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2023 in Architecture Books, So Far

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A House Deconstructed by Office of (Un)Certainty Research (Mark Jarzombek + Vikramaditya Prakash), published by Actar Publishers. Some years later, in Memorials to Shattered Myths , Senie directed her focus toward Maya Lin's Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the National September 11 Memorial, and other contemporary memorials.

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BCO Awards 2023 Winners, British Council For Offices

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In the Refurbished/Recycled Workplace category, award-winning building, modern and flexible workspaces combine with vibrant communal areas to encourage interaction between occupiers. A materials passport and deconstruction guide for the project was one of the reasons the judges decided it was worthy of the Innovation award.

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20 Inspirational Thought Leaders on the 10th Anniversary A+Awards Jury

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Most notably, The Museum of Modern Art, Pin-Up Magazine, The Graham Foundation, The New York Times, Architect Magazine, DesignMIAMI/ Art Basel, The Swiss Institute, Metropolis Magazine, Curbed, and The National Museum of African American History where he was identified as one of the future designers on the rise. Photography. Sebastian Weiss.

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

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Square House is best described as subtly deconstructive. In her 2017 TED Talk, Chieza demonstrates how emerging biotechnologies converge with craft and interact with the contemporary realities of resource scarcity, climate change, and sustainable development. Frida Escobedo. Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara (Grafton Architects).

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On Case Studies

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

Much of the book is devoted to the broader work of SANAA and how it fits into both Japanese and Western (modern) architectural traditions. Stewart, who wrote The Making of a Modern Japanese Architecture: From the Founders to Shinohara and Isozaki and contributed an essay to the 2G issue on Shinohara.

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Redesigning a legacy: evolving Beachcomber hotels in Mauritius

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In 2006, the group launched Beautiful Localhands, an initiative that helps local hand-craft creatives by giving them the opportunity to develop their skills and sell their products to the tourist market. While Dinarobin amplifies a rustic-chic approach to luxury, Paradis, on the contrary, boasts a contemporary design scheme.

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Rereading the Nineties

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

In my decade working as an architect in Chicago, from 1997, after graduating from architecture school, to 2006, when I left for grad school in New York City, I made many, many — many — trips to Prairie Avenue Bookshop, spending too much money there but always feeling when I walked out the door that I could have easily spent much, much more.