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Bofill Foundation Headquarters, Barcelona, Spain

e-architect

The design process began with a meticulous exploration of which building elements should be preserved and restored, carefully peeling away layers accumulated from decades of renovations. The meticulous restoration of the façades unveils the minimalist polychromatic beauty of the original stucco.

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The Chesapeake Bay - A Complex Eco-System Explained

Community Architect

Advocacy spans from government to non-profits ranging from the Chesapeake Bay Commission , the Chesapeake Bay Program , the Chesapeake Bay Trust , the Chesapeake Bay Foundation , the Chesapeake Stewardship Fund , all the way to the EPA and the MD Department of the Environment (MDE). Agreements go back for decades.

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Places in Time I

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

Detroit Modern: 1935–1985 by Peter Forguson, photography by Amy Claeys, published by Visual Profile Books , November 2022 ( Amazon / Bookshop ) Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple: A Good Time Place Reborn by Pat Cannon, photography by James Caulfield, published by Unity Temple Restoration Foundation, December 2022 ( Amazon / Bookshop ) A.

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Charles F. Bloszies inserts glass addition into San Francisco cathedral complex

Deezen

A pale green metal was chosen for the extension The addition utilises a 2009 outdoor terrace structure as the foundation – and serves as the new focal point, opening views from the school's entrance to the cathedral's stained glass windows. A wide corridor connects the addition to the rest of the school.

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"The design industry needs to let go of its obsession with the new"

Deezen

The second tenet of the circular economy, as defined by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation , is to "keep materials and objects in use". It was launched in 2009 with a collection of eight garments made from a single pilot's parachute and has continued the themes of reuse and repair to this day.

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National Portrait Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London

e-architect

photo © Jim Stephenson The transformational project, Inspiring People, has seen a complete refurbishment and reconsideration of the Grade I-listed building, including the creation of new public spaces, a more welcoming visitor entrance and public forecourt, a new learning centre and the restoration of many historic features.

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Event: Baumer Lecture Series, Catherine Ross

Bustler

In July 2009, she was selected to advise the Obama Administration on the first-ever White House Office of Urban Affairs. She is editor of Megaregions: Planning for Global Competitiveness (Island Press, 2009) and the co-author of The Inner City: Urban Poverty and Economic Development in the Next Century (1997).

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