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Pritzker prize for architecture won by little known Catalan trioPritzker prize for architecture won by little known Catalan trio

Pritzker prize for architecture won by little known Catalan trio

The most prestigious award in architecture goes to three-person Spanish company who avoid the international limelight and ‘flee from fashions’

8 years ago
Abbas Kiarostami, Palme d’Or-winning Iranian film-maker, dies aged 76Abbas Kiarostami, Palme d’Or-winning Iranian film-maker, dies aged 76

Abbas Kiarostami, Palme d’Or-winning Iranian film-maker, dies aged 76

Celebrated Iranian director, whose Taste of Cherry won Cannes’ top prize in 1997, remained in the country after the Islamic…

9 years ago
The Louvre’s missing pyramid and the magic of trompe l’oeilThe Louvre’s missing pyramid and the magic of trompe l’oeil

The Louvre’s missing pyramid and the magic of trompe l’oeil

Muralist JR has cast a spell over the Paris museum’s glass canopy in a work that recalls the Renaissance’s eye-fooling…

9 years ago