Topic: Architecture
AFP Global Edition | 2010-03-18 19:11:13
French star architect Jean Nouvel said Thursday that plans to build a high-tech skyscraper on the edge of Paris were put on hold after investors hard-hit by the global slowdown grew nervous. Nouvel won the contract to build the modern concrete, glass and steel Signal Tower in 2008 as part of an ambitious plan to rejuvenate La Defense, the drab ...
AFP Global Edition | 2010-03-18 18:10:20
French star architect Jean Nouvel has scrapped plans to build a high-tech skyscraper on the edge of Paris after the project failed to attract investors, officials said Thursday. Nouvel won the contract to build the modern concrete, glass and steel Signal Tower in 2008 as part of an ambitious plan to rejuvenate La Defense, the business district on Paris's ...
AP Features | 2010-02-02 13:58:40
This photo taken Jan. 28, 2010 shows the Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Fla. The Florida Southern College campus is home to the world's largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd ...
AP Features | 2010-01-26 16:13:52
<div id="subtitle">Michigan offers wealth of modern architecture, with notable buildings open for intimate visits</div><div><p>Stop by the Minoru Yamasaki-designed McGregor Memorial Conference Center at Wayne State University in Detroit and its halls are open for a stroll through what's considered a masterpiece from the World Trade ...
