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Leaked images reveal updated Foster + Partners design for Two World Trade Center

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Foster + Partners ' original design for the tower was first revealed in 2006 and then featured a slanted diamond-shaped top. The structure will be developed by Silverstein Projects using a pre-existing foundation. Currently, the site of Two World Trade Center serves as an additional entrance to the PATH subway station.

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Parks of the 21st Century

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His undertaking was enabled by support from the Graham Foundation, primarily, as well as the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ford Foundation, and the Museum of Modern Art; non-monetary support came from his wife, "Dot," who was the driver-navigator on the cross-country trips and did much more in the making of the books.

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New London Museum Smithfield Market

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The London Museum will save the historic Smithfield site for generations to come, enabling the museum to share more of its 7 million strong collection than ever before. Sethia Foundation. On Saturday, a 3-metre wide glass oculus was craned onto the roof of the General Market.

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Architekturwoche Basel 2022 Biennal

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Location at 3 sites: Dreispitz / Münchenstein, Bachgraben (Allschwil) and Klybeck – all in Basel, Switzerland. Basel Pavilion opening on the Dreispitz site. This year’s focus is on the “Real Spaces” of three current development sites in Basel: Dreispitz /Münchenstein), Bachgraben (Allschwil) and Klybeck. 2 February 2022.

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Richard Rogers Architect, London Architecture

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Contemporary Architecture Practice, London, England, UK. I only met him once, at the Architecture Foundation in London with my boss Eva Jiricna (ex-Richard Rogers), but his influence was already pervasive on my thinking before starting at architecture school in 1989. site photograph © AW. Birmingham Library Competition 2006.

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Render to Reality: Herzog & de Meuron’s Design Tour de Force

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Since no interior space was available for the presentation of the Home Collection on the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, the company commissioned Basel-based architects Herzog & de Meuron in 2006 to design the VitraHaus. This opened a completely novel perspective that simultaneously solved a number of problems posed by the site.

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David Alan Chipperfield announced as Pritzker Architecture Laureate 2023

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He is assured without hubris, consistently avoiding trendiness to confront and sustain the connections between tradition and innovation, serving history and humanity,” comments Tom Pritzker, Chairman of the Hyatt Foundation, which sponsors the award. A ramp from this level creates a direct pathway to a park just north of the site.