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MPavilion 10 design by Tadao Ando Architect

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Design Sight: photo Courtesy of Tadao Ando Associates One of Japan’s leading contemporary architects, Tadao Ando is known for his striking geometric interventions in nature and his precise, assured use of concrete. Among his many notable works are the Church of the Light (1989; Osaka, Japan), Pulitzer Arts Foundation (2001; St.

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The Sponge Evangelist

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Photo © Turenscape, courtesy the Cultural Landscape Foundation. In awarding the second biennial Oberlander Prize to the Chinese landscape architect Kongjian Yu, FASLA, the Cultural Landscape Foundation and its 2023 jury sent an unmistakable signal about the future of the field. Elizabeth K.

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"It is time for all of us to become aware of the gravity of the situation"

Deezen

As we know, many experts around the world are supporting the creation of eco-cities, eco-urbanism, sponge cities, de-growth, transition design and principles of circular economy, including reuse of all buildings, even contemporary buildings. Yasmeen Lari is the founder of the Heritage Foundation of Pakistan.

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

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This was abandoned in 2015 and replaced by a design by Danish architecture studio BIG before developer Silverstein Properties handed the project back to Foster + Partners to be reworked. The structure will be developed by Silverstein Projects using a pre-existing foundation. New images show stepped tower.

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The Number 6 Via Alfieri building, Turin

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The Number 6 – the famous Baroque building that already in 2015, after the intervention of the Building Group, was awarded as Building of the Year by ArchDaily – presents the restyling of its penthouse, completely renovated in terms of its shape and development of spaces. The modernisation interventions saw the participation of BI.CI.

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Global War on Terrorism Memorial Washington, DC

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July 13, 2023 – The Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation (GWOTMF) today announced that its Board of Directors has chosen the award-winning Marlon Blackwell Architects to design the Global War on Terrorism Memorial to be built on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. More information on MBA website.

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Bridge Building: 7 Inhabitable Structures Spanning Spaces and Ideas

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Renton Public Library By: The Miller Hull Partnership , Renton, Washington Originally built in 1966, nearly five decades later (in 2015), this library underwent a dramatic renovation, preserving its bridge-like structure while modernizing it for contemporary needs.