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- Stefano Boeri will revitalize Genoa with sustainable energy-producing urban design Wed, 16 Oct 19, 5:30amA Stefano Boeri Architetti-led design team has won a competition to design a new urban project to transform the Polcevera valley in Genoa, Italy into a beacon of sustainability...
- 5 buildings around the world that memorialize tragic losses of life Fri, 27 May 16, 11:30pm1. Light and darkness contrast in Daniel Libeskind's Jewish Museum Berlin One of the most moving memorial buildings ever created, Daniel Liebeskind's Jewish Museum in Berlin, utilizes architecture to take visitors on a journey...
- MVRDV, Snohetta, and BIG reveal their visions for a new business quarter in Oslo, Norway Fri, 17 Apr 15, 3:35amBIG's proposal was a bright urban park that bridged the new structures with the site's existing historical buildings. The new addition would be comprised of three towers, the tallest of which would stand at just over...
- Construction underway on Canada’s first Holocaust memorial designed by Libeskind Wed, 28 Jan 15, 4:00amToday marks the 70th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation, a day commemorated by International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It’s a perfect time to unveil the design for Canada’s upcoming National Holocaust Monument, under...
- Daniel Libeskind’s Jewish Museum Berlin remembers the Holocaust to prevent future acts of genocide Wed, 28 Jan 15, 1:00amSeventy years ago today, Auschwitz, the Nazi regime’s largest death camp, was liberated by the Soviet troops. In commemoration of the over 7 million Holocaust victims, the U.N. established January 27 as International Holocaust...
- Jennie’s Place: A Tiny Vernacular Memorial Home for Two Children Murdered in Honduras Sat, 28 Jun 14, 4:00amOn June 3, 2008, two children living in a small house overlooking a lush valley in Guaimaca, Honduras were murdered by four criminals. Jennie Lizeth Lopez (12) and her brother, Karlin Adali Valdez (10) were victims of a needless...
- DJA Unveils Green-Roofed Viewing Pavilion on Latvia’s Krievkalna Island Tue, 4 Mar 14, 9:00amDidzis Jaunzems Architecture created this beautiful View Terrace and Pavilion in the “Garden of Destiny” memorial park on Krievkalna Island, Latvia...
- Japanese Town Memorializes Miracle Pine Tree That Survived the 2011 Tsunami Wed, 13 Mar 13, 2:48amIt’s been two years since the deadly earthquake and tsunami ravaged Japan, destroying homes and triggering a nuclear disaster. Although the 8.9-magnitude earthquake and subsequent deluge killed thousands and leveled...
- British Farmer Plants Heart-Shaped Meadow in Honor of Late Wife Wed, 18 Jul 12, 2:02amWinston Howes, green thumb and hopeless romantic, planted 6,000 oak trees in the shape of heart in his South Gloucestershire meadow 15 years ago as a tribute to his late wife, Janet...
- Hurricane Irene Puts a Damper on Highly Anticipated MLK Memorial Dedication in D.C. Sat, 27 Aug 11, 1:29amThe much-anticipated Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial dedication ceremony that was expected to draw hundreds of thousands of visitors to D.C. this Sunday has been cancelled due to Hurricane Irene. The very first...
- RIP Tobias Wong Wed, 2 Jun 10, 6:37amWe are shocked and saddened to read the news over on Core77 that NY’s iconoclast product designer Tobias Wong passed away over the weekend at the age of 35...