building of the month
location: London, UK <br /> architect: Zaha Hadid
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Latest News: The Evelyn Grace Academy, London by Zaha Hadid Architects has won the prestigious £20,000 RIBA Stirling Prize 2011. It’s the second time that the London based architect has been awarded the recognition for ‘the building that has made the greatest contribution to the evolution of architecture in the past year’, to be considered the project must be built in Britain or the architects head office must be in the UK.
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Glasgow UK: Maggie’s Centre Gartnavel designed by architect firm OMA, opened on this month on the 3 October 2011. The fundamental precept that exceptional, conscientious architecture makes people feel better underpins the design of all the Maggie’s centres. Instead of the often sterile and alienating architecture of a conventional hospital, Maggie’s centre provides individual and warm environments for cancer care for anyone affected by cancer. find out more…
recent contibutions – October 2011
location: Stockholm, Sweden <br /> architect: Gunnar Asplund
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location: Gothenburg, Sweden <br /> architect: Gunnar Asplund
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location: Stockholm, Sweden <br /> architects: Gunnar Asplund + Sigurd Lewerentz
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location: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India <br /> architect: Prabhakar B Bhagwat
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location: Basel, Switzerland <br /> architect: Mario Botta
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location: Basel, Switzerland <br /> architect: Rafael Moneo
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location: Tokyo, Japan <br /> architect: Taiji Kawano
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location: Basel, Switzerland <br /> architects: SANAA
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location: Basel, Switzerland <br /> architect: Tadao Ando
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location: London, UK <br /> architect: Zaha Hadid
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location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China <br /> architect: MAD
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location: Sao Paulo, Brazil <br /> architect: Isay Weinfeld
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location: Sao Paulo, Brazil <br /> architect: Paulo Mendes da Rocha
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location: Glasgow, UK <br /> architect: OMA
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