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Zaha Hadid, two times winner of the Stirling Prize, celebrates the launch of the Roca London Gallery

Zaha Hadid Architects and Roca are delighted to announce the opening of a brand new flagship space, the Roca London Gallery, at Imperial Wharf close to Chelsea Harbour. Zaha Hadid Architects were commissioned to create this unique concept which takes its inspiration from the power of water as a transforming element and which will bring the Roca London Gallery to life.

SAHARA SURREAL - Magnus Larsson

The exhibition SAHARA SURREAL features six artists exploring Sahara in their way: Andrew McConnell, Florie Salnot, Philippe Dudouit, Magnus Larsson, Aglaia Konrad and Markus Kayser. This article is focused on Magnus Larsson.

BLUEPRINTS for the MIDEAST

Nikolai Ouroussoff, architecture critic for New York Times made an interesting video interview with four famous museum architects: I.M. Pei, Frank Gehry, Norman Foster and Jean Nouvel.

Five Projects Receive 2010 Aga Khan Award for Architecture

DOHA / The five projects selected for the 2010 Aga Khan Award for Architecture were announced at a ceremony held at the Museum of Islamic Art. His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani the Emir of Qatar and Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser joined His Highness the Aga Khan in presiding over the ceremony.

Madinat al Zahra Museum in Cordoba (Spain)

The tenth-century palace city of Madinat al Zahra is widely considered to be one of the most significant early Islamic archaeological sites in the world, and the most extensive in Western Europe. Madinat al Zahra Museum is being nominated for the 11th Cycle of Aga Khan Award for Architecture. The final Award recipients will be announced at a ceremony to be held at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar in November 2010.