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Jeffrey Beers International presents new leadership team following the death of its founder

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Pandolfi is the company’s longest-standing employee among the group followed by Kanter, who first joined the office in 2002. Together, they will now lead a team of more than 50 staff members. “Jeffrey's impact on our studio, the architecture and design industry, and countless communities around the world is immeasurable.

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At least 200,000 residential structures in New York City are at risk of seismic damage: NYT

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A 2002 Times article on earthquake preparedness in the Big Apple states the probability of a magnitude 6.0 Experts have warned that the risk posed to New York City, even after its amended 1995 building codes called for “seismic gaps” between buildings, remains at least faintly plausible.

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Philadelphia’s Center for Architecture and Design rebrands as DesignPhiladelphia

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The name change heralds an expansion of services as an organization, which has been open to the public since 2002. Philadelphia ’s Center for Architecture and Design has revealed its rebranding as DesignPhiladelphia, according to an announcement the educational nonprofit made public recently.

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Belgian urban designers Dogma win the 2023 RIBA Charles Jencks Award

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Dogma was founded in 2002 by Pier Vittorio Aureli and Martino Tattara, both current faculty members at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the Faculty of Architecture, KU Leuven respectively.

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Nicole Hollis on NICOLEHOLLIS: 'One Thing I Have Learned Is That Nothing Replaces a Site Visit'

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Established in 2002 and run in partnership with her husband, CEO Lewis Heathcote, the San Francisco-based practice has grown into a household name in the world of luxury residential, hospitality, and product design.

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Dora Epstein Jones, former A+D Museum Director, joins UT Austin School of Architecture faculty

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” Beyond her academic career, which began in 2002 at SCI-Arc , Epstein has also previously served as a principal of the Los Angeles-based studio Jones, Partners: Architecture , and holds a Ph.D. in Architectural History, Theory, and Criticism from UCLA in addition to her M.A.

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Sasaki Associates will lead in designing the largest public park in Athens, Greece

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Spearheaded by international planning and design firm Sasaki Associates , the site acts as another unique factor to the development, with areas of the new park being "leftover remnants" of venues from the 2002 Summer Ol.

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