Drottning Silvias named winner in the European Healthcare Design Awards
A few days ago Queen Silvia Children’s hospital was appointed winner in the European Healthcare Design Awards in the Interior Design and the…
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Eva Lindström accepts the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2022
The Swedish author and illustrator Eva Lindström received the world’s largest literature award, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, at a ceremony in the…
Elevated air walkway newly welcomes Seattle-Tacoma Airport international passengers
The most complex building project in SEA’s 70+ year history, the new facility expands capacity and speeds up the international arrivals process. The…
The inspiring architect from Burkina Faso who lifted world’s biggest prize
Burkinabe architect Diébédo Francis Kéré. Photo by ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty ImagesPaulo Moreira, Universidade de Lisboa Diébédo Francis Kéré has become the first African and the first…
Ukraine: Heritage buildings, if destroyed, can be rebuilt but never replaced
The UNESCO-recognized Pechersk-Lavra monastic complex dating from the 11th century comprises multiple monastic buildings and bell towers, and its 600-metre network of…
Diébédo Francis Kéré: how first Black winner of architecture’s top prize is committed to building ‘peaceful cities’
Burkina Faso’s Diébédo Francis Kéré has become the first African and the first Black person to win the Pritzker prize, architecture’s equivalent of the Nobel. Kéré’s work has…
Ukraine war triggers Middle East project tendering dilemma
Following the news that manufacturing stoppages and halts on exports as a result of the Russia-Ukraine war are driving tender inflation in the…
Nordbygg is opening up – after four years
The four-year wait is over – on April 26th we again open the doors to the long-awaited Nordbygg and this year’s most important…
Diébédo Francis Kéré Receives the 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize
Diébédo Francis Kéré, architect, educator and social activist, has been selected as the 2022 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, announced Tom Pritzker,…