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Malmö shows off its green regeneration Malmö, Scandinavia’s bridge to Europe, is Sweden’s third largest city with 300,000 inhabitants. About a third of them are immigrants. Malmö is a city in… 26/01/2012
Bolshoi Theatre reopens after renovations After years of controversy, questions over missing funds, and accusations of corruption the Bolshoi Theatre renovation is complete and the theatre is due to… 27/10/2011
Engineers Inspect Washington Monument for quake Damage – nocomment Structural engineers are assessing the damages on both the inside and outside of the Washington Monument which was damaged by an earthquake last summer. 29/09/2011
Show goes on for world’s oldest musical hall One of the world’s oldest surviving musical halls, Wilton’s in London’s East End, has been saved after a public appeal for funds pulled in millions of euros. 07/09/2011
Lviv, the ‘Little Paris’ The city of Lviv in the west of Ukraine is perhaps the best example of the stark differences between the country’s main centres. Its ancient streets give… 22/08/2011
Kazakhs invest in new Astana Thirteen years since the rebirth of Astana, in Kazakhstan, the administrative capital is also becoming a regional business and cultural fulcrum, opening up… 04/07/2011
Macedonian diarySeamus Kearney spent a week in Skopje and at Lake Ohrid Skopje’s most famous daughter She is revered around the world, and in the minds of many she is… 09/05/2011
The changing face of Skopje This year Macedonians celebrate the 20th anniversary of their country’s independence from the former Yugoslavia. In the first of a three-part series… 05/05/2011
Portugal racks up second Pritzker prize Painter and illustrator Paula Rego’s museum – the House of Stories – is one of Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto Moura piece’s, the winner of this year’s… 01/04/2011
Architect unveils ‘pyramid’s secret rooms’ A French architect, who is campaigning for a new exploration of the Great Pyramid of Giza, claims to discovered the existence of two previously unsuspected… 02/02/2011
European Heritage Label Europe’s great variety of peoples are to a greater or lesser extent cut from a common cloth, woven of many cultures. How is the European Union planning to… 11/01/2011
Israeli architect designs “inside out” house How small can a house be and still be a home? That was one of the questions Israeli architect Hagai Nagar had to consider when he was asked to design an… 02/12/2010
Safe as houses: building with straw A house made out of straw. It’s perhaps a surprising concept but this type of ecological construction is going through something of a boom period in Europe, a… 13/07/2010
Back in the Day: Dubai’s Burj becomes the world’s biggest buildingJanuary 4, 2010 Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the world’s tallest building, is officially opened. Standing at 829.84 metres (2,723 feet) tall is rises around 183… 03/01/2012
Rome’s Colosseum – falling apartRome’s Colosseum is dropping to bits – literally. Another small stone fragment is said to have become displaced from the front of the world famous… 28/12/2011
Back in the Day: Pisa’s leaning tower re-opens slightly straighterDecember 15, 2001 The famous Leaning Tower of Pisa re-opens to the public after 11 years of work to make the landmark more secure. The tower had been tilting… 14/12/2011
Sydney (finally) gets its Opera HouseOctober 20, 1973. The Sydney Opera House is officially opened by Australia’s head of state, Queen Elizabeth II. The building has become an icon of 20th… 19/10/2011
Big Ben’s tilt is getting worseThe economy is struggling, the summer had more riots than sunshine, England are out of the Rugby world cup, and now there are new problems with one of… 10/10/2011
Medvedev sets out his ‘big’ vision for MoscowPresident Dmitry Medvedev met with Moscow authorities on Wednesday to discuss his vision for the Russian capital. The president wants to double the city’s… 22/07/2011
Niemeyer’s payback is architectural delightIf giving is better than receiving as the biblical adage suggests, then Oscar Niemeyer may be richly rewarded for his latest work. The Brazilian architect… 16/12/2010
International Architecture Exhibition opens in VeniceEntitled “People Meet in Architecture”, it is the first time the exhibition is curated by a woman, Japanese Kazuyo Sejima, a laureate of the Pritzker prize –… 01/09/2010
UNESCO crowns more heritage sitesUNESCO has announced further additions to its World Heritage List. In Europe, an extension has been given to the Pirin National Park in Bulgaria, which was… 02/08/2010
An astounding cityscape springs from the steppes of KazakhstanNursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan: “Sometimes I don’t believe it myself. Only six or seven years ago, it was just steppe here.” Astana is a… 08/07/2010
Shanghai: Better city Better lifeStarting form the theme of the World Expo, we went to see how people live in Shanghai, and if China, with its megalopolis is really focusing on sustainable… 27/05/2010
Jean Nouvel: “With new technology you can lie”French architect Jean Nouvel was one of the guests at Imagina – the 3D technology’s European trade fair, held in Montecarlo. Nouvel, who studied at the… 11/02/2010
Ancient eco air-conditioning in IranCenturies before air conditioning architects in Iran came up with an effective cooling system. In the ancient desert city of Yazd in the centre of the country… 03/02/2010
Building energy efficient citiesThe offices, shopping centres and homes of the future should be clean and green. Buildings should incorporate innovative and intelligent design to keep energy… 14/01/2010
World’s tallest building opens in DubaiBreathtaking, spectacular and all the glitz and glamour imaginable were on offer as Dubai officially showed off the world’s tallest building. Measuring 828… 05/01/2010
The world’s tallest structure opens in DubaiA last hurrah or a new dawn? Whatever your take on Dubai’s debt crisis the ceremony to mark the opening of the world’s tallest building in the Gulf Emirate… 04/01/2010
Dubai – a debt laden cityscapeDubai is a gleaming cityscape of towering skyscrapers. In the 1950’s Dubai was just a sleepy port on the Persian Gulf. But in recent times it has become a… 04/01/2010
World’s biggest skyscraper opens high over DubaiIt boasts the highest swimming pool; the highest restaurant and – bizarrely enough – the highest fountain to be found above ground anywhere in the… 04/01/2010
Superscraper “Burj Dubai” set to break recordsThe world’s tallest building is to be opened today in Dubai in a celebration of Man’s architectural ingenuity. The exact height of the superscraper – known… 04/01/2010
Morellet tickles Le CorbusierThe Monastery of Sainte-Marie de La Tourette, near Lyon in France, was designed by Le Corbusier in the mid-50s. These days it is still home to an order of… 02/10/2009
A faded past… but a bright future for stained glassThis is Cologne Cathedral, Germany’s biggest and home to an abundance of colourful treasure. ULRIKE BRINKMANN, ART HISTORIAN and HEAD OF STAINED … 23/09/2009
The house that generates energyHere in Denmark, near Aarhus, the world’s first Active House is being tested. Thanks to 50m2 of solar panels, solar collectors and a heat pump, over the… 08/09/2009
Celebrating Bauhaus- modern interiors meant for the massesThe largest ever exhibition of the Bauhaus design movement is being held in Berlin. Founded 90 years ago the Bauhaus school was a social experiment, a… 24/07/2009
Big Ben celebrates 150th BirthdayBig Ben has rung in its 150th year. The Great Bell, housed in the Palace of Westminster in London, struck its first hour on the July 11, 1859. A big… 12/07/2009
Zumthor wins Pritzer PrizeSwiss architect Peter Zumthor has been awarded the 2009 Pritzker Prize for Architecture in Buenos Aires. The award honours a living architect whose buildings… 02/06/2009
Santiago Calatrava: finding architecture’s soulThe renowned Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava has been speaking to euronews. His designs – which take their inspiration from nature – provoke strong… 30/05/2009
Oslo Opera House wins EU architecture awardThe Norwegian Opera and Ballet house in Oslo has been awarded this year’s Mies van der Rohe award, the European Union’s prize for contemporary architecture… 12/05/2009
