September 5, 2007 via dezeen.com

The Foster + Partners and URS team has won an international competition to build the first private spaceport in the world – The New Mexico Spaceport Authority Building – it was announced yesterday. The sinuous shape of the building in the landscape and its interior spaces seek to capture the drama and mystery of space flight itself, articulating the thrill of space travel for the first space tourists. Making a minimal impact on the environment, the scheme will be the first facility of its kind and a model for the future.

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September 5, 2007 via dezeen.com

Architects Foster + Partners have won a competition to build the world’s first private spaceport in New Mexico.

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September 4, 2007 via dezeen.com

LAS CRUCES, NM – A team of U.S. and British architects and designers, accompanied by officials from the New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) and Virgin Galactic, will unveil the design renderings of Spaceport America at a press conference Tuesday, September 4, in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Construction on the 100,000 square-foot hangar and terminal facility is scheduled to begin in 2008.

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August 23, 2007 via dezeen.com

Photographer Luke Hayes has sent us what we believe is the first comprehensive set of professional photos showing both the interior and exterior of the just-completed Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2007.

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August 20, 2007 via dezeen.com

Korean architect Minsuk Cho of Mass Studies will build a temporary pavilion in New York City this September to host a series of performances to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Storefront for Art and Architecture gallery.

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August 2, 2007 – dezeen.com

More from Danish architects BIG: here are photos taken at an exhibition of their work organised by Jaroslav Fragner Gallery in Prague.

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August 1, 2007 via dezeen.com

Mini have announced the launch of the new Clubman, a “stretch” version of the new Mini based on the old Morris Mini estate versions the Traveller, the Countryman and the Clubman Estate.
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July 31, 2007 via dezeen.com

The website of Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) presents a slideshow of Hafjell Mountain Hotel – a design for hotel and apartment complex at a ski resort in Norway.

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