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Budget Breakdown: A Dilapidated Desert House Springs Back to Life for $165K

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Photo: Jared Eberhardt Jared, who initially majored in architecture in college before pivoting to mechanical engineering, had always wanted to remodel a house. He and his family live in Los Angeles and love spending time in Palm Springs, so in 2016, he began looking for fixer-uppers in that area. "I

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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. The Ford Calumet Environmental Center is the first time a wastewater wetland system has been permitted by the City of Chicago.

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Serpentine Pavilion 2023, London

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Additionally, we have used pre-cast concrete pads for the second year in a row, which lowers the total amount of carbon embodied in the project and permits reuse of same foundation when the Pavilion is rebuilt in its permanent position.” Rogers was an integral part of the Serpentine Pavilion team and served as an Advisor since 2017.

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The Architect's Questionnaire: Daniel Toole

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Toole received his bachelor’s of architecture degree from the University of Oregon in 2008, and his master’s in urban design from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2016, with a year-long research grant at the Technical University of Berlin in between.

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30 Best Architecture Firms in Greece

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The foundation of Western architecture cannot be told without citing the architectural legacy of Greece. The company’s human resources consist of experienced civil engineers and architects, offering its services in the fields of design and architecture of buildings and interiors.

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Los Angeles Is Giving Away Plans for a Pre-Approved ADU

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The You ADU, designed by Lehrer Architects and Kadre Architects, is a one-bedroom accessory dwelling unit engineered to be built inexpensively and extensively across the city, providing an opportunity to densify single-family home lots. You can’t just download it, pay the fee, and get a permit.

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Craven Road Cottage, Toronto, Ontario

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The result is a 720 sf, delicately proportioned, light-filled home, built on its original foundations, while re-envisioning every other aspect of the worker’s cottage vernacular – a turn-of-the-century housing typology that has almost completely disappeared from the city. Millworker: Renca + Heilimo Inc.