London's 'erotic gherkin' wins top architecture prize
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A new skyscraper in London popularly dubbed the &quot;erotic gherkin&quot; for its curvaceous shape has won one of Britain's top architecture prizes, organisers announced.
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The Guggenheim Foundation announced Saturday it had commissioned American architect Frank Gehry to build a new branch of the Guggenheim modern and contemporary art museum in this Gulf Emirate.
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George W. Bush&#39;s home town in Texas has beaten Osama bin Laden&#39;s villa in Afghanistan to land one of the best-known and controversial art prizes.
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LONDON: British author Alan Hollinghurst has won the Â£50,000 ($124,000) Booker Prize for The Line of Beauty, a satire on Thatcherism that is full of explicit gay sex and drug abuse.
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By KILLICK, David  A Christchurch couple's new home celebrates an individual approach to architecture, discovers David Killick.
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One of Israel's wealthiest men has bought the most expensive new house in Britain, a home in north London complete with cinema and nightclub, costing 35 million pounds (47 million euros, 69 million dollars), reports said Tuesday.
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An artist who made a film about President Bush&#39;s home town, has been awarded the Turner Prize, Britain&#39;s top honor for modern art.
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Daniel Libeskind became one of the world's best-known architects when his emotionally charged plan for the World Trade Center site was chosen. Then, according to most versions, he was shunted aside when the developer brought in his own architect to redesign Libeskind's signature Freedom Tower.
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Â· City planners approve world's largest building Â· UK architect triumphs despite stiff resistance
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Planners in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday unveiled designs for an audacious multibillion-dollar cultural district whose like has never been seen in the Arab world.
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A London office tower known as the Gherkin was bought by IVG Immobilien, a German property company, and Evans Randall Investment Management, a British investment bank, for Â£600 million ($1.2 billion), a record for a building in the cityâs main financial district. The Swiss Reinsurance Company, the towerâs owner, said it would remain the principal tenant in the 41-story building. Swiss Re, which is based in Zurich, will book a profit of Â£250 million ($500 million) from the sale. The Gherkin was designed by Norman Foster, winner of the Pritzker Prize, and opened in 2004. The tower, formally known as 30 St. Mary Axe, is âa genuine landmark with excellent long-term letting prospects,â IVG said.
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In his Glass House, Americaâs most public architect, Philip Johnson, created an utterly transparent intimacy.
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A $250,000 architecture prize is announced at TED. The award might seem like pocket change these days, but it's the X Prize of architecture. Better still: The winner gets to build a computer lab. By Erika Stalder. For more TED news, including real-time blog updates, see Wired News' special TED coverage.
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NEW YORK (CP) - Frank Gehry, the architect renowned for his curvaceous structures of steel and titanium, will design the performing arts centre at the World Trade Center site, redevelopment officials said.
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Tomma Abts became the first female painter in the 22-year history of Britain's Turner Prize to win the controversial modern art award.
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The cream of the UK's hip-hop and garage scene is honoured at an awards ceremony in London.
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BusinessWeek Online - Turns out, the Gherkin was only an appetizer. The distinctive pickle-shaped London skyscraper, designed by Sir Norman Foster, was sold in February by insurer Swiss Re for $1.2 billion, in one of Europe&#39;s biggest-ever real estate deals.