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Ryue Nishizawa's Moriyama House was the most significant building of 2005

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Next up in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series, we take a look at the most significant building of 2005, Moriyama House in Japan by architect Ryue Nishizawa. Was Moriyama House by Ryue Nishizawa the most significant building completed in 2005? This was no normal house. Where was the front door?"

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Influential urban planner and parking guru Donald Shoup passes away at 86

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The longtime UCLA professor and author of 2005’s The High Cost of Free Parking gained notoriety while advancing the field of study immeasurably during a 41-year tenure at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. Donald Shoup , the legendary urban planner known for his "radical rethinking of parking policy," has died at the age of 86.

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Japanese postmodern pioneer ​Hiroshi Hara dies at age 88

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In 2005, he expanded abroad to inaugurate the Casa Experimentada in Argentina. Hiroshi Hara, an important Japanese architect and educator who influenced the country’s design syndicate through highly elaborate buildings and theoretical contributions to academia, has died in Japan at the age of 88 according to local outlets.

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UNStudio unveils winning plans for NION, Germany's latest new green office design

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Developers Groß & Partner recently selected the studio’s 45,000-square-meter (484,400-square-foot) NION office tower scheme to be located in a vibrant mixed-use district in Frankfurt called the Europaviertel West that has been under constant development since 2005.

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Design Apothecary / ecoLogicStudio

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ecoLogicStudio www.ecologicstudio.com, architecture and research firm blending biotechnology and design, founded in London in 2005 by Prof Claudia.

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Alero Olympio: A Legacy of Ecological Architecture and Decolonized Identity

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Image © Kokrobitey Institute Alero Olympio (1959-2005) was an architect and builder known for an intimately ecological approach to architecture. Kokrobitey Institute Residence. Born in Ghana , she divided her practice between Ghana and Scotland.

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Blurred Boundaries: Exploring Transparency in Riken Yamamoto's Architecture

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Future University of Hakodate (2005). Image Courtesy of Isao Aihara Transparency, integration and boundaries are key words for understanding the work of Riken Yamamoto.