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Günter Behnisch 1922-2010
Dezeenwire: German architect Günter Behnisch, founder of Behnisch Architekten, and has died aged 88. Via sueddeutsche.de
Dezeenwire: German architect Günter Behnisch, founder of Behnisch Architekten, and has died aged 88. Via sueddeutsche.de
Dezeenwire: British architect Lord Norman Foster has surrendered his seat in the House of Lords in order to retain his non-resident tax status and avoid paying full British taxes. Foster will be able to retain his title despite his resignation - The Press Association.
Dezeenwire: the UK government has announced it is abandoning plans to build or refurbish 715 schools and scrapping the Building Schools for the Future programme in a £5 billion cost-cutting drive: Department for Education
Dezeenwire: Zaha Hadid Architects have launched their new website designed by London graphic designer Micha Weidmann, who designed Dezeen - www.zaha-hadid.com
Dezeenwire: the UK Pavilion at see all out stories about the expo here by Thomas Heatherwick was awarded the RIBA Lubetkin Prize at a ceremony in London yesterday. Mote details in press release below. More
Dezeenwire: Jonathan Glancey interviews architect Norman Foster as he turns 75 - Guardian
Dezeenwire: Nicolas Hayek, founder and chairman of Swiss watch company Swatch Group, has died in Biel, Switzerland, aged 82 - New York Times
Dezeen Wire: the Shenzhen Stock Exchange building by OMA topped out today - see press release below. More
Dezeenwire: the high court has ruled that the Qatari royal family's property company breached its contract with a partner company in withdrawing the Chelsea Barracks development designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, following the intervention of Prince Charles - Guardian
Dezeenwire: this year's RIBA Stirling Prize is to be broadcast on BBC 2 programme The Culture Show rather than Channel 4. See press release below. More
Dezeenwire: graphic design magazine Grafik has ceased publication as its owners have gone into administration. More information on the Grafik blog
Dezeenwire: London mayor Boris Johnson plans to disolve the London Development Agency - Financial Times
Dezeenwire: the renovation of the Neues Museum on Berlin's Museum Island by David Chipperfield Architects and Julian Harrap Architects has been awarded the Grand Prix of the European Heritage Awards 2010. See press release below.
See also: our earlier story about the project More
Dezeenwire: Spanish architects are still suffering most in Europe as a result of the economic crisis according to a report by Rotterdam research agency Arch-Vision. See below. More
Dezeenwire: Bill Mitchell, former dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at MIT and one of the world's leading urban theorists, had died aged 65. MIT News has published an obituary.
Dezeenwire: the winners of the D&AD Awards 2010 were announced last night at a ceremony in London. See press release below.
See all the winning projects on the D&AD website. More
Dezeenwire: New York designer Tobias Wong has died aged 35 - Core77
See release from Aric Chen below. More
Dezeenwire: Jay Merrick on Jean Nouvel's design for the Serpentine Pavilion in London, due to open in July - Independent
See also:
Our story about the Serpentine Pavilion design by Jean Nouvel
All our stories about Jean Nouvel
Dezeenwire: the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art have announced Adjaye Associates, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Foster + Partners and Snøhetta as the finalists in a competition to design an expansion to the museum - SFMoMA
Dezeenwire: the Centre Pompidou Metz by Shigeru Ban and French architect Jean de Gastines opens today in Lorraine, France - Guardian