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Saudi Arabia plans new hotel development near Diriyah World Heritage site

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The properties will be located near the Unesco World Heritage site at At-Turaif, offering views of the historic town of Diriyah on the outskirts of Riyadh. Marriott International has announced plans to open two luxury hotels in Saudi Arabia’s Diriyah.

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Sunshine Canyon Residence by Hacker Architects

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Located at 7,300 feet, high above the city of Boulder, Colorado, the Sunshine Canyon Residence accentuates its dramatic site by juxtaposing a simple form with the steep contours of a landscape scarred by wildfire. The clients lost their home in the Fourmile Canyon Fire in 2010.

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Fletcher Crane Architects creates compact brick house on former garage site

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Named Tree House, the dwelling was designed by London studio Fletcher Crane Architects for a former garage site in a conservation area in Chiswick that is bounded by rear gardens. It occupies the site of an old garage. Read: Phillips Tracey squeezes brick-clad Jupp House onto site of a former garage. metres below street level.

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Leading Architects Become Harvard Alums with this Executive Development Program

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The intensive one-year program with five weeks spent on campus brings participants into contact with industry leaders from around the world via on-campus sessions, site visits, and project-based learning, culminating in graduates being granted Harvard alumni status. This article features insights from three program alumni, Trusted Inc.

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In Situ Studio creates HUUS house for sloped site in Raleigh

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The site formerly held a run-down, 1940s dwelling that was owned by the clients. For the sloped site, the team conceived a 4,233-square-foot (393-square-metre) dwelling with facades clad in glazed brick and charred cypress. Read: In Situ Studio creates low-lying Trull Residence for wooded site in North Carolina.

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Kiln It: 7 Times Architects Reused Former Firing Sites

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That is, moving away from the more human elements involved in their manufacture resulted in products that were standardized and more universally available, rendering their former manufacturing sites obsolete. The glory days of the factory date back to the early 20th century, when it was erected as a massive brick production site.

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Refik Anadol's latest data-driven project will take over the Centre Pompidou-Metz this summer

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Media artist and designer Refik Anadol has unveiled a new immersive installation titled Machine Hallucinations - Nature Dreams for the Centre Pompidou-Metz that continues the experimentations with data and AI technology central to his recent NFT releases , site-specific projections , and a string of other public art pieces he calls “data sculptures.” (..)

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