2014 Icon Awards shortlist: Architecture Practice of the Year
Robbrecht and Daem scooped last year’s title. Here are the nominees for the year’s best architecture firm. The category is sponsored by Scandinavian Business Seating
(image: Virginia Miller, Beuerman Miller Fitzgerald) New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward is being rebuilt by an army of famous architects recruited by Brad Pitt. While some
Iwan Baan is a global nomad, restlessly travelling the world documenting new projects by the world’s most distinguished architects. Herzog & de Meuron, Rem Koolhaas
Adjaye. Africa. Architecture. The three As: an architect, a continent and a discipline – together at last. Adjaye comes first. He’s not just the author,
Conversation between designer Tom Dixon, architect David Adjaye and fashion designer Paul Smith, at Paul Smith’s office, London, 15 June 2009. Paul Smith The first
words Diego Garcia Scaro Timber slats hang like stalactites from the roof of a temporary pavilion on the South Bank, London. Designed by British architect
words The icon Team There is a new breed of client who collects architecture like stamps. In Mongolia, Taiwan, South Africa and Brazil, private developers
words Gayle Markovitz Architectural exhibitions have become hollow, detached and lacking in curatorial drive. My first trip to Venice was a four-day trawl around the
