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Stefano Boeri Architetti reveals masterplan for "one of the most sacred sites of Buddhism"

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Italian studio Stefano Boeri Architetti has unveiled its masterplan for a meditation centre and landscaped gardens at the Ramagrama stupa, a Buddhist pilgrimage site in Nepal. The heart of the masterplan is the Peace Meadow The site is located in Ramagrama, a municipality on the banks of the Jharahi River in western Nepal.

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Stefano Boeri Architetti unveils design for Museum of Technology in Xi'an

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Boeri founded his eponymous studio Stefano Boeri Architetti in 2011. Other recent projects by the studio include a proposal for a meditation centre at "one of the most sacred sites of Buddhism" and a masterplan for Smart Forest City in Mexico. Today its main office is in Milan, but it also has offices in Shanghai and Tirana.

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Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands Architects

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The site presented challenging constraints including a former tenants’ hall and public right of way, existing mature trees and a neighbouring terrace of listed Georgian buildings. The landscape design achieves a net gain in biodiversity and exceeds the required urban greening factor of 0.5.

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Fifteen landmark projects by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner David Chipperfield

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Photo by Ute Zscharnt BBC Scotland Headquarters, 2007, UK Located at a site in Glasgow 's Govan Graving Docks – an abandoned shipbuilding site on the River Clyde – Chipperfield's BBC Scotland Headquarters were built in 2007. The area is part of a site that David Chipperfield Architects has been re-master planning since 1999.

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Nine notable projects by late architect Rafael Viñoly

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Photo is by Hufton & Crow Battersea Power Station masterplan (2008) Viñoly was responsible for outlining the masterplan for the redevelopment of the Battersea Power Station in London, parts of which are now complete. Its name is a nod to its site, which was one of the first Roman settlements in the UK.

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BDP Architecture Practice Information + News

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Fairham continues: “Our award-winning projects range from the masterplanning of entire cities to the design of interiors and building components. Previously, BDP held an Edinburgh office from 2008 to 2011. 15 Oct 2011. Edinburgh St James building: image courtesy of architects practice. photo © Isabelle Lomholt.

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British architect Diane Haigh dies aged 73

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She was a director at British architecture firm Allies and Morrison from 1996 to 2007 before becoming a consultant director at the firm from 2011 to 2016. Haigh passed away unexpectedly on 31 July 2022. Haigh was born in Kendal, England, in 1949, before moving to Cambridge where she attended the University of Cambridge.

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