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The Obel Award Announces Theme for its 6th Cycle, the 2024 Edition

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In 2023, the fifth cycle recognized ‘Living Breakwaters’ in New York, a green infrastructure project off the shore of Staten Island, by SCAPE Landscape Architecture and its founder Kate Orff.

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Majlis for Expo 2020 Dubai by AGi architects

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Majlis for Expo 2020 Dubai by AGi architects are a set of urban living rooms conceived as human scale places. More than 80 colored playful structures have formed a public network of socialization spaces throughout the exhibition area, ensuring the cohesion of the public space as a place for visitors to Expo 2020.

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Am Feuerbachl House / he und du ZT GmbH

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Completed in 2020 in Mils, Austria. The Project 'House Am Feuerbachl' embraces the design concept of the "house in the house," featuring distinct volumes within the overall structure. Images by David Schreyer.

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15-minute city an "easy way to explain an old concept" says Edmonton planner

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A planner from Edmonton , Canada, has defended its 15-minute city plan after criticism from locals, saying that the plan uses age-old concepts and "will enable the City of Edmonton to support growth more efficiently". Cities are embracing the 15-minute city idea because it is an easy way to explain an old concept."

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Construction Challenges and Solutions in Mass Timber: The Case of the Dengo Store

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In 2020, the opening of the first Dengo concept store , located in São Paulo, marked the debut of the brand's first interactive factory and the pioneering use of CLT (Cross Laminated Timber) in a high-rise building in Brazil.

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?Modellus Novus completes Frenchette Bakery redesign at the Whitney Museum of American Art

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The project replaces the museum’s closed original USHG Restaurant on the ground floor with a new café that serves as the first flagship for the popular West Side eatery, which opened in October of 2020.

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NYIT School of Architecture & Design's M.Arch Graduate Studio Explores 'Designing (Inter)Scalar Domains'

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The concept of 'interscalarity' served as a "methodological framework, investigating scalar relationships and the co-dependency of material, spatial, social, cultural, political, and environmental concerns.".

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