Could it be that we’re entering a golden age in concert hall design?
The very idea may sound a little crazy, given how adamantly some people insist that the audience for classical music is slowly dying off.
To those skeptics the current explosion of new concert spaces may seem nothing but a last-ditch attempt to attract younger [...]

Essen-based Hochtief Facility Management GmbH is to assume responsibility for building and event management in the multifunctional Mercatorhalle in Duisburg. The company has just concluded an agreement to this effect with Duisburg Marketing GmbH for the next five years.
The Mercatorhalle, which, among other things, is home to the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra, forms part of the [...]

The completion of Wembley National Stadium designed by Foster + Partners and HOK Sport, heralds a new chapter for Britain’s iconic venue. The new Wembley Stadium will be the first of a new generation of sports stadia, with facilities unparalleled anywhere in the world, including banqueting halls, pre-function gathering spaces and facilities for media coverage. [...]

Speaking at this week’s 11th Annual East Coast Gaming Congress, Kevin DeSanctis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Revel Entertainment Group, announced that Arquitectonica has been named the design architect, BLT Architects has been named Executive Architect and Architect of Record and SOSH Architects has been named Associate Architect for the Company’s Atlantic City resort [...]

In his design for a 52-story tower across the Hudson River from Manhattan, internationally acclaimed architect Rem Koolhaas wants to inspire social interaction, life and energy.
The building’s design — three rectangular slabs stacked perpendicular to each other — allows for a mix of uses: condominiums, a hotel, artist lofts and studios, gallery and retail space.
“I [...]

On paper, it looks like the beginning of a joke: What do Prague, Barcelona and Dusseldorf have in common with Lehi?
The answer is legendary architect Frank Gehry.
And while jaws may drop at an announcement that Gehry will soon be designing an urban-inspired community in northern Lehi, it’s definitely serious [...]

Cabela’s may have placed Lehi on the map for outdoor enthusiasts, but a project designed by America’s architect du jour Frank Gehry could place the city on the world stage.
To be announced Friday, the mixed-use project — which includes high-end shopping and restaurants, a wakeboard lake, a five-star hotel and convention center, and a residential [...]

As Joe Valerio sees it, architects shouldn’t just shape structures; they should interpret their times. “The most useless term in architecture is `timeless building,’ which I translate into `meaningless,’” Valerio says over lunch at the sleek Blue Water Grill at Dearborn Street and Grand Avenue. “Our job is to do cultural commentary.”
Valerio is hardly the [...]

Astana’s residents may be able to enjoy a pleasant afternoon outdoors, even in the harshest winters, by taking refuge under giant, 500-foot high transparent tents by the beginning of 2008.
Designed by the renowned British architect Norman Foster, the dome will be made of a transparent material that absorbs and retains sunlight.
Winter temperatures in Astana [...]

Public Art Registry is the first and only on-line catalog of global public art and architecture using Flickr, Wikipedia, Community Walk and other websites in concert to get people out and active in public art and architecture.
The Public Art Registry Endowment Trust aims to receive 100 donations of $1 Million in 100 Days to [...]

The Inverness-based Maggie’s Highland Cancer Caring Centre has won a prestigious award for architecture.
The £25,000 Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) Andrew Doolan Award was made to Glasgow design firm Page and Park.
It design for Scotland’s fourth Maggie Centre beat nine other nominations to win the best building in Scotland.
The jury said the firm [...]

Valencian architect Santiago Calatrava yesterday appealed for the Palau de les Arts (below left) in the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia to be closed for “eight or ten months more” in order for the necessary finishing touches to be carried out.
He also called on the Palau’s directors to “stop staging absurd works” in [...]