King Fahad National Library / Gerber Architekten
Saudi Arabia’s ‘King Fahad national library’ has re-opened its doors to the public, ten years after German practicegerber Architekten won an international competition to complete the project. the design involves the refurbishment and extension of the existing building – one of the most significant cultural centers in the region. situated in riyadh, the country’s capital, the scheme […]
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Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012) Dead at 104
Oscar Niemeyer, the renowned Brazilian architect, has died. The master architect had been hospitalized several times, initially on October 17th, at Samaritan’s Hospital of Rio de Janeiro. Several weeks later, he returned to the hospital on November 7th, for symptoms of dehydration. After recovering from this bout of dehydration, illness returned as he experienced renal complications and was […]
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