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Iran inaugurates landmark telecoms tower
TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran inaugurated on Tuesday the Milad Tower, the world’s fourth-highest telecommunications tower, expected to become a new national symbol looming over the sprawling capital. Inspired by Iran’s Islamic architecture, the tower on a hill in northwestern Tehran measures 435 metres (1,427 feet) from the base to the tip of the antenna. It [...]
Continue reading...HOK Unveils Sustainable British Embassy in Jakarta
22. September 2008
Balancing the harsh conditions of Jakarta, Indonesia, is quite a challenge – the area faces high pollution, high humidity, and heavy rains more than 60% of the year. HOK recently unveiled a stunning design for the region’s new British Embassy, situated on a 1.5 hectare site in the center of the city. HOK chose to [...]
Continue reading...Capita Architecture finishes home for BBC’s Welsh orchestra
15. September 2008
Capita Architecture has completed the new home of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Cardiff. Hoddinott Hall is named after late Welsh composer Alan Hoddinott, who died in March, and is located next to Capita’s Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay. The building provides a new ‘multi-purpose’ home for Wales’ symphony orchestra, and includes office [...]
Continue reading...National Library Prague 2007
15. September 2008
The New National Library of the Czech Republic is situated within a large green site on the Letna plateau in Prague. The 40.000 sqm building is placed on a white unpolished marble platform, with mirror finished stainless steel wings lifted up the perimeter edges to reflect the building from different angles.
Continue reading...Future Systems’ Prague library supporter sacked
15. September 2008
Future System’s contentious competition-winning Prague library scheme is looking increasingly doubtful after its main supporter was sacked. Vlastimil Jezek, the director of the Czech National Library was dismissed by the country’s ministry of culture amid a firestorm of ongoing arguments over the validity of the international contest and ‘unresolved’ site issues. According to the Prague [...]
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8. October 2008
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