Magazine / Culture / European City / From the press | 18/05/2007

Skyscrapers or Cities as Museums

Whether they are looking at new construction projects or the tearing down of entire city districts, at the bombastic buildings of communism or the political architecture of democracy – European newspapers are casting a critical eye on the changing cityscapes.

Contemporary Architecture

Süddeutsche Zeitung - Germany | Wednesday, 9. August 2006

Gerhard Matzig on skyscrapers in Europe

Gerhard Matzig fears that Europe's reservations about skyscrapers could jeopardise the future urban development of its cities. According to UN studies, by the year 2035 ... » more

Neue Zürcher Zeitung - Switzerland | Monday, 30. January 2006

Modern Architecture

"Everybody, it seems, wants a "house for the happy few" in the architecture scene, everybody wants their own Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid or Daniel Libeskind," ... » more

Architecture and Society

Der Standard - Austria | Sunday, 10. December 2006

A Gasprom tower for St. Petersburg

Eduard Steiner and Wojciech Czaja rail against a 300-odd meter tower which is to be erected in St. Petersburg, Russia - an emblem of the ... » more

La Repubblica - Italy | Wednesday, 13. September 2006

The Venice architecture Biennale

The Venice architecture Biennale, which opened last week-end, is this year devoted to the theme "City architecture and society". The Italian architect Vittorio Greggotti is ... » more

El País - Spain | Friday, 8. September 2006

Richard Burdett and the role of architects

With the Venice Architecture Biennale is about to open next week-end, its director, British Richard Burnett, analyses the social function of this discipline in an ... » more

Discussions on Individual Construction Projects

Newsweek Polska - Poland | Monday, 5. March 2007

The dispute over a contemporary art museum in Warsaw

A new museum of contemporary art is to be built next to Warsaw's Culture Palace. In an international competition, a jury whose members included Daniel ... » more

Gazeta Wyborcza - Poland | Wednesday, 20. December 2006

Warsaw architecture gains international standing

Anna Cymer is pleased to see that a series of architectural projects led by the likes of Daniel Libeskind and Norman Foster are boosting Warsaw's ... » more

Hospodářské noviny - Czech Republic | Monday, 5. March 2007

Prague's futuristic national library

Prague is to have a futuristic building - a new national library. Perched on top of a plateau and looking like a yellow and purple ... » more

Diario de Sevilla - Spain | Friday, 26. January 2007

Seville due to have a new architectual jewel

The daily comments on the architectural project of the financial establishment Cajasol that has chosen to install its head office in a tower 178 metres ... » more

The Guardian - United Kingdom | Tuesday, 13. June 2006

London Architecture Biennale spotlights ever-changing skyline

Writer Peter Ackroyd, the director of this year's London Architecture Biennale, running from June 16 to 25, tells the daily's architecture critic Jonathan Glancey that ... » more

The Guardian - United Kingdom | Monday, 19. February 2007

Madrids housing experiments, an inspiration for other cities

"Spain has grown accustomed to headline-grabbing architecture, from Frank Gehry's Bilbao Guggenheim onwards", notes art critic Steve Rose, as the exhibition 'Horizons of Public Housing: ... » more

Examples of Urban Development

Neue Zürcher Zeitung - Switzerland | Friday, 2. March 2007

Bratislava discovers the Danube

Ulrich Schmid reports on urban development in the Slovak capital Bratislava, which is to undergo an "extensive facelift" over the next few years. "Apparently, international ... » more

Népszabadság - Hungary | Monday, 11. December 2006

Bucharest - new center of the Balkans

Three weeks before Romania's accession to the EU, András Dési has discovered the new centre of the Balkans in Bucharest: a "bustling, vibrant, colourful" city ... » more

The Independent - United Kingdom | Monday, 4. December 2006

Urban planning in Paris

John Lichfield, the paper's correspondent in Paris, considers the French capital's urban planning. "The psychological, and physical, barriers between the capital and its suburbs explain ... » more

Neue Zürcher Zeitung - Switzerland | Tuesday, 31. October 2006

The return of the high-rise in Switzerland

"For a long time it seemed that skyscrapers were incompatible with the Helvetic self-image: Hubertus Adam points out that the rural emphasis in the country's ... » more

Dealing with History and Preservation of Monuments

Rzeczpospolita - Poland | Thursday, 18. January 2007

Warsaw's Cultural Palace is designated a landmark

In 1952, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin gave Warsaw the 234-metre high Palace of Culture and Science. This city landmark may no longer be the highest ... » more

Neue Zürcher Zeitung - Switzerland | Monday, 21. August 2006

Budapest's old Jewish district

"There are few places in the world where you have such a confusion of back courtyards as in Erzsebetvaros, Budapest's Jewish district," Paul Jandl writes ... » more

Élet és Irodalom - Hungary | Monday, 27. November 2006

The future of Budapest's Jewish district

The local government and wealthy investor groups want to construct a modern boulevard right through the middle of Budapest's Jewish district. This would entail the ... » more

Sme - Slovakia | Wednesday, 31. May 2006

Foreigners restore Slovakian architecture

"More and more foreigners are discovering the beauty of Slovakian architecture, buying historical buildings here and refurbishing them," writes Miroslav Kern observing a new trend ... » more

Lidové noviny - Czech Republic | Monday, 6. November 2006

Prague suffers from a lack of traditional craftsment

Preservationists warn that the Czech capital Prague is gradually losing its architectural beauty. Martina Klapalova explains why: "Each time repairs are done on a historic ... » more

Contemporary Political Architecture

Népszabadság - Hungary | Friday, 9. March 2007

Political architecture as a sign of commitment to democracy

"Following the fall of communism the eastern half of Europe tended to take over the centres of power of the old regime rather than construct ... » more

La Libre Belgique - Belgium | Friday, 16. March 2007

Should the Brussels Branch of the European Parliament be demolished?

The Palais des Beaux-Arts and the architecture magazine 'A+' asked a selection of architects from around the world to think about the future of urban ... » more

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