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Gent Design Museum, Belgium

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Led by urban development company Sogent in collaboration with Design Museum Gent, Carmody Groarke, RE-ST and TRANS Architectuur, the project aims to sensitively restore the museum’s existing buildings, extend the original masterplan and broaden the museum’s programme of design culture and visitor outreach.

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Between Memory and Invention

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Bush Presidential Center, as well as references the many clients, fellow architects, and professional partners who have peopled his extraordinary career. and] he is the lead author of the monumental New York series documenting the architectural and urban development of the city over the past 150 years and more than twenty other books.

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The Rise and Fall of Baltimore's HarborPlace

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Gensler’s client is a respected local black developer and is supported by a black mayor and a black governor. Objections about the privatization of public space can easily be seen through the race lens as "the white patronage class ganging up on a black developer", as one former city official put it. Federal Dept.

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"Support is needed to keep queer and trans spaces alive" say LGBTQ+ designers

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A report co-written by Campkin , who recently wrote the book Queer Premises: LGBTQ+ Venues in London Since the 1980s , found that between 2006 and 2017 the number of LGBTQ+ venues in London had decreased from 125 to 53. And many of the remaining spaces remain under threat. Not all LGBT venues are queer in the political sense," he continued.

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30 Best Architecture Firms in Austria

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With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs. Hammerschmid Pachl Seebacher Architekten © Hammerschmid Pachl Seebacher Architekten Hammerschmid, Pachl, Seebacher- Architekten was founded in Graz in 2006.

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Argentina Houses: Contemporary Villas

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The initial commission was to advise the Casa al Rio client looking for a terrain capable to satisfy his desire of living by the river. Like every project entrusted to Iase Arquitectos, the needs of the clients are the triggers that give function, shape and texture to the beginning of each idea. Architect: Martin Sabbatini.

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100 Best Architecture Firms in the World [2020 Update]

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Tom Alexander joined Aukett Swanke in 2006 – focusing on design, sustainability, and research and development. In 2006, Arsh Chaudry was in the “Top 20 Next Generation of Leaders in Real Estate” list created by Real Estate Forum. The Belgian firm has won the first prize at the Golden Rules for Urban development.