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AJ editor leaves to work with TV’s McCloud

February 1, 2007 Marcus Fairs 0

Dezeen Wire: Architects Journal editor Isabel Allen is leaving to work for TV presenter Kevin McCloud. Allen resigned yesterday and will become design director for Happiness Architecture Beauty (Hab) – McCloud’s new development company dedicated to building sustainable housing. McCloud is presenter of Channel 4’s Grand Designs series. Last year he announced he was setting

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More images of Gehry’s Abu Dhabi Guggenheim

January 31, 2007 Marcus Fairs 0

And finally, here are more images showing Frank Gehry’s design for the new Guggenheim museum in the United Arab Emirates. The client, UAE’s Tourism Development & Investment Company, sent us the following information on Gehry’s project: The Gehry concept for the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Museum, which at 320,000 square feet will be the world’s largest

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More images of Nouvel’s Abu Dhabi museum

January 31, 2007 Marcus Fairs 0

Here are all four images of Jean Nouvel’s design for the Classical Museum on Saadiyat Island (see preceding stories). The client, UAE’s Tourism Development & Investment Company, sent us the following information on Nouvel’s project: Nouvel’s design concept for the Classical Museum owes much to Saadiyat’s natural surroundings: “The island offers a harsh landscape, tempered

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Gehry, Nouvel, Ando, Hadid build in Abu Dhabi

January 31, 2007 Marcus Fairs 0

Architects Frank Gehry, Jean Nouvel, Tadao Ando (above) and Zaha Hadid have designed cultural buildings for Saadiyat Island, which lies just off the shore of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. With four leading international architects designing buildings, the project will create one of the world’s most prestigious cultural centres – and the first

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Moormann’s shed goes to Cologne

January 22, 2007 Marcus Fairs 0

Just for fun, here is a sequence showing designer Nils Holger Moormann’s multi-purpose Walden shed on its way to the Stylepark in Residence show in Cologne (plus a few images of the show). Walden, designed for German shed and wooden house manufacturer Aicher, is a wooden box containing everything you might ever need in the

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