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• German architecture award rescinded over British artist’s Israel boycott vow

  18-11-2024 15:27
  
  Schelling Architecture Foundation refuses to give James Bridle the €10k prize after signing of open letterA German architecture foundation has rescinded one of its €10,000 (£8,360) awards from a British artist over the signing of an open letter promising a boycott of Israeli cultural institutions, citing the German parliament’s controversial antisemitism resolution as a factor behind the decision.The Athens-based artist and author James Bridle, who uses they/them pronouns,
  
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• When bigger isn’t better: do Australian houses need to be the largest in the world?

  18-11-2024 15:00
  
  Two homes have been built at the National Gallery of Victoria to show how space can be used lazily – and smartlyGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailAustralians like our space; it’s a good thing we have a lot of it. But do we always use it smartly? Australians now build and live in the biggest homes in the world, outstripping even the US and Canada. In the last 60 years, our houses have more than doubled in size – from 100 sq metres to 236 sq metres – while the numb
  
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