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Saving Le Corbusier's museums – Getty Conservation Institute launches special workshop
by Kim Megson | 29 Jan 2018
The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) has announced it will prioritise the care and conservation of the only three museums designed by the legendary Le Corbusier. As part of its Conserving Modern Architecture Initiative, the CGI will host two workshops in India, where two of the three museums are located – the Sanskar Kendra Museum in Ahmedabad and the Government Museum and Art Gallery in Chandigarh. The third, the National Museum
Weta Workshop given 'creative licence' for NZ$45m Napier Aquarium redevelopment
by Tom Anstey | 25 Aug 2017
Weta Workshop – the special effects and prop company behind such epics as The Lord of the Rings and Avatar – have thrown their weight behind a NZ$45m (US$32.5m, €27.5m, £25.3m) redevelopment of the Napier National Aquarium in New Zealand. Napier City Council (NCC) has announced the plans, which will see the aquarium on Marine Parade expanded from 3,400sq m (36,600sq ft) by almost three times to 11,100sq m (120,000sq
PKMN Architectures leads community workshop to build urban spa
by Helen Andrews | 24 Aug 2015
International design firm PKMN Architectures was selected to lead this year’s edition of a workshop known as Taller del Desierto – which aimed to build a small urban spa at Parque Urueta in the Mexican city of Chihuahua – with the help of local architecture firm Memela and designers Juan Castillo, Miguel Heredia and Miguel García. Based on the consensus of local residents and the council, the project involved the
EPM Group, Robust Architecture Workshop and BIG scoop Holcim Awards which celebrate sustainable leisure designs across the globe
by Jason Holland | 21 Apr 2015
A decommissioned water reservoir turned public park in Colombia has scooped the top prize in a global awards competition for sustainable building and construction. The ‘Articulated Site’ project, designed by Mario Camargo and Luis Tombé of Colectivo720, with Juan Calle and Horacio Valencia of EPM Group, took the US$200,000 (€187,201, £134,517) Gold prize in the 2015 Holcim Awards. Located around a series of water tanks in Medellín, an outdoor auditorium
£20m Isle of Man hotel regeneration project claimed by Metropolitan Workshop
by Katie Buckley | 27 Jan 2015
The Castletown Golf Links Hotel, situated on the Langess Peninsula on the Isle of Man is one step closer to redevelopment after closing its doors seven years ago. London-based architecture and design practice, Metropolitan Workshop, has won a competition to redevelop the site, transforming it into a boutique hotel with an accompanying residential development. The £20m (US$30m, €26m) scheme will replace the existing hotel owned by developer Dandara, which purchased
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