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Red Stone Formation, Yunnan Dongfengyun Art Center by line+

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Since 2014, Luo Xu, an artist from Yunnan Province, has created a series of sculptural installations such as "Kaleidoscope" and "Half A Cloud", as well as large and small clusters of tile kilns built of red bricks, which have constituted an unrestrained exotic world with the red boundless Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and rugged mountains.

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Fondation Louis Vuitton: Frank Gehry Reflects on the Making of an Architectural Icon in Paris

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Gehry; photo by Iwan Baan, 2014 The setting couldn’t be more fitting. Completed in 2014, Gehry’s landmark building is undoubtedly an architectural icon, but manages to retain a reference for both its site in the heart of Paris’s beloved park and for the city as a whole. My sketches don’t come out of thin air.

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Columbia City Abbey Apartments by Allied8

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From 1891 to 1993 the Columbia Congregational Church called this site home, drawing in residents to an entirely undeveloped Rainier Valley. In 2014, Allied8 was hired to breathe new life into this anchoring building. We worked closely with the client to navigate each successfully.

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"The Shougang Olympics site is a prime example of reuse elegance"

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The site surrounding the ski jump is a shining example of what we should be doing a lot more of. In fact, the site surrounding the ski jump is a shining example of what we should be doing a lot more of, and what the Chinese are, as usual, rolling out at a vast scale: repurposing old industrial sites for new uses.

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The Best Architectural Websites 2014 | Life of an Architect

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Home / Architects / The Best Architectural Websites 2014 The Best Architectural Websites 2014 Bob Borson — March 24, 2014 — 27 Comments The Best Architectural Websites in the World. I have removed most aggregate sites from my list for this reason. After exhaustive research ( a.k.a.

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Ep 151: Starting a Business

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Welcome to EP 151: Starting a Business [Note: If you are reading this via email, click here to access the on-site audio player] Starting at the Beginning jump to Business plans are not that difficult to prepare, and when created properly, they can be used as a guide to help make long term decisions on to best set up you new firm.

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Surman Weston self-builds "characterful family home" with three gardens in London

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Surman Weston has self-built a "characterful family home" in London The nature of the self-build project meant the duo was not guided by a client brief and instead largely free of parameters, requiring them to set their own. Surman Weston – formerly known as Weston, Surman & Deane – was founded by Surman and Weston in London in 2014.

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