All Western Europe articles – Page 4
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NewsIci Paris: Jean Nouvel’s Horizons Tower
Jean Nouvel’s Horizons Tower in Paris has been given planning permission.
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NewsEuropean developers back BREEAM
Property developers and consultants join forces to introduce BREEAM for Central and Eastern Europe
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FeaturesA fine winery: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ Spanish project
In between its airport terminals and office towers, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners manages to find time for the odd small but perfectly formed project. Martin Spring visits a wine factory in northern Spain
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NewsMecanoo scoops £193m Birmingham library
Dutch firm beats all-star line-up including Foster + Partners, OMA and Foreign Office Architects
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FeaturesAquifer thermal storage: DIG! A Dutch method of sorting out energy
M&E A Dutch method of storing all the energy required to heat and cool a building deep underground is coming to the UK. Stephen Kennett finds out how it works
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NewsSlide show: Hammarby Sjostad
Our reporter went on one of the popular 'decision-maker' tours of the Swedish eco-development led by David Birkbeck of Design for Homes. These are the shots that he got.
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NewsChipperfield and Gormley go concrete in Sweden
Architect and artist collaborate for temporary pavilion in Sweden made entirely from concrete
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NewsSwedish sustainable housing
Sweden has become something of a world laboratory for sustainable housing. So what can we learn from their experiments – apart from the fact that they’re light years ahead of ours?
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NewsGreen lessons from Sweden
With growing pressure to build quick yet green buildings, the UK should look to Sweden for inspiration
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Sweden hopes to cash in on UK interest in eco products
The Swedish government is teaming up with UK environmental consultant Beyond Green to promote its green products and services in Britain.
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FeaturesSweden's green utopia
This new Stockholm suburb demonstrates how simple, robust, centralised systems can outperform flashy designs bristling with turbines. But can it work as a model for Gordon Brown’s eco-towns?
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DTZ in Sweden
Property adviser DTZ has bought Stockholm firm Fastighetsplanering AB for £400,000, with further payments of up to £160,000 over the next three years.
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FeaturesThe enchanted forest: Vallecas-Pau in Madrid
While Madrid’s new Vallecas-Pau suburb waits for its trees to grow, it has been fitted with portable tower parks. They look like this …
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NewsDavid Chipperfield does the triple at RIBA awards
Practice honoured for office, museum and library in Spain, German and America
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NewsFoster profit soars 136% with ‘further rises to come’
Architect pays himself £2.9m and buys the practice’s aircraft after making £5.9m profit
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NewsInvestors cautious after Spanish housing crash
BAA owner Ferrovial is among contractors that could suffer knock-on effects from market fall
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NewsViñoly’s cube-shaped vision
Rafael Viñoly’s Atlas Building for the University of Wagingen in the Netherlands was due to open yesterday.
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NewsNouvels plate-balancing act
This £130m concert hall by French architect Jean Nouvel is scheduled to open in the Parc de la Villette, in north-east Paris, in 2012.