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Places in Time III

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

If I were doing that roundup now, having had more time to delve into the new book, I would write that politics and finance were, if not the most prevalent, the most illuminating and thoroughly discussed aspects in the book's presentation of skyscrapers over fifty years last century. So why include it?

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Favorite Books of 2023

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

Caruso St John Collected Works: Volume 1 1990–2005 (2022) and Caruso St John Collected Works: Volume 2 2000–2012 (2023), published by MACK — Released a year apart (will volume three follow a year from now?) Until then, warm holiday wishes! exhibition in September.)

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Mya and The Shop SLC, Salt Lake City, Utah

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photo © Tim Hursley Deal Structure Mya had a unique finance capital stack defined by deferred development fees, tax exempt bonds, and housing tax credits equity. A standalone ground-up commercial project with no direct subsidies like The Shop would have been challenging to finance on its own.

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HOK Architects: Architecture Office News

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He joined HOK in 2005 in New York, where his projects included NewYork Presbyterian Hospital’s David H. Louis, Missouri, USA • SC Johnson Commercial Products Headquarters, Racine, Wisconsin, USA The AIA named HOK a “high-performing firm” in a recent report describing lessons from frequent winners of the AIA COTE Top Ten Award.

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Singapore Pavilion 2023 Venice Biennale

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Major works include Khong Guan Building (with Meta, 2018), Gardens by the Bay in Singapore, Bridge Learning Campus in Bristol, UK and Guangzhou International Finance Centre in China (with Wilkinson Eyre, 2005-2012). His affiliation with La Biennale di Venezia’s Exhibitions started with “SUPERGARDEN” (2008), as a content contributor.

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100+ tallest buildings in the world

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This serves as a mixed-use building with residential and commercial office. It has high-grade A-class office building and six separate commercial podiums, business display, company and exchange, dedicated to being a sparkling business card for a multinational corporation. Hengqin International Finance Center – Height 337.7

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100 Best Architecture Firms in the World [2020 Update]

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It has received several awards, such as the BCI Asia award in 2005 for the top 10 architecture firm in the Philippines. They’re experts in skyscrapers and commercial real estate projects. Thomson Adsett Architects main activities reflect on hospitality, communal living, commercial, educational and interior projects.