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		<title>SEVVA &#8211; Hong Kong</title>
		<link>http://www.kontaktmag.com/papers/hotspot/sevva-hong-kong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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SEVVA (pronounced savor) is the newest &#8220;it&#8221; spot in downtown Hong Kong.
Hong Kong style icon and SEVVA creator, Bonnie Gokson enlisted the aid of Calvin Tsao of Tsao &#38; McKown Architects in New York to design the 13,000 sq ft space. The new restaurant/club, located on the 25-floor penthouse of the Prince Building, is divided [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rafael del Pino Auditorium-Madrid, Spain</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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When Spanish architect, Rafael de La-Hoz Castanys was asked to design an auditorium located in the old garden of the palacete built by Salaberry in 1907, he took the context of the location very seriously.
Based on the garden that previously existed in the same space, the Rafael del Pino Auditorium in Madrid, Spain is transparent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ogilvy &amp; Mather Guangzhou Office &#8211; A Carnival of Ideas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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Ogilvy &#38; Mather’s Guangzhou office has been selected as one of the recipients of the third annual China&#8217;s Most Successful Design Award 2008, sponsored by FORTUNE China magazine and China Bridge International.

 
Designed by M Moser Associates, Ogilvy &#38; Mather’s office is the first interior design project to receive this award. Aiming to offer its current and future [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Armani/Fuksas Collaboration</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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	The completion of the new Armani Fifth Avenue store in New York marks the hat-trick for the Armani/Doriana &#38; Massimiliano Fuksas collaboration that started with the groundbreaking Chater House Emporio Armani in Hong Kong in 2002. The ultra-modern Armani Ginza Tower in Tokyo followed in 2007 and now the trilogy is complete.

Armani Fifth Avenue, New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Formosa 1140 &#8211; West Hollywood, CA</title>
		<link>http://www.kontaktmag.com/design/architecture/formosa-1140/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[residential]]></category>

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A new housing development in West Hollywood, California is turning heads for an obvious and not so obvious reason.
Formosa 1140, designed by Lorcan O&#8217;Herlihy Architects (LOHA), is a striking eleven-unit residence with a bright red and orange façade. The core of the building is black broken only by doors and windows. An outer skin is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City of Jaca Hockey Arena</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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The City of Jaca Hockey Arena in Spain was originally conceived as a facility of the European Youth Olympic Festival of Jaca 2007, the first event in the Pyrennes.
The new pavilion, designed by the architectural team of Coll-Barreu Architects, stands out due to its innovative, avant-garde and emblematic character. Coll-Barreu&#8217;s proposal won the Ideas Tender [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MUMUTH Performing Arts Center-Graz, Austria</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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Architecture for the arts can be a very tricky undertaking, yet when done successfully, can be fulfilling for the architect and for the public.
There is a fine line between a building overpowering the art and a design that enhances the art. Ben van Berkel of the renowned Dutch architecture firm UNStudio loves to walk that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taubman Museum &#8211; Roanoke, VA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tyler Hurst</dc:creator>
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When it comes to art, even the buildings are masterpieces.
The Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, VA was experiencing a rapid growth in its collections and programs and, in 2005, decided to commission LA-based firm Randall Stout Architects, Inc. to design the first major purpose-built museum ever constructed in the city. The new Taubman Museum of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Porsche Museum Opens</title>
		<link>http://www.kontaktmag.com/design/architecture/porsche-museum-opens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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Just about everyone has dreamed about driving a Porsche at some time in their life. The name alone evokes the image of prestige, style and speed. Now, Porsche finally has a cathedral in its home city of Stuttgart, Germany worthy of a pilgrimage for the many dreamers and worshipers of the iconic speed-machines and new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steinhart Aquarium</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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Much has been made of the new California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco and deservedly so. The enormous Renzo Piano-designed museum is rife with innovation in design and execution and is the largest building in the world to receive LEED Platinum certification.
From the distinctive green roof with the seven hills or domes with round [...]]]></description>
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