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Architecture news (Archive)

Boulders support the roof

Boulders support the roof

The Mestizo-Restaurant in a city-park of Santiago de Chile bridges the exterior with the interior with natural stone blocks

Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi: a modern Lord’s house globally unmatched

Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi: a modern Lord’s house globally unmatched

White marble and colored stones from all over the world were used for the spectacular building

Architecture: Playing with the raw block

Architecture: Playing with the raw block

(April 2009) French planer designs a wall of contrasts with alternating lines and light

Cherry Blossoms along the way

Cherry Blossoms along the way

Transfiguration of a former Madrid high street by means of mosaic cobblestones

Like born in the volcano

Like born in the volcano

The athletics stadium by amp arquitectos on the Spanish island of Tenerife resembles a crater and uses the local basalt

Architecture: Awards for Building with Stone

Architecture: Awards for Building with Stone

(February 2009) Prizes for building with natural stone are an effective marketing instrument for the branch

Architecture: Mediterranean siding on the Baltic Coast

Architecture: Mediterranean siding on the Baltic Coast

Siding details inspired from French and Italian objects are implemented in the “Seaside Resort” of St. Petersburg

Mehmet Isıklı: Kaleidoscope in the kiln

Mehmet Isıklı: Kaleidoscope in the kiln

Turkish artist and designer gives unusual colours to diabase by means of heat and glazes

Titanium, steel, and sandstone for Frank O. Gehry’s “Ciudad del Vino“ (City of Wine)

Titanium, steel, and sandstone for Frank O. Gehry’s “Ciudad del Vino“ (City of Wine)

The Californian architect erected a building dedicated to Rioja Marqués de Riscal wine, resembling the Guggenheim-Museum in Bilbao

Crystals on the ground in Freiberg, Saxonia

Crystals on the ground in Freiberg, Saxonia

Berlin landscape-architect Birgit Hammer designs the inner court for the Terra Mineralia mineralogical collection in the old German mining city

Architecture: much to do for stone-masons

Architecture: much to do for stone-masons

(October 2008) Modern trend to restore lost castles will bring a lot of business

Architecture: over 80 m breadth in stone

Architecture: over 80 m breadth in stone

(Juli 2008) An Indian pagoda breaks all records with its dome which has twice the diameter of Rome’s St-Peter’s dome

Admonishing words on the wall of the Newseum

Admonishing words on the wall of the Newseum

The marble wall on the front façade of the new news-museum in Washington DC is a beacon highlighting the U.S. Contitution’s First Amendment

Scotch-hopping to your heart’s content

Scotch-hopping to your heart’s content

A group of city-planners are designing streets with integrated hopscotch-patterns for children to play

Architecture: Riprap-Library

Architecture: Riprap-Library

(May 2008) Using gabions, young Columbian artists are errecting a low-cost public building