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1981 In Architecture
The year 1981 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Buildings and structures {{See also, Buildings and structures completed in 1981 Buildings * JPMorgan Chase Tower, Houston, Texas designed by I. M. Pei is completed. * Sydney Tower in Sydney, Australia is completed and opened. * Colonius in Cologne, Germany is completed. * Fifth Avenue Place (Calgary) in Calgary, Alberta * The Riyadh TV Tower in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is completed. * The National Palace of Culture opens in Sofia, Bulgaria. * Howell High School in Howell, MI is completed as the most expensive high school at the time in the State of Michigan. * The Marriott World Trade Center originally known as the Vista Hotel, is completed in Lower Manhattan, New York as a part of the World Trade Center complex. * The Humber Bridge in England, the longest suspension bridge in the world by the length of central span (1981–1998), designed by Freeman Fox & Partners (consulting engineer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Humber Bridge - Geograph
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Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. Bulgaria covers a territory of , and is the sixteenth-largest country in Europe. Sofia is the nation's capital and largest city; other major cities are Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas. One of the earliest societies in the lands of modern-day Bulgaria was the Neolithic Karanovo culture, which dates back to 6,500 BC. In the 6th to 3rd century BC the region was a battleground for ancient Thracians, Persians, Celts and Macedonians; stability came when the Roman Empire conquered the region in AD 45. After the Roman state splintered, tribal invasions in the region resumed. Around the 6th century, these territories were settled by the early Slavs. The Bulgars, led by Asp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Prix National De L'architecture
The Grand prix national de l'architecture ("Grand National Prize of Architecture") is a French prize awarded by a jury of twenty persons under the chairmanship of the Ministry of Culture to an architect, or an architectural firm, for recognition of an outstanding contribution to architecture. Established in 1975 and relaunched in 2004, it is the highest French award in architecture. It comes with a monetary prize of 10,000 euros. Winners The prize has been awarded to: * 1975 - Jean Willerval * 1976 - Roger Taillibert * 1977 - Paul Andreu; Roland Simounet * 1978 - Jean Renaudie * 1979 - Claude Parent * 1980 - Paul Chemetov * 1981 - Atelier de Montrouge ( Gérard Thurnauer, Pierre Riboulet and Jean-Louis Véret) * 1982 - Claude Vasconi * 1983 - Henri Ciriani * 1984 - Edmond Lay * 1985 - Michel Andrault and Pierre Parat * 1986 - Adrien Fainsilber * 1987 - Jean Nouvel * 1988 - (not awarded) * 1989 - André Wogenscky; Henri Gaudin (prize refused by the winner) * 1990 - Francis S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Holzman
Malcolm Holzman FAIA, is an Americans, American architect, who practices in New York City. He is a partner of Steinberg Hart and was founding partner of Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture (HMBA) and Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates (HHPA). Holzman has planned, programmed, and designed over 130 projects for public use; including 35 library projects during the last five decades. Life and career Holzman was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1940. He received a Bachelor of Architecture, B. Arch. from Pratt Institute in 1963, and in 1964 began working with Hugh Hardy. Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates (HHPA) was established in New York City in 1967. In 1981 HHPA received the AIA’s Architecture Firm Award. Also, in 1981, Holzman was elected to the college of Fellows at the American Institute of Architects. In 2004 HHPA separated and Holzman established HMBA with members of his HHPA project team. In October 2019 Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture merged with California-based Steinberg H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Architecture Firm Award
The Architecture Firm Award is the highest honor that The American Institute of Architects can bestow on an architecture firm for consistently producing distinguished architecture. Prior recipients of the AIA Architecture Firm Award include: *2021: Moody Nolan *2020Architecture Research Office*2019Payette*2018: Snow Kreilich Architects *2017: Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects *2016: LMN Architects *2015: Ehrlich Architects *2014: Eskew+Dumez+Ripple *2013: Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects *2012: VJAA *2011: BNIM Architects *2010: Pugh + Scarpa *2009: Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects *2008: KieranTimberlake Associates, LLP *2007: Leers Weinzapfel Associates Architects, Inc. *2006: Moore Ruble Yudell Architects and Planners *2005: Murphy/Jahn *2004: Lake Flato Architects *2003: The Miller Hull Partnership *2002: Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates, Inc. *2001: Herbert Lewis Kruse Blunck Architecture *2000: Gensler *1999: Perkins and Will *1998: C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josep Lluís Sert
Josep Lluís Sert i López (; 1 July 190215 March 1983) was a Spanish architect and city planner. Biography Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Sert showed keen interest in the works of his uncle, the painter Josep Maria Sert, and of Gaudí. He studied architecture at the Escola Superior d'Arquitectura in Barcelona and set up his own studio in 1929. That same year Sert moved to Paris, in response to an invitation from Le Corbusier to work for him (without payment). Returning to Barcelona in 1930, he continued his practice there until 1937. During the 1930s, Sert co-founded the group GATCPAC (''Grup d'Artistes i Tècnics Catalans per al Progrés de l'Arquitectura Contemporània'', i.e. Group of Catalan Artists and Technicians for the Progress of Contemporary Architecture), which later became, with the addition of the western and north groups, the GATEPAC (Grupo de Artistas y Técnicos Españoles para el Progreso de l'Arquitectura Contemporánea), which was in turn the Spanish bran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AIA Gold Medal
The AIA Gold Medal is awarded by the American Institute of Architects conferred "by the national AIA Board of Directors in recognition of a significant body of work of lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture." It is the Institute's highest award. The medal was established in 1907. Since 1947, the medal has been awarded more-or-less annually. List of AIA Gold Medal winners * 2023: Carol Ross Barney (U.S.) * 2022: Angela Brooks and Lawrence Scarpa (U.S.) * 2021: Edward Mazria (U.S.) * 2020: Marlon Blackwell (U.S.) * 2019: Richard Rogers (UK) * 2018: James Stewart Polshek (U.S.) * 2017: Paul Revere Williams (posthumous) (U.S.) (first African American to receive the honor) * 2016: Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown (U.S.) * 2015: Moshe Safdie (U.S., Israel, Canada) * 2014: Julia Morgan (posthumous) (U.S.) (first woman to receive the honor) * 2013: Thom Mayne (U.S.) * 2012: Steven Holl (U.S.) * 2011: Fumihiko Maki (Japan) * 2010: Peter Bohlin (U.S.) * 2009: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freeman Fox & Partners
Hyder Consulting was a multi-national advisory and design consultancy with particular specialisation in the transport, property, utilities and environmental sectors. The firm employed approximately 4,200 people across the UK, Europe, Germany, Middle East, Asia and Australia and had been listed on the London Stock Exchange since October 2002. The name Hyder is the Welsh word for "confidence". In October 2014 it was acquired by Arcadis NV. History Hyder was formed in 1993 when engineering firms Acer Group and Wallace Evans Ltd were acquired by Welsh Water and subsequently merged. Acer Group was itself an internationally recognised consultancy practice formed in 1987 by the merger of John Taylor and Sons (established 1739) and Freeman Fox and Partners (established 1857), and joined in 1991 by Sir Bruce White, Wolfe Barry, and Partners. Hyder Consulting was subsequently acquired by Western Power Distribution, which prompted Hyder's senior management to instigate a management buy-out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Longest Suspension Bridge Spans
The world's longest suspension bridges are listed according to the length of their main span (i.e. the length of suspended roadway between the bridge's towers). The length of main span is the most common method of comparing the sizes of suspension bridges, often correlating with the height of the towers and the engineering complexity involved in designing and constructing the bridge. If one bridge has a longer span than another it does not necessarily mean that the bridge is longer from shore to shore (or from abutment to abutment). Suspension bridges have the longest spans of any type of bridge. Cable-stayed bridges, the next longest design, are practical for spans up to just over 1 kilometre. Therefore, , the 31 longest bridges on this list are the 31 longest spans of all types of vehicular bridges (other than floating pontoon bridges). Currently, the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge in Turkey holds the record since opening to traffic in March 2022, with a span of . Since 1998, the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Trade Center (1973-2001)
World Trade Centers are sites recognized by the World Trade Centers Association. World Trade Center may refer to: Buildings * List of World Trade Centers * World Trade Center (2001–present), a building complex that includes five skyscrapers, a museum, and a memorial **One World Trade Center, the signature building of the rebuilt complex * World Trade Center (1973–2001), a building complex that was destroyed by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks ** World Trade Center site, also known as "Ground Zero" * Taipei World Trade Center Other uses * ''World Trade Center'' (film), a 2006 film * World Trade Center station (IND Eighth Avenue Line), a New York City Subway terminal station, serving the * World Trade Center station (MBTA), a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority station in Boston * World Trade Center station (PATH), a Port Authority Trans-Hudson station in New York City * WTC Cortlandt station (also known as "World Trade Center"), a New York City Subway station, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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