… 01/08/2012
EU strategy to rejuvenate construction industry Hit by the financial crisis, the EU’s construction sector has lost 14 percent of its work force and nine percent of investment since 2008. The European… 31/07/2012
Europe’s tallest skycraper inaugurated in London – nocomment Europe’s new tallest skyscraper, The Shard, has been inaugurated in London. The 87-storey, 310 metre building stands in the London Bridge area just south of… 06/07/2012
Chinese architect receives Pritzker Prize Chinese architect Wang Shu has recently been awarded with the international Pritzker Architecture Prize, the first person from China to win the honour. The… 29/05/2012
Friendship from a common cause Architect Onur Karahan is one of our protagonists. He has always had a passion for archaeology, ever since he was a child, but he thought it would be more… 21/05/2012
Bremen’s bunker boom German architect Rainer Mielke has designed and built himself a luxurious, light-filled penthouse on top of a former World War II bunker, a bunker that his… 26/03/2012
The sustainable spirit of Dunkirk Dunkirk, an industrial port in northern France, is reshaping its urban centre to cement the city firmly in the 21st century. They are trying to reconcile… 21/02/2012
Malmö shows off its green regeneration Malmö, Scandinavia’s bridge to Europe, is Sweden’s third largest city with 300,000 inhabitants. About a third of them are immigrants. Malmö is a city in… 26/01/2012
Bolshoi Theatre reopens after renovations After years of controversy, questions over missing funds, and accusations of corruption the Bolshoi Theatre renovation is complete and the theatre is due to… 27/10/2011
Engineers Inspect Washington Monument for quake Damage – nocomment Structural engineers are assessing the damages on both the inside and outside of the Washington Monument which was damaged by an earthquake last summer. 29/09/2011
Show goes on for world’s oldest musical hall One of the world’s oldest surviving musical halls, Wilton’s in London’s East End, has been saved after a public appeal for funds pulled in millions of euros. 07/09/2011
Lviv, the ‘Little Paris’ The city of Lviv in the west of Ukraine is perhaps the best example of the stark differences between the country’s main centres. Its ancient streets give… 22/08/2011
Kazakhs invest in new Astana Thirteen years since the rebirth of Astana, in Kazakhstan, the administrative capital is also becoming a regional business and cultural fulcrum, opening up… 04/07/2011
Macedonian diarySeamus Kearney spent a week in Skopje and at Lake Ohrid Skopje’s most famous daughter She is revered around the world, and in the minds of many she is… 09/05/2011
The changing face of Skopje This year Macedonians celebrate the 20th anniversary of their country’s independence from the former Yugoslavia. In the first of a three-part series… 05/05/2011
Portugal racks up second Pritzker prize Painter and illustrator Paula Rego’s museum – the House of Stories – is one of Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto Moura piece’s, the winner of this year’s… 01/04/2011
Architect unveils ‘pyramid’s secret rooms’ A French architect, who is campaigning for a new exploration of the Great Pyramid of Giza, claims to discovered the existence of two previously unsuspected… 02/02/2011
European Heritage Label Europe’s great variety of peoples are to a greater or lesser extent cut from a common cloth, woven of many cultures. How is the European Union planning to… 11/01/2011
Israeli architect designs “inside out” house How small can a house be and still be a home? That was one of the questions Israeli architect Hagai Nagar had to consider when he was asked to design an… 02/12/2010
Safe as houses: building with straw A house made out of straw. It’s perhaps a surprising concept but this type of ecological construction is going through something of a boom period in Europe, a… 13/07/2010
UK’s tallest building The Shard opens to the publicLondoners have been watching the rise of their towering new landmark for months, but from Friday they were able to see the view from the inside for the first… 01/02/2013
Mass marks Notre Dame cathedral’s 850th anniversary yearMore than 20 million people are expected to visit Paris’ Notre Dame over the next 12 months to help mark the cathedral’s 850th anniversary. On Wednesday… 13/12/2012
Brazil begins seven-day mourning for NiemeyerBrazil has begun a seven-day period of national mourning for Oscar Niemeyer. A military guard for his coffin in 19th-century dress uniforms made a striking… 07/12/2012
Creator of Brasilia Oscar Niemeyer dies aged 104A giant equal to any football star, even his compatriot Pele, architect Oscar Niemeyer has died a week before his 105th birthday. When building, Niemeyer… 06/12/2012
Celebrated architect Oscar Niemeyer dies 104Oscar Niemeyer, the celebrated architect who shaped the look of modern Brazil has died at the age of 104. Starting in the 1930s, his career spanned nine… 06/12/2012
Filling a Warsaw housing gapConstruction has begun on what could be the narrowest house in the world. The new abode will measure up to a meagre 120 cm wide and be built in the gap… 10/09/2012
Taps turned off as Trevi Fountain undergoes repairsThe famed Trevi fountain in Rome has been drained as it undergoes repairs to its facade. Several small pieces fell from the fountain in June. While… 27/08/2012
Colosseum takes on time in a fight to the deathRome’s ancient Colosseum is in a fight to the death against a resilient foe, time itself. The 2,000-year-old amphitheatre is no longer in horizontal… 30/07/2012
Man dies after bridge in Istanbul collapsesOne person has died and two injured after a bridge collapsed during repair work on Istanbul’s Metrobus line. The connecting bridge was being built across… 15/07/2012
Super London skyscraper ‘The Shard’ is inauguratedEurope’s tallest building has been unveiled in London. The super skyscraper called The Shard stands at 310 metres and has 87 floors. Built in the London… 05/07/2012
New York’s newest skyscraper becomes its tallest buildingIt is official – New York’s ‘One World Trade Center’ which is being built at the site of the fallen twin towers is now the city’s tallest building. When… 01/05/2012
Back in the Day: Dubai’s Burj becomes the world’s biggest buildingJanuary 4, 2010 Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the world’s tallest building, is officially opened. Standing at 829.84 metres (2,723 feet) tall is rises around 183… 03/01/2012
Rome’s Colosseum – falling apartRome’s Colosseum is dropping to bits – literally. Another small stone fragment is said to have become displaced from the front of the world famous… 28/12/2011
Back in the Day: Pisa’s leaning tower re-opens slightly straighterDecember 15, 2001 The famous Leaning Tower of Pisa re-opens to the public after 11 years of work to make the landmark more secure. The tower had been tilting… 14/12/2011
Sydney (finally) gets its Opera HouseOctober 20, 1973. The Sydney Opera House is officially opened by Australia’s head of state, Queen Elizabeth II. The building has become an icon of 20th… 19/10/2011
Big Ben’s tilt is getting worseThe economy is struggling, the summer had more riots than sunshine, England are out of the Rugby world cup, and now there are new problems with one of… 10/10/2011
Medvedev sets out his ‘big’ vision for MoscowPresident Dmitry Medvedev met with Moscow authorities on Wednesday to discuss his vision for the Russian capital. The president wants to double the city’s… 22/07/2011
Niemeyer’s payback is architectural delightIf giving is better than receiving as the biblical adage suggests, then Oscar Niemeyer may be richly rewarded for his latest work. The Brazilian architect… 16/12/2010
International Architecture Exhibition opens in VeniceEntitled “People Meet in Architecture”, it is the first time the exhibition is curated by a woman, Japanese Kazuyo Sejima, a laureate of the Pritzker prize –… 01/09/2010
UNESCO crowns more heritage sitesUNESCO has announced further additions to its World Heritage List. In Europe, an extension has been given to the Pirin National Park in Bulgaria, which was… 02/08/2010
An astounding cityscape springs from the steppes of KazakhstanNursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan: “Sometimes I don’t believe it myself. Only six or seven years ago, it was just steppe here.” Astana is a… 08/07/2010
Shanghai: Better city Better lifeStarting form the theme of the World Expo, we went to see how people live in Shanghai, and if China, with its megalopolis is really focusing on sustainable… 27/05/2010
Jean Nouvel: “With new technology you can lie”French architect Jean Nouvel was one of the guests at Imagina – the 3D technology’s European trade fair, held in Montecarlo. Nouvel, who studied at the… 11/02/2010
Ancient eco air-conditioning in IranCenturies before air conditioning architects in Iran came up with an effective cooling system. In the ancient desert city of Yazd in the centre of the country… 03/02/2010
Building energy efficient citiesThe offices, shopping centres and homes of the future should be clean and green. Buildings should incorporate innovative and intelligent design to keep energy… 14/01/2010
World’s tallest building opens in DubaiBreathtaking, spectacular and all the glitz and glamour imaginable were on offer as Dubai officially showed off the world’s tallest building. Measuring 828… 05/01/2010
The world’s tallest structure opens in DubaiA last hurrah or a new dawn? Whatever your take on Dubai’s debt crisis the ceremony to mark the opening of the world’s tallest building in the Gulf Emirate… 04/01/2010
Dubai – a debt laden cityscapeDubai is a gleaming cityscape of towering skyscrapers. In the 1950’s Dubai was just a sleepy port on the Persian Gulf. But in recent times it has become a… 04/01/2010
World’s biggest skyscraper opens high over DubaiIt boasts the highest swimming pool; the highest restaurant and – bizarrely enough – the highest fountain to be found above ground anywhere in the… 04/01/2010
Superscraper “Burj Dubai” set to break recordsThe world’s tallest building is to be opened today in Dubai in a celebration of Man’s architectural ingenuity. The exact height of the superscraper – known… 04/01/2010
Morellet tickles Le CorbusierThe Monastery of Sainte-Marie de La Tourette, near Lyon in France, was designed by Le Corbusier in the mid-50s. These days it is still home to an order of… 02/10/2009
A faded past… but a bright future for stained glassThis is Cologne Cathedral, Germany’s biggest and home to an abundance of colourful treasure. ULRIKE BRINKMANN, ART HISTORIAN and HEAD OF STAINED … 23/09/2009
The house that generates energyHere in Denmark, near Aarhus, the world’s first Active House is being tested. Thanks to 50m2 of solar panels, solar collectors and a heat pump, over the… 08/09/2009
Celebrating Bauhaus- modern interiors meant for the massesThe largest ever exhibition of the Bauhaus design movement is being held in Berlin. Founded 90 years ago the Bauhaus school was a social experiment, a… 24/07/2009
Big Ben celebrates 150th BirthdayBig Ben has rung in its 150th year. The Great Bell, housed in the Palace of Westminster in London, struck its first hour on the July 11, 1859. A big… 12/07/2009
Zumthor wins Pritzer PrizeSwiss architect Peter Zumthor has been awarded the 2009 Pritzker Prize for Architecture in Buenos Aires. The award honours a living architect whose buildings… 02/06/2009
Santiago Calatrava: finding architecture’s soulThe renowned Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava has been speaking to euronews. His designs – which take their inspiration from nature – provoke strong… 30/05/2009
Oslo Opera House wins EU architecture awardThe Norwegian Opera and Ballet house in Oslo has been awarded this year’s Mies van der Rohe award, the European Union’s prize for contemporary architecture… 12/05/2009
