RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Oscar Niemeyer, a towering patriarch of modern architecture who shaped the look of modern Brazil and whose inventive, curved designs left their mark on cities worldwide, died late on Wednesday. He was 104. Niemeyer had been... [Full Article]
Architectural Digest released its first digital edition last week, alongside fellow Conde Nast publication Lucky. The magazines are launching simultaneously on the iPad, Kindle Fire and Nook Color. (Source: Mashable)... [Full Article]
UN climate talks are going nowhere, as politicians dither or bicker while the pace of warming dangerously speeds up, one of the architects of the Kyoto Protocol told AFP. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Asia's architectural treasures, from a Buddhist monastery in Afghanistan to an ancient city in China, are in danger of vanishing under a tide of economic expansion, war and tourism, according to experts. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - The plans for the new Cheap Trick building and architectural renderings of what the streets around the new rezoned Motor Row historic district on South Michigan Avenue are seen in Chicago January 13, 2012. Music that went silent nearly 40... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Architects Mario Bellini (R) and Rudy Ricciotti speak to the media as they visit a new wing designed by them inside the Visconti courtyard at the Louvre Museum which will house the new Arts of Islam galleries in Paris January 4, 2012. R... [Full Article]
(AP) - FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2011 file photo, Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta speaks at a news conference in Tokyo, Japan. Mexico City's Camino Real hotel from 1968 is the architect best known work, but he also oversaw the remodeling of Lo... [Full Article]
(AP) - A view that shows some of the architecture in the Library of Congress Great Hall in The Thomas Jefferson Building in Washington, July 10, 2010. The Library of Congress on Wednesday Dec. 28, 2011 announced that 1994's smash hit 'Forre... [Full Article]
(AP) - FILE - In this May 3, 2001 filer Czech architect Karel Hubacek poses under the hotel and TV and radio transmitter on Jested mountain near the town of Liberec. Hubacek died on Wednesday, Nov. 23, as CTK was told by his wife Jaroslava Hubackova ... [Full Article]