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Places in Time III

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

If I were doing that roundup now, having had more time to delve into the new book, I would write that politics and finance were, if not the most prevalent, the most illuminating and thoroughly discussed aspects in the book's presentation of skyscrapers over fifty years last century. So why include it?

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2022 RIBA Annie Spink Award

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She was made FRIBA in 2005 and Professor at Westminster in 2014. The £10,000 Annie Spink Award is financed by the Annie Spink Trust Fund, which was established in 1974 by architect Herbert Spink FRIBA. RIBA Award 2020 images / information from RIBA. RIBA Annie Spink Award for Excellence in Architectural Education.

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Mya and The Shop SLC, Salt Lake City, Utah

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photo © Tim Hursley Deal Structure Mya had a unique finance capital stack defined by deferred development fees, tax exempt bonds, and housing tax credits equity. A standalone ground-up commercial project with no direct subsidies like The Shop would have been challenging to finance on its own.

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Guardian Building Bridge

A Detroit Architect's Journal

But despite limited information, below is the story of two buildings and its mysterious skybridge. I welcome photos or comments that fill in missing information. It was nicknamed the Cathedral of Finance and is particularly known for it's vaulted Lobby and pewabic tile decorated Banking Hall.

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HOK Architects: Architecture Office News

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He joined HOK in 2005 in New York, where his projects included NewYork Presbyterian Hospital’s David H. Facilities include wet and dry research laboratories, a marine center, a library, administrative offices, conference and meeting areas, a dining hall and informal collaboration spaces. He also leads the firm’s global design board.

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Ten Pairs of Books for Christmas

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

It's an excellent book, as is the second installment in Leslie's series of books on skyscrapers in Chicago, but the subtitle of the second book, How Technology, Politics, Finance, and Race Reshaped the City , indicates the incorporation of those wider contexts eschewed in the first book. and "foundation" (piles, spread, caissons).

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Singapore Pavilion 2023 Venice Biennale

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for more information. Major works include Khong Guan Building (with Meta, 2018), Gardens by the Bay in Singapore, Bridge Learning Campus in Bristol, UK and Guangzhou International Finance Centre in China (with Wilkinson Eyre, 2005-2012). Visit www.ura.gov.sg