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Ten buildings that showcase the beauty of London's council housing

Deezen

Completed in 2006, the practice worked with original architect Patrick Hodgkinson to see the centre painted the cream colour that was always intended, and the upgraded shopping street with enlarged units saw retailers stream back in.". "The World's End Estate, by Eric Lyons and Jim Cadbury-Brown, built 1969-77.

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Gerkan Marg & Partners – gmp architects

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The conversion and refurbishment of the property at Alter Wall 2-32, directly adjacent to the Hamburg Town Hall, has been completed to designs by gmp von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects on behalf of Art-Invest Real Estate. The urban design context has been reestablished and extended. 23 Sep 2020. photograph © Benjamin Antony Monn.

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BDP Architecture Practice Information + News

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He is also project director for the Robert Gordon University Garthdee Campus, which involves the consolidation of the University’s estate at a stunning campus on the banks of the River Dee. Scott joined BDP in 1999 and has been a director since 2006. BDP wins Kuwait Masterplan. Waterfront City , Melbourne, Australia.

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The Rise and Fall of Baltimore's HarborPlace

Community Architect

A public space is meant to be there "in perpetuity" (Baltimore city charter) whereas retail and restaurants have the shortest shelf life in real estate, much shorter than museums or exhibits which are more commonly inserted into public open spaces. Creation of the Charles Management Office, under contract to the City.

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The Butterfly Effect

Landscape Architecture Magazine

She remembered Austin Allen, ASLA, a Black, Cleveland-born landscape architect whom she met when she first moved to the city in 2006. The city’s then-commissioner of real estate (and now the commissioner of capital projects), James DeRosa, ensured that the site would remain under the guardianship of Rice. GENERAL CONTRACTOR F.

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BDP Architects Practice Information + News

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BDP has helped complete the delivery of phase one of the new St James Quarter, Edinburgh, working with client Nuveen Real Estate to create a new destination in the heart of the capital. Houses of Parliament Renewal Contracts , London, England, UK. Architects: BDP Glasgow studio + Allan Murray Architects. A new and modern 1.7

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

Architizer

Since founding her eponymous practice in 2006, Frida Escobedo has developed a distinctive approach driven by the conviction that architecture and design represent, above all, a crucial means to interrogate and comment on social, economic, and political phenomena. Frida Escobedo.