Tag: architecture

• Saturday, July 20th 2019 - 07:59 UTC

  One of the great contemporary architects, Argentine Cesar Pelli dies at 92

  

  César Pelli, the Argentine designer behind the iconic Petronas Twin Towers in Malaysia, has died aged 92, state media and officials said on Friday, marking the passing of one of the contemporary architectural greats.

• Monday, June 10th 2019 - 08:50 UTC

  Finally Barcelona City extends permit to finish Gaudi's Sagrada Familia Cathedral

  

  Construction of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia basilica may have started 137 years ago, but the emblematic monument got a building permit only last Friday. The Spanish seaside city council awarded the license to a committee in charge of finishing construction of the Catholic church for €4.6 million (S$7.1 million), Ms Janet Sanz, in charge of urban planning, told reporters.

• Wednesday, March 6th 2019 - 09:43 UTC

  Japanese awarded the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest honor

  

  Japanese architect Arata Isozaki has been awarded the Pritzker Prize, considered architecture's highest honor, for a lifetime of work that found global resonance while mining local traditions.