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African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund announces $3.8 million in 2023 grants to preserve 40 historic sites

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million in 2023 grant funding to protect and preserve 40 sites representing African American history. Established in 2017, the Action Fund, which has raised more than $95 million, is the largest U.S. fund dedicated to preserving historic African American sites. Photo: Troy Pumphrey Jr.,

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Zaha Hadid Architects skyscraper nears completion on world's most expensive site

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The Henderson skyscraper by Zaha Hadid Architects is nearing completion The site at 2 Murray Road was reportedly the world's most expensive plot when it was purchased by developer Henderson Land in 2017, coming in at £764,000 per square metre. The photography is by Jennifer Hahn.

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Foundations of Success: Orion’s Journey from Construction Sites to Architectural Firms

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Young Architect Foundations of Success: Orion’s Journey from Construction Sites to Architectural Firms In this episode of The Young Architect Podcast, we dive deep into the journey highlighting the success of Orion Watkins, an Architect who has seen it all. Orion and Michael Riscica met while Orion was taking the ARE Boot Camp in 2017.

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UNESCO urges UK not to proceed with Stonehenge tunnels project

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The A303 redevelopment proposal had originally garnered the attention of preservation advocates beginning in 2017 and eventually yielded a favorable ruling from the UK High Court in 2021, the same year UNESCO first threatened to add the site to its list of World Heritage in Danger.

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Take a look inside Magazzino Italian Art's new minimalist Robert Olnick Pavilion

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Sited on the grounds perpendicular to Quismondo’s existing L-shaped main museum building from 2017, the Robert Olnick Pavilion repeats the scale, cornice lines, layout, and materiality of the older structure while adding much-needed room for educational and events programming in time for the start of the fall arts season.

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Five contemporary timber homes by Wittman Estes: Your Next Employer?

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” Back in 2017, Archinect sat down with firm founders Matt Wittman and Jody Estes as part of our Studio Snapshot series , in which the duo described their firm as “part of a new movement of young Seattle practices who reject architecture as object and shape-driven form-making in favor of an architecture of experience and site connection.”

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Four bespoke interiors by Jean-Gabriel Neukomm: Your Next Employer?

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Founded in 2017 by Jean-Gabriel Neukomm, the firm operates on the premise that “great architecture requires a bold vision for collaboration, a commitment to honor the histories of site and community, and an embrace of intelligent, lasting design.”

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