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11th architecture Biennale opens in Venice

VENICE (AFP) — Canadian-American star architect Frank Gehry may hold top billing at the 11th Venice Biennale of architecture when he receives the Golden Lion award for his career later this week. But the man behind the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, is unlikely to eclipse new presentations offered up by the exhibition which opened Sunday morning in Italy. Under this year's theme of "Out There: Architecture Beyond Building," around 20 teams of architects from around the world are displaying Read more [...]

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Fury at Glasgow transport museum cuts

It was intended as an iconic building that would make the Glasgow riverside instantly recognisable around the world. Now it is claimed the “guts are being ripped out” of the city’s planned flagship transport museum because of cost-cutting by the council. Documents obtained by The Sunday Times reveal the original plan — designed by Zaha Hadid, one of the world’s top architects — is being altered to save millions of pounds on the construction costs. The move is an attempt to cut Read more [...]

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Zaha Hadid

Zaha Hadid (born October 31, 1950, Baghdad, Iraq) is a notable British Iraqi deconstructivist architect. Zaha Hadid was born October 31, 1950 in Baghdad, Iraq. She received a degree in mathematics from the American University of Beirut before moving to study at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. After graduating she worked with her former teachers, Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, becoming a partner in 1977. It was with Read more [...]

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