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Tom Avermaete brings architectural history out of its niche. In his lectures and research work as a professor at ETH Zurich, he transforms it into a teacher, demonstrating how environmentally friendly and resource-efficient construction can be achieved.
A few months after the UK government announced the five shortlisted teams in the two-stage competition for the design of a national memorial to Queen Elizabeth II, their design concepts have been revealed, with the winner to be announced in early summer.
The UK government has announced the teams on the shortlist in the two-stage competition for the design of a national memorial to Queen Elizabeth II, to be located in London's St. James Park, just steps from The Mall, the ceremonial route to Buckingham Palace.
While Tom Kundig was designing Chicken Point Cabin in Northern Idaho in 2003, the opportunity arose to explore opening up buildings with moving parts, something that became a recurring and instantly recognizable theme of his buildings. A captivating photo of the front wall of the house lifted...
It's the last half of 2015 and the monograph – long bemoaned to be on the way out – is alive and well, as witnessed by these dozen recently published (or soon-to-be-published) monographs on World-Architects member firms.