Removal of the scaffolding from the US embassy construction site in Berlin has triggered fresh debate about this symbol of Washington's power on the site of the former Berlin Wall.

The embassy is set to be inaugurated on July 4, US Independence Day, but tourists are already snapping pictures of the building, which has a front door on prestigious Pariser Platz, with the Brandenburg Gate, French embassy and luxurious Adlon Hotel as neighbors.

Its completion fills the ...
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A new architecture award is set to provide bus stops and dentist surgeries with the chance to be recognised as great buildings.

The World Architecture Festival is set to take place in Barcelona on the 22nd-24th October and will include 256 shortlisted projects which will be judged.

This event is set to pit local architects and their work against some of the biggest and most famous buildings in the world.

Entrants must present their work to a live aud...
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SOME of Britain's most high-profile modern architects have submitted plans to turn a centuries-old village with a population of fewer than 100 people into an example of ultimate 21st-century living in the remote Welsh countryside.

Lawrenny, in the heart of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, commissioned a world-wide competition in March to find architects to design a revolutionary new development of up to 30 sustainable homes and workplaces which would rely on solar power, bio...
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Desert buildings that produce more energy than they consume may no longer be the stuff of mirages. Chicago-based Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture recently won a competition to design Masdar Headquarters, a 1.6-million-square-foot, zero-waste, zero-carbon facility that it predicts will generate not only enough power to run itself, but also surplus energy to help fuel buildings surrounding it. Masdar is Abu Dhabi’s multi-billion dollar initiative to further the development and commercialization of sustainable energy. The headquarters building will be the heart of Masdar City, a 2.3-square-mile city masterplanned by Foster + Partners just outside Abu Dhabi.

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture recently won a competition to design Masdar Headquarters, a 1.6-million-square-foot, zero-carbon facility in Abu Dhabi.

Smith and Gill’s design features a sprawling canopy lined with photovoltaics, resting on 11 massive glass hyperboloids. Underneath the canopy,...
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Within six months of its opening, Raffles Dubai, the latest addition to Raffles Hotels & Resorts’ portfolio, has captured the attention of international globetrotters with its striking architecture and timeless design.

Accolades for the unique architecture and design of Raffles Dubai have emerged around the world.

A Time magazine feature gave Raffles Dubai its nod of approval for its “understated grandeur …heralding good taste within”, while Decoration Mondanit...
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