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Frieze London 2022: the women to watch

The Spaces

Sue Fuller’s Into the Composition, at Luxembourg & Co, is the first major monograph of the late geometric abstractionist since her death in 2006. It links her string work to pioneering (and underestimated) craftswomen like Anni Albers, Sophie Tauber-Arp and Lygia Clark and examines her reliance on engineering and material science.

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Rex clads "mystery box" World Trade Center performance arts center in translucent marble

Deezen

It is clad in thin marble and glass On top of that, the architecture studio had to deal with the existing foundation leftover from the cancelled Frank Gehry building initially planned for the site. All the below-grade infrastructure was built based on Frank Gehry's design," said Ramus. "So The photography is by Iwan Baan.

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High-Speed heritage auction spotlights Paul Newman’s racing legacy

The Spaces

He’s going to take a small-block Ford V-8 racing engine, strip out the transmission and suspension, then supercharge it. The first was his acting, the second was his charitable foundation, and the third was his racing legacy. Newman made his last start at 81 years of age at the Rolex 24 at Daytona in 2006.

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Johnson Fain completes curvilinear First Americans Museum after decades of work

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The museum is managed by the American Indian Cultural Center Foundation. Construction began in 2006, but was halted in 2012 due to a funding shortfall. Corten steel cladding references red-toned earth found in Oklahoma The project was in the making for over two decades.

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Indigenous storytelling with everyday objects

Habitus Living

In 2006, Page approached Richard Hoare, Breville’s design and innovation director, to begin a conversation about bringing Indigenous art to life on products that speak to people in their homes through the narrative power of visual storytelling.

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Ten buildings that became embroiled in legal battles

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Read more about 200 Amsterdam › Photo by Ed Reeve Mole House, UK, by Adjaye Associates Retired civil engineer William Lyttle, nicknamed the Mole Man, illegally dug a series of tunnels under his home in east London over a period of 40 years, running eight metres-deep and 20 metres-long in all directions.

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Architects’ Guide: Short and Long Term Design Strategies for Flood Defense and Urban Resilience

Architizer

These initiatives not only mitigate coastal hazards but also serve as remarkable engineering, architectural and urban creations. Inspections in 2006 exposed overloaded supporting elements and foundation challenges, leading to a design competition and, eventually, the selection of Zaha Hadid Architects for the project.

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