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International African American Museum lifted above Charleston site "without occupying it"

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Pei Cobb Freed & Partners and Moody Nolan unveiled the International African American Museum The space underneath the structure was left completely open between the columns, except for the massing of the skylit staircase that rises up through the centre of it. The material choices on the exterior further reference the history of the site.

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Bohlin Cywinski Jackson designs nature-infused Henry Island Guesthouse in Washington

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Photo is by Benjamin Benschneider The site is reached by boat, and a winding path leads from a dock through a wooded area and into a sunlit meadow. When new owners purchased the property in 2016, they engaged us to make additions to the site that respected the natural character of the sparsely populated island," the firm said.

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Revitalizing a Contaminated Site: The Ford Calumet Environmental Center

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Project Status: Built Year: 2021 Size: 5000 sqft – 10,000 sqft Ford Calumet Environmental Center – Once a dumping ground from nearby steel mills, Big Marsh park opened in 2016 on the southeast side of Chicago. miles from the site.

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Page Southerland Page integrates "past and future" at Texas Capitol Complex

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for the three-phase master plan, which was outlined in 2016. Page Southerland Page led the planning and urban design – guiding the full team that included HKS , Kirksey, Jacobs, Sasaki , and Coleman Assoc. – & Elec.

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Johnson Fain completes curvilinear First Americans Museum after decades of work

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The Oklahoma River runs alongside the site. In 1997, Johnson Fain was commissioned to assist with site selection and programming, and in 2000, the studio was hired to design the museum. Work resumed in 2016. A third structure arches away from the courtyard and toward the sunken lawn to the west.

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Subterranean WW2 bunker holiday home Dorset

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Chris Atkins, founder of structural engineers Symmetrys: “Working with the architects on this rare project has been an excellent case study of collaborating on design to bring a unique structure back to life. I think we have managed to achieve this.”

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The Planétarium, Université de Strasbourg, France

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Reaching for the sky, the truncated cone suggests a timeless quest for knowledge of the universe, while the open and radiant lobby points towards the many sites managed by the Jardin des sciences. Dedicated to the dissemination of scientific culture within the university, the Jardin des Sciences thus gains new visibility.

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