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2022 Projects in the Pipeline

SW Oregon Architect

The large amount of work hardly surprises us anymore, as the design and construction industries have proven remarkably resilient despite the economic and social turmoil we have endured since early 2020. During the 2020 edition of the Projects in the Pipeline program , developer Jim Atkins of Portland-based Atkins Dame, Inc.

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Why All Architects Should Tackle an Adaptive Reuse Project At Least Once in their Careers

Architizer

In 2020, for example, Architizer introduced the “Adaptive Reuse” category to the A+Awards for the first time ever ; the following year, the Pritzker Prize was awarded to Anne Lacaton and Jeanne-Philippe Vassal, indicating that the values of interpreting place, rather than tabula-rasa scenography, were gaining momentum.

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Inspireli Beirut Port Renewal Competition in support of Lebanon announces its finalists

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kilotons of TNT) had been stored in a warehouse without proper safety measures for the previous six years after being confiscated by the Lebanese authorities from the abandoned ship MV Rhosus. žena Mašková, Jakub Tomašík, Adam Rössler. žena Mašková, Jakub Tomašík, Adam Rössler. Cargo of 2,750 tonnes of the substance (equivalent to around 1.1

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Green Means Go: 6 of the World’s Highest Rated LEED Certified Buildings

Architizer

Olympic House by 3XN , Lausanne, Switzerland | Jury Winner + Popular Choice, 2020 A+Awards, Architecture +Sustainability. When it first opened in 2013, The Bullitt Center was designed to be the greenest commercial building globally. LEED v4 Platinum. Olympic House is recognized as one of the most sustainable buildings in the world.

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Grenfell Tower in West London: Fire Inquiry

e-architect

Naming specific policies here, he said “Deregulation and the ‘war on the culture of health and safety’ facilitated the use of the inflammable cladding that destroyed Grenfell Tower… privatisation weakened public services and introduced conflicts of interest between safety and profit as we have seen in the testing and certification regimes”.

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Scottish Architecture News: Buildings in Scotland

e-architect

Space for 7,000 New Homes Plus Commercial and Community Facilities at 205-acre Site in West Edinburgh. The production facility will support Glasgow’s dynamic screen and creative industries sector; an industry estimated to be worth up to £500m to Scotland each year with 60% of its revenue generated in Glasgow. 20 Nov 2020.

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American Icon or Chief Offender?

Community Architect

Seattle’s (WA) estimated share is more than 80%, and San Jose’s (CA) approaches 90%. The first US city was Minneapolis in 2019, in 2020 followed Portland, Or. What happened in those months since he bill took effect in January 2020? In Los Angeles (CA) the proportion is more than 70%. Not all that much.

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