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Tag: 01.20.05
23 Superstar Architects, One Spanish Hotel
Twenty-three superstar architects work on building a hotel in Spain. “Among those greeted by the mayor of Madrid when the project was unveiled yesterday, and pursued by what seemed like the entire Spanish press corps, were London architects David Chipperfield, John Pawson and Ron Arad. The Japanese master Arata Isozaki was seated next to France’s Jean Nouvel, who has just completed a sparkling new addition to Madrid’s Reina Sofia art gallery. Norman Foster, who couldn’t be there, had made a video, and an ailing Zaha Hadid had sent her right-hand man to explain her contribution. I could go on, but suffice it to say, if architecture had Oscars, they would be like this.”
Big Music’s Improving Downloading Business
Legal downloads of music topped 200 million tracks last year, up from 20 million the year before. “The digital music industry is now worth £177m in Europe, a figure expected to double this year. Some record companies estimate that the digital market could be worth 25% of total sales by 2009, compared with the present 1.5%.”