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20 March 2010

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Top 50 practices in the US, Kaufman latest victim of recession and the Ordos prize

May 28th, 2009

It’s not often that a major new international prize is launched that actually seems to be taken pretty seriously by the architectural community. And it’s even rarer to hear about one from Asia. In fact the Ordos Prize is China’s first international architecture prize. News junkie can’t wait to see the shortlist…

More mixed news from the US, where green pre-fab champion Michelle Kaufmann has closed her business, William Rawn tops The Architect’s top 50, and modernist landscapes begin to get some protection.

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Libeskind is optimistic, Ordos 100 and race in architecture

April 21st, 2009

It’s always nice to hear some cheery words from a Starchitect, especially one who can stay optimistic about a $8.6 billion project when it hits trouble.  So hats off to Libeskind.

Elsewhere, race is back on the agenda, stimulus money is being spent and British architects are advised not to look to Australia for work.

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