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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum has unveiled plans for a renovation of its Daniel Libeskind -designed Michael Lee-Chin Crystal expansion, which opened in 2008. Led by Canadian firm Hariri Pontarini Architects , the OpenROM project is being enacted to expand its public offerings to an anticipated 1.4 million visitors annually.

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The year Watercube, the Aquatics Centre for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics , was completed. Courtesy of LAVA | Van Phu Chris Bosse started LAVA , Laboratory for Visionary Architecture , with his partners Tobias Wallisser and Alexander Rieck. Bosse led the design of Watercube when he worked at PTW Architects in Sydney.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

Dexter Roberts, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, was one of several experts to compare its collapse to the failure of Lehman Brothers in the American market in 2008. Overseas creditors are currently owed a reported $25 billion.

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JANUARY 4, 2022

Located along Venice’s Grand Canal, the bridge was supposed to be a refreshing modern connector to the city’s main rail station but became a liability only a short time after opening in September of 2008. The completed bridge shortly before opening in 2008. Image © Filippo Leonardi via the Comune di Venezia.

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DECEMBER 20, 2023

‘Mindfulness City’ is a multifaceted economic hub designed by the firm’s Landscape and Urban Design Team to coincide with sustainability principles and the pioneering Gross National Happiness Index (GNH) concept that has been championed by King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and the Bhutanese government since 2008.

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JANUARY 12, 2024

in 2023, hitting levels of activity that haven’t been recorded since 2008,” Sarah Martin, the associate director of forecasting for Dodge Construction Network, said in a statement. “The Momentum Index ended the year 11% below the November 2022 peak, ultimately stabilizing as the year progressed.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

He made the decision to move to Brazil in 2008, settling in the city of Manaus. Casa Campinarana / Laurent Troost Architectures. Image © Maíra Acayaba Laurent Troost is a Belgian architect with a vast history of projects in the Netherlands, Spain, and Dubai.

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MARCH 19, 2024

YEAR: 2019 SIZE: 2,500 sf This home is located in Montecito, CA on what was a steep and lushly landscaped site that was left vacant after an existing house there was destroyed in the 2008 Tea Fire.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

for the heart and soul of future development, but the housing crisis has only grown worse, especially since the crash of 2008, which changed so many things on the supply side. For the past three decades, YIMBYs and NIMBYs have been fighting pitched battles across the U.S.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

It is the first scheme in the city to utilize the Visual and Performing Arts bonus included in a comprehensive 2008 rezoning plan, expanding on the late National Black Theatre founder Barbara Ann Teer’s vision for “an artistic ecosystem that uplifts the community,” according to Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine.

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ArchDaily

AUGUST 14, 2023

In 2008, it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and is characterized by its baroque and Spanish architecture. It covers an area of 43.6 hectares and is one of the most populated regions in its state. It is part of the list of magical towns in Mexico.

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

Construction now will begin with the 72-story Tower One and work towards an eventual 2027 completion, ending a saga that began with the cancellation of Santiago Calatrava ’s ambitious 150-floor Chicago Spire proposal in 2008.

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APRIL 5, 2023

Zell's extensive background in academia and education at SARUP began during her time as an assistant professor back in 2008, in addition to previous teaching positions at Clemson University , North Carolina State University , and Northeastern University. Her dedication to architectural.

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AUGUST 14, 2023

Wines is world famous for such projects as Ghost Parking Lot (Hamden, CO, 1977), Highrise of Homes (theoretical project, 1981), Highway 86 ( Vancouver , Canada, 1986), Fondazione Pietro Rossini Pavilion (Briosco, Italy , 2008), and Off-White Showroom for Virgil Abloh (Ginza, Tokyo , 2021).

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

“I’ve worked with Jesse Lazar on and off at the Center for Architecture since 2008,” AIA New York’s 2023 President Matthew Bremer said in a statement. Lazar also has previous experience with the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and received his MBA from the University of Michigan in 2012.

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JULY 29, 2022

Inaugurated in 2008, the award recognizes outstanding applications of the material in restoration projects and new construction on the continent. The Copper Development Association (CDA) in unison with the Copper Alliance has named the eleven 2022 winners of the annual North American Copper in Architecture Awards (NACIA).

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JANUARY 30, 2023

The HASTINGS Architecture Principal moved to Nashville in 1991 in order to pursue a simultaneous career in country music and architecture, ultimately settling on the latter before joining the firm in 2008.

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ArchDaily

MAY 25, 2023

Similarly, the 2008 recession gave rise to the sharing economy and coworking spaces. This has been evident throughout history, as societal issues have played a significant role in shaping our built environments.

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JULY 20, 2023

The analysis projects that spending on nonresidential buildings will increase by almost 20% this year, a pace not seen since before the 2008 financial crash. Spending on nonresidential building construction is expected to grow in late 2023 and beyond, according to the AIA’s latest Consensus Construction Forecast.

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The Architect's Newsletter

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

It wasn’t long ago after Dasha Zhukova opened Moscow’s celebrated Garage Center for Contemporary Art in 2008 that she began to chafe at the limitations of presenting culture within a The post Leong Leong delivers an elevated, arts-oriented apartment building for Ray Philly appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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JUNE 12, 2023

The Art Newspaper also reports that the World Monuments Fund has signed on to oversee the museum project, which will at least partially undo changes made to the museum in 2008. Several tens of thousands of buildings in Mosul are believed to have been severely damaged or destroyed during the three-year ISIS occupation.

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ArchDaily

MAY 21, 2023

Designed by Rogelio Salmona , unfortunately, he passed away in October 2007, a year before its completion in 2008. The project was initiated by the Fondo de Cultura Económica de México in 2004 as a cultural contribution by its Colombian branch.

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APRIL 12, 2024

It includes the room-busting steel blimp Memory ( Erindring , 2008) and the infinite eddy Descension ( Descent, 2014), both of which contain elements of omission. Anish Kapoor, Memory, 2008 I. The ARK exhibition runs through 20 October 2024. Photo Mathias Schormann © Anish Kapoor.

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AUGUST 18, 2022

The foundation’s attorneys did not immediately comment on the outcome of the highly-publicized case, which stems from flawed designs , faulty construction techniques , rotting building materials , and unsafe living conditions documented in nearly all of the 109 total homes built between 2008 and 2015 through the foundation. (A

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The Düsseldorf-based firm has earned a reputation for ecologically-sensitive high-rise design since first being chartered in the city in 1985, adding recent projects like the Marina One and Toranomon Hills developments to an impressive portfolio of international designs that includes 2008’s Breezé Tower in Osaka and Sydney’s (..)

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MAY 8, 2023

Founded by Li Hu and Huang Wenjing, the firm established its Beijing office in 2008 after spending some formative years working on high-profile projects at Steven Holl Architects and Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. OPEN engages with architecture, urban design, landscape design, and interiors, as well as research.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Designed by Atelier Bow Wow and built in 2008, the minimalist home opens to the Sierra Nevada with immense glass doors and an airy top floor. The 2008 Mountain House—which took nine years to complete—is the first and only home Atelier Bow-Wow has built in the U.S.

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JUNE 22, 2022

” The museum will also include a replica of the oval office , and core galleries consisting of mostly donated objects filtered through the focal point of the historic 2008 Presidential election, with the curatorial direction being “not just to be about him but about the people who made his presidency possible.”

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Architectural Record

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The OpenROM project will transform the main lobby of Daniel Libeskind's contentious, crystalline 2008 expansion while adding new, admission-free gallery space.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Their selection marks the first time in history that a binational urban region will share the honor that was first established in 2008.

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JULY 7, 2022

Zell has been an impactful fixture at SARUP, starting her career at the school as an assistant professor in 2008. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Architecture and Planning (SARUP) has announced Mo Zell as its Interim Dean.

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JULY 26, 2023

Gehry’s only completed permanent work in his birth country, the 2008 renovation of the Art Gallery of Ontario , is also the subject of a major expansion designed by Diamond Schmitt, Two Row, and Selldorf Architects. Groundbreaking on Forma’s first tower began last month , with an expected completion slated for 2028.

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MARCH 21, 2023

The first phase of the donation consists of a section model of the Herzog & de Meuron-designed Beijing National Stadium (in collaboration with artist Ai Weiwei ), known as the “Bird’s Nest” , which was the main site at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. Installation view of the National Stadium section model at the M+.

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MARCH 22, 2023

As ARTnews reported, the loft was staged with Weiwei’s 1983 Dancers painting and three Marble Chair sculptures from 2008, the same year he moved to the 79-unit building located at 420 W. The 1,400-square-foot minimalist-minded pied-à-terre is owned by Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian, and activist Ai Weiwei.

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Archinect

MARCH 20, 2023

The price tag for the rail system has risen to $128 billion, according to a California High Speed Rail Authority project update report — a nearly 22% uptick from the previous figure of $105 billion from last year and a far cry from the $33 billion cost voters approved in 2008.

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SW Oregon Architect

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

This post marks my one thousandth entry since I started SW Oregon Architect back in 2008. Consider this an immodest list of SW Oregon Architect ’s “greatest hits” since I started the blog in 2008. Yes, it’s true! I embarked on my blogging journey with only modest goals.

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Archinect

AUGUST 5, 2022

Luminaries, including Spike Lee and Mayor Eric Adams were on hand to inaugurate the museum, which was first announced by Major League Baseball and the Jackie Robinson Foundation to observe the 61st anniversary of his Dodgers debut in 2008.

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