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CLADglobal news update 24 July 2018
by Luke Cloherty | 24 Jul 2018
The latest CLADglobal news roundup video is now live. In this broadcast, we look at OOPEAA’s floating urban swimming pools, explore Margot Krasojevic’s tidal powered, energy saving hotel and discuss AECOM’s new stadium in Cameroon for the upcoming 2019 Africa Cup of Nations football tournament.
Video: CLADglobal news update 2st June 2018
by Kim Megson | 21 Jun 2018
The latest CLADglobal news roundup video is now live. In this broadcast, we look at Zaha Hadid Architects' sculptural Morpheus new hotel in Macau, explore Philippe Starck's designs for a private space station, and explore the newly-redeveloped Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, which last week hosted the opening match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Finally, we take a peek into the wonderful world of art collective teamLab, who have just
Video: CLADglobal News Roundup
by Kim Megson | 07 Jun 2018
The first CLADglobal news roundup video is now live. In this broadcast, we look at the winning design for the forthcoming Adelaide Contemporary art museum, explore Woods Bagot’s plans to transform an abandoned sugar factory in China into a cultural and leisure park and take a look at the stylish new Scottish distillery and visitor centre Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners have created for whisky-maker The Macallan. Finally, sports architect
Alejandro Aravena reflects on impact of his Venice Architecture Biennale, as anticipation mounts for 2018 exhibition
by Kim Megson | 23 May 2018
Pritzker laureate Alejandro Aravena has reflected on the impact of the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale, which he curated, in the run up to the 2018 edition the renowned international exhibition, which opens to the public on Saturday (26 May). Two years ago, Aravena’s Biennale, themed ‘Reporting from the Front’, considered major challenges facing the built environment – from natural disasters to financial constraints, pollution, crime, housing shortages and a scarcity
Stefano Boeri launches nature-inspired interior design studio following public transformation of Shanghai Stock Exchange
by Kim Megson | 04 Apr 2018
Italian architect Stefano Boeri, best-known for his ‘Vertical Forest’ tree-lined towers, is launching a division of his practice dedicated to interior and product design, he has told CLADglobal. SBA Interiors will also deepen Boeri’s research into sustainability and ways in which to make spaces better for human health and wellbeing. The decision to start the new branch of his firm, Stefano Boeri Architetti, follows the Italian’s involvement in three interior
Steven Holl blames 'corruption in power' for construction industry's failure to embrace renewable energy in hard-hitting interview
by Kim Megson | 22 Mar 2018
Architect Steven Holl has blamed “a crisis of ignorance in high places” for a lack of progress in adopting environmental building practices, reserving particular ire for US president Donald Trump, who he predicted will be impeached. In a sweeping interview with CLADglobal, Holl argued that politicians through to developers, architects and contractors must do more to “get free from our dependence on non-renewable fuels” throughout the design and construction process.
Ten years on, Bjarke Ingels and Sheela Maini Søgaard reveal how they brought BIG back from the brink
by Kim Megson | 29 Nov 2017
BIG founder Bjarke Ingels and CEO Sheela Maini Søgaard have revealed how they transformed a struggling firm 10 years ago into one of the world’s fastest-growing and best-known architecture practices today. Speaking to CLAD for our comprehensive BIG Special, Ingels and Søgaard described how a decade ago BIG found themselves facing an uncertain future. “By the fall of 2007, we were going down,” said Ingels. “I took control of our
Leisure buildings celebrated on opening day of World Architecture Festival
by Kim Megson | 15 Nov 2017
Leisure architecture was a big winner on the opening day (15 November) of the World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Berlin, with a number of cultural buildings triumphing in the first stage of the prestigious WAF Awards. The Culture category, which consisted of 15 completed projects, was won by Heneghan Peng Architects for the Palestinian Museum. The judging panel commended the studio for “working with the contours of Palestine”, adding that
Signature buildings taking precedence over city development, says David Chipperfield
by Kim Megson | 26 Jul 2017
There is a “danger” that architects are being swayed to work on signature buildings at the expense of the coherent development of cities, according to David Chipperfield. In an exclusive interview, published in the new issue of CLADmag, the British architect said that, particularly in the UK, planning was “being overtaken by investment”. “In London I think there is planning permission for a further 200 towers right now, and more
CLAD roundup: Heatherwick's first stadium design, underwater Seahorse villas, Prince museum, Chipperfield's Nobel Centre and BrewDog beer hotel
by Kim Megson | 30 Apr 2016
Museum news featured heavily on our site this week, with exciting projects around the world reaching various significant milestones. Today (29 April), MVRDV’s flamboyant golden Denmark Museum of Rock Music opened in the Danish city Roskilde and international architecture studio Snøhetta released new images of their 10-storey addition to the SFMOMA in San Francisco. Earlier this week, David Chipperfield’s Nobel Center and museum received the green light from Stockholm City
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