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SYDNEY, Oct 20, 2023 (AFP) – Australians on Friday celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Sydney Opera House, lighting up the sails of a harbourside “masterpiece” that has become an international icon. Fifty years to the day since Queen Elizabeth II opened the world’s most recognised concert hall — visited by about 11 million people a year — the Opera House will draw crowds with a nighttime laser show. Besides the party, the Opera House […]
By Jerome Rivet and Ahmad Parhizi Agence France-Presse YAZD, Iran (AFP) — Tall, chimney-like towers rise from centuries-old adobe houses in Iran’s desert city of Yazd, drawing in a pleasant breeze for residents of one of the hottest cities on earth. The wind catchers, called badgirs in Persian, are just one of the engineering marvels inhabitants have developed in this ancient city in central Iran — where temperatures reach well over 40 degrees Celsius (104 […]
By Ashraf KHAN Agence France-Presse TANDO ALLAHYAR, Pakistan, May 24, 2023 (AFP) — At 82 years old, architect Yasmeen Lari is forging the way in fortifying Pakistan’s rural communities living on the frontline of climate change. Lari, Pakistan’s first woman architect, has ditched a lifetime of multi-million dollar projects in the megacity of Karachi to develop pioneering flood-proof bamboo houses. The few pilot settlements already constructed are credited with saving families from the worst of […]
(Eagle News)–Over 1000 have passed the January 2020 Architecture Licensure Exam, the Professional Regulation Commission said. The 1,242 who passed the exams held in Manila, Baguio, Cebu, Davao, Legazpi and Zamboanga last January 24 and January 26 represent 55.7 percent of the 2229 who took them. Rhicel Gonzales Sapasap of Saint Louis University topped the tests with a rating of 84 percent. In second place were University of the Philippines-Diliman alumna Megan Joyce Herrera Cruz […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The stunning view from the highest observatory at New York’s Empire State Building just got even better. On Saturday, the viewing platform on the 102nd floor, known as the “top deck,” reopens with a new 360-degree perspective on the Big Apple following ten months of renovations. The work is the third in a four-step project, which started four and half years ago, to improve the experience at arguably the […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The sharp lines and geometric, light-filled forms of Chinese-American architect I.M. Pei’s designs have created some of the landmarks of the world. Here is a selection of five. US: National Gallery of Art (1978) A “study in triangles” is how Architecture Week magazine describes Pei’s East Building addition to the National Gallery of Art in Washington. The concrete and glass structure features huge mirrored pyramids and a 15-meter (50-foot) waterfall. The […]
by Maggy Donaldson, with Michael Langan in Washington NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — I.M. Pei, the preeminent US architect who forged a distinct brand of modern building design with his sharp lines and stark structures, has died in New York, his sons’ architecture firm said Thursday. He was 102 years old. The Chinese-born Pei was the mastermind behind the bold Louvre pyramid in Paris, the landmark 72-story Bank of China tower in Hong Kong […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Thursday, Feb. 21, expressed its condolences to the family of the late National Artist for Architecture Bobby Mañosa. “The so-called father of Philippine neo-vernacular architecture devoted his lifetime work championing the extensive use of indigenous Filipino materials in his design,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement. According to Panelo, while Mañosa “will be missed,” his “influence and legacy will continue to live on.” Mañosa, whose works include the Coconut Palace […]
(Eagle News) — Over 1,000 passed the Architect Licensure Examinations in January, the Professional Regulation Commission announced on Wednesday, Jan. 30. According to the PRC, the 1,120 who passed the exams in Manila, Baguio, Cebu, Davao, Legazpi and Zamboanga on January 25 and 27 represent over 50 percent of the 1,990 who took the tests. Justin Lei Germino Ramos of the Cebu Institute of Technology University topped the exams, with an 83.8 percent rating. Ramos was […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Deep in the heart of a valley surrounded by rocky hills, a wooden library sits just over a creek on the outskirts of Beijing, seemingly in the middle of nowhere. Every weekend, hundreds of bookworms flock to Liyuan Library in Jiaojiehe village, a book sanctuary surrounded by chestnut, walnut and peach trees whose branches were used to decorate the building. The lush environment is what first drew architect Li Xiaodong to […]
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AFP) — Bolivia’s new presidential palace is certainly an attention-getter, from its heliport to its 29-story tower and its presidential jacuzzi in South America’s poorest nation. President Evo Morales, the Andean nation’s leftist leader, is shrugging off naysayers. This is “wasteful,” opposition leader Samuel Doria Medina claims. The $34-40 million price tag would be better spent on a cancer hospital, he said. Even a Bolivian cardinal, Toribio Ticona, took the time out […]
As the winter season approaches, 14 international artists were tasked with installing works of arts in 14 of the famous groves of the Versailles gardens where Kings and Queens once entertained their visitors. https://youtu.be/P57pn0iuVYU
