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Port of Beirut renewal by ALIPH: buildings

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To implement this plan, the Foundation has been closely cooperating with the Lebanese Directorate General of Antiquities (DGA) and international or professional organizations (including UNESCO, ICCROM, ICOM, ICOMOS, IFLA, Blue Shield) to assess the needs and identify projects. Today, most of these initiatives are completed.

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New London Museum Smithfield Market

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The London Museum will save the historic Smithfield site for generations to come, enabling the museum to share more of its 7 million strong collection than ever before. Sethia Foundation. On Saturday, a 3-metre wide glass oculus was craned onto the roof of the General Market.

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The Bowline, Bowling Harbour Glasgow

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Restored to its former glory, the refurbishment of the swing bridge laid the foundations for future phases of the transformation. These substantial historic bridge structures have been carefully restored and conserved to remove years of decay and corrosion and enable new uses over. photo © Keith Hunter. photo © Keith Hunter.

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Places in Time I

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Detroit Modern: 1935–1985 by Peter Forguson, photography by Amy Claeys, published by Visual Profile Books , November 2022 ( Amazon / Bookshop ) Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple: A Good Time Place Reborn by Pat Cannon, photography by James Caulfield, published by Unity Temple Restoration Foundation, December 2022 ( Amazon / Bookshop ) A.

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Game Changer

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Ephemeral drainages will be restored in Larsen Meadow, the former back nine of San Geronimo Golf Course. We’re seeing more courses in the 30-to-60-acre range, which the National Golf Foundation didn’t track until recently because they weren’t the norm,” Danner says. By Lisa Owens Viani. Conserve and Protect.

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Star Tracks

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Few enslaved people could write, and even if they could, “Most of us don’t write down on paper, ‘I just broke a federal law today,’” says Kathryn Puckett, the board president of Restore Cleveland Hope, an advocacy organization that led the restoration of the Cozad-Bates House to commemorate Cleveland’s role in the Underground Railroad.

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Lost Masterpieces: 6 Iconic Buildings That Met the Wrecking Ball

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Despite preservation campaigns and protests, the structure’s owners, the Pennsylvania Railroad, embarked on a three-year demolition plan in 1963 and rented out the air rights to the site. While a developer was sought to fund the structure’s restoration, the appeal was unsuccessful. Erected in its place was Madison Square Garden.

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