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Theaster Gates' newest community arts incubator breaks ground on Chicago's South Side

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Laurence Arts Incubator in Chicago. million project, which will transform a disused elementary school — shuttered since 2002 — into a “think tank and makerspace” for local artists with 40,000 square feet of studios, co-working, research, educational, and entrepreneurial spaces. Joined by Illinois Governor J.B.

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Former AIA President Peter Exley is appointed Architecture Dean at Robert Gordon University's Scott Sutherland School

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Exley, who is currently a Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago , will replace interim Head of School Bassam Bjeirmi, beginning in May.

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Frank Gehry reminisces on Toronto's past while detailing his Forma design for the New York Times

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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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Flowing vaulted roofs top Tarang arts space by The Grid Architects

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Undulating vaults shelter this multipurpose arts space in Ahmedabad , India, which local studio The Grid Architects designed to defy "conventional architectural norms". The Grid Architects is an Ahmedabad-based studio founded in 2002. In 2021 it was longlisted for the studio of the year in the Dezeen Awards.

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Michael Kleeman - J. Neel Reid Prize Winner, 2002 focus on Sebastiano Serlio

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It was the BlackCatTips (Kyle Brooks) solo show for the Art Institute of Atlanta. I met Kyle's mom and dad, I met Nicole Jacobs, and I met Michael Kleeman , the Academic Department Director for Design, Leading Interior Design, Illustration, Graphic and Web Design for The Art Institute of Atlanta. Heck of a night August 13.

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Revolutionizing Art Restoration: Can Laser Cleaning Machines Safeguard Our Cultural Heritage?

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However, in the sphere of art restoration, such revolutionary processes are already unfolding. Central to this discourse is the emerging technology of laser cleaning, a technique that holds promising implications for the careful and meticulous world of art and artifact conservation.

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Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet: S

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Shedd Institute for the Arts. The Ralph’s decision to purchase and adaptively reuse the church was a civic-minded act, one that has contributed to the vitality of downtown as Eugene’s center of the performing arts community, while abetting the City of Eugene’s goal of compact urban growth.