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Unfinished Hundertwasser art project revived in NZ

Ambitious project in New Zealand for world’s last building by late Austrian artist Hundertwasser reaches funding target

19/06/2017

Destinations

Inside Infinity in 360 degrees

Step inside Infinity House, a spatial theatre at the heart of East London.

13/06/2017

Romania

Bucharest tour takes you down a memory lane called Communism

The Communism Tour takes you back in time to when Nicolae Ceausescu ruled Romania.

30/03/2017

Brazil

Six months on, Rio Olympic venues lie derelict

Organisers promised the Rio de Janeiro Olympics would bring long-term benefits to the Brazilian city and its residents.

17/02/2017

Sci-Tech

Wilshire Grand Centre skyscraper in Los Angeles set to defy earthquakes

An iconic skyscraper will be one of the tallest in the world when it’s completed in the next few months.

19/01/2017

Sci-Tech

An app for tourists to Berlin to view the buildings of modernist architect Walter Gropius

A smartphone app is bringing to life the world of the modernist architect Walter Gropius – one of the founders of the Bauhaus art school.

18/01/2017

Europe News

EU set to open new '320m' HQ as governments tighten belts

The EU district of Brussels is, like the weather, grey and dreary.

08/12/2016

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French "Spiderman" scales Barcelona skyscraper

A French climber scaled one of Barcelona’s highest skyscrapers, the Torre Agbar, on Friday.

26/11/2016

Cult

The Mosaic Tile House in LA tells a love story in colour and ceramics

The house is a work of art

28/10/2016

Austria

Convert or destroy - what will happen to Hitler's home?

The building where Adolf Hitler was supposedly born will be remodeled, Austria’s interior minister has suggested after initially saying it would be torn down.

18/10/2016

Cult

Meet the creators of 21st-century cathedrals

Modern-day Sagrada Familia It is a modern-day Sagrada Familia that has been taking shape for more than half a century in the small town of Mejorada del Campo, on the outskirts of…

08/09/2016

Turkey

Turkey opens world's biggest suspension bridge in Istanbul

Turkey has opened the world’s biggest suspension bridge in Istanbul.

26/08/2016

Sci-Tech

Italy: Bringing the eco-beast back from the brink!

An EU initiative hopes to make dilapidated buildings into ecological masterpieces

23/08/2016

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China's new glass bridge promises heartstopping views

The longest and highest glass-bottomed bridge in the world opened to visitors on Saturday in Zhangjiajie, a scenic national park in central China’s Hunan…

21/08/2016

Travel News

Tokyo attempts to revive its historical connection with water

Hundreds of years ago Tokyo was often referred to as the water city, until the focus shifted to the modern urban expanse that we know today

18/08/2016

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The Olympic Boulevard of Rio

One of the massive successes of RIO 2016 has been the Olympic Boulevard, in the rejuvenated port district, which boasts an Olympic flame, live music on three stages, a hot air balloon, bungee jumping,

16/08/2016

Cult

Architecture celebrated at the Venice Biennale

'Reporting From The Front' is the title of the Venice Biennale.

06/06/2016

Series

Hot design: the towers that look like flames

02/06/2016

Series

Postcards from Azerbaijan: The Baku Flame Towers

Opened in 2013, the towers are used for a hotel, apartments and offices and the tallest has a total of 38 floors

27/05/2016

Business Series

Apple unveils future retail stores vision

Apple has unveiled the future vision for its retail stores hoping that can help revitalise sales.

20/05/2016