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René Ammann | 18.11.2024

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Age of the Stirling Prize-winning Centenary Building at England's University of Salford, set to be demolished after standing empty for eight years and be replaced by about 900 homes amid a...


René Ammann | 31.10.2024

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First year the British public rose in protest against urban planning — the destruction of Covent Garden in London and the intention to...


René Ammann | 27.11.2023

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Age of RMIT Village, a 12-story student housing complex in the city of Melbourne, Australia, to be knocked down and rebuilt for $264...


Ulf Meyer | 12.02.2023

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Despite the efforts of preservationists, the decision has been made that the Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium, designed by Kenzo Tange in 1964, will be knocked down.


René Ammann | 22.08.2022

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Amount of CO2 the planned demolition of London’s flagship Marks & Spencer store will...


René Ammann | 14.04.2022

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Thickness of walls at the base of the Monadnock Building, a landmarked 1891 building in Chicago's Loop, located two blocks away from the Consumers Building (1913) and Century Building (1915),


René Ammann | 04.04.2022

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Day the demolition of the iconic Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo, designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa and completed in 1972,


Ulf Meyer | 19.01.2022

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One of Kenji Hirose’s best houses — SH-60, located in Nakano ward of northwestern Tokyo — has been demolished.


John Hill | 11.02.2021

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The UOP Fragrances Factory, designed by Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano before the duo won the competition for the Centre Pompidou in 1973, has been demolished.


René Ammann | 25.05.2020

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Number of people arrested in the Albanian capital of Tirana for protesting against the demolition of the 80-year-old National Theatre: 37


John Hill | 16.04.2020

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In the midst of the city's COVID-19 quarantine, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is moving forward with the demolition of four of its buildings to make way for the new building designed by Peter Zumthor.


John Hill | 12.03.2019

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Five years after MoMA tore down Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects' Folk Art Museum in New York City, John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, has announced plans to raze the firm's 18-year-old Mattin Center.