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Review – Mons 2015 European Capital of Culture
21 July 2015Herbert Wright visits the historic Belgian city that has created new temptations and revitalised its sights for the annual EU initiative
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Review – Latin America in Construction: Architecture 1955-1980
21 July 2015Thomas Wensing reviews a momentous MoMA show that covers 500 post-war architecture projects from South America.
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Meet: ALA Architects, Helsinki
13 July 2015Helsinki-based practice ALA Architects, though young, is aiming big — to be the obvious Finnish choice for invited international competitions
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The colonel’s recipe for success – two Seifert towers being brought back to life
13 July 2015Richard Seifert’s second- and third-tallest office towers are simultaneously being transformed into flats. The teams working on Centre Point and the South Bank Tower could not be more different, but both find the key to delivering 21st-century landmark projects in the original Seifert designs themselves.
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Make it live – from makeathons to multidisciplinary workshop spaces
6 July 2015Experimental collaborations between designers, artists, scientists and technologists are not just about speculation and provocation. A growing community of makers is translating ideas from science fiction to the real world.
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Review – Le Corbusier: Mesures de l’homme
29 June 2015Cate St Hill visits two exhibitions in Paris on the great Swiss-born architect – a major retrospective at the Pompidou and another divided between two small, intimate galleries on the Left Bank
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London's current course of development represents a threat to its communities, says Ellis Woodman
29 June 2015London’s population is escalating at an unprecedented rate. With a million more Londoners expected in the next decade, housing has become the most urgent issue on the city’s agenda. But how much of the capital’s present course of development consists of ill-conceived, quickfix measures, asks Ellis Woodman, recently appointed director of the Architecture Foundation
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Pond life – King’s Cross Pond Club
23 June 2015This summer, visitors to the King’s Cross Pond Club will be able to take a dip in Britain’s first naturally filtered bathing pond, located squarely in the middle of one of London’s busiest construction sites. Aquatic plants will purify the water, even as the neighbouring diggers and cranes busy themselves with concrete and dirt. Shumi Bose speaks to artist Marjetica Potrc and Ooze architects, whose collaborative projects allow a glimpse of alternative ways of living
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Review: Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty
23 June 2015Cate St Hill steps into the wicked world of the famous fashion designer and couturier and finds a show not to be missed, have you go your ticket?
