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Construction commences on SOM skyscrapers at former Chicago Spire site

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American developer Related Midwest has resumed construction on the 400 Lake Shore skyscraper in Chicago on a site that has experienced more than a decade's worth of revisions and delays. Construction teams in Chicago have begun work on the foundation for the 72-storey skyscraper designed by SOM. Images courtesy of Related Midwest.

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"Architecture without architects" can teach valuable lessons says Norman Foster

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Designed as part of the Norman Foster Foundation with building materials company Holcim , the project is aimed at improving the living conditions of people displaced by natural and manmade disasters. The foundation is able to do what a practice by virtue of its commercial reality can't," he said. "In

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Ben Edwards, Kerstin Thompson and Jonas Pettersson are Dezeen Awards 2024 judges

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Architects Kerstin Thompson and Ben Edwards , designer Jonas Pettersson , sustainable developer Jonathan Smales and design entrepreneurs Odile Hainaut and Claire Pijoulat have joined as Dezeen Awards 2024 judges. A former director and international trustee of Greenpeace , Smales sees development as a powerful pathway to a sustainable future.

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The Sponge Evangelist

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Photo © Turenscape, courtesy the Cultural Landscape Foundation. In awarding the second biennial Oberlander Prize to the Chinese landscape architect Kongjian Yu, FASLA, the Cultural Landscape Foundation and its 2023 jury sent an unmistakable signal about the future of the field. His village had been destroyed, paved over with concrete.

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New London Museum Smithfield Market

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The new London Museum development is one of the largest cultural infrastructure projects in Europe and is designed by Stanton Williams and Asif Khan working with conservation architects Julian Harrap. Sethia Foundation. It was once the country’s most important meat and poultry market.

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Stephen Lawrence Prize 2023 News

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Now in its 25 th year, the annual Stephen Lawrence Prize was founded by the Marco Goldschmied Foundation and Baroness Doreen Lawrence in 1998, in memory of Stephen Lawrence, an aspiring architect who was tragically murdered in a racist attack in 1993. Matthew Goldschmied , Managing Trustee at the Marco Goldschmied Foundation,?said:

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Adjaye Associates begins transformation of historic Washington DC power plant

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Around the property will be a brick wall that is similar to the one used for the foundation of the original building. A concrete pool with a vaulted ceiling and skylight will be included Developed by the Levy Group, the project is due for completion in late 2024.