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A former monastery and cardinal’s palace finds new life as a mixed-use complex in Vilnius

The Spaces

The Ortiz brothers arrived in Lithuania in the early 1990s, and through their real estate business Baltisches Haus, they set up the IKI supermarket chain.) Swiss-born Seilern, who at the age of 29 set up Rafael Viñoly Architects’ London studio has run her eponymous practice Studio Seilern Architects (SSA) since 2006.

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Ten buildings that showcase the beauty of London's council housing

Deezen

"I was determined to catch these buildings in their best light, to really capture their beauty, and to do so I limited my photographic expeditions to when the sun was shining and the birds were singing – it is remarkable how many of the estates look like they could be perched on an Italian hillside.".

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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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Maison Denison, Québec, Canada

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Maison Denison Québec Farmhouse, Canadian Real Estate, New Canada Residence Photos, Architecture. The restoration project carried out in the 1980s by the new owners was seen as a great success at the time. Maison Denison, Québec Canada. Dec 13, 2022. Design: ADHOC Architectes. Location: Denison Mills, Québec, Canada.

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Between Memory and Invention

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

Stern also recounts the origins of RAMSA and major projects in its history, including the new town of Celebration, Florida, the restoration of Times Square and 42nd Street, 15 Central Park West, Benjamin Franklin and Pauli Murray Colleges at Yale, and the George W.

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Design for community: a conversation with Carleton Hart's Michelle Black and Brian Carleton

Portland Architecture

Founding partner Bill Hart retired from the firm last year, to form Hart Development LLC, a real estate development and consulting firm. I was a freelance movie reviewer for Willamette Week from 1999 to 2006, and my partner ran the personal-ads section for a few of those same years, so I spent a lot of time there. Small world!

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Gerkan Marg & Partners – gmp architects

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The conversion and refurbishment of the property at Alter Wall 2-32, directly adjacent to the Hamburg Town Hall, has been completed to designs by gmp von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects on behalf of Art-Invest Real Estate. The urban design context has been reestablished and extended. 23 Sep 2020. photograph © Benjamin Antony Monn.