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Foster + Partners and Sasaki Associates designing Sierra Leone island city for Idris Elba

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"Never in my lifetime would I have thought I could build the foundation for a new smart-city. Development for "up to a million people" According to the BBC, the project for the island in the southwest of the country is set to be "financed through a public-private partnership", with Sherbro designated as a special economic zone.

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Yasmeen Lari wins 2023 RIBA Royal Gold Medal

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In the last 23 years Lari and The Heritage Foundation of Pakistan, which she founded with her husband, have reacted imaginatively and creatively to the physical and psychological damage that a number of major natural disasters, earthquakes, floods and conflicts have inflicted on the people of Pakistan."

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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. Cathédrale Orthodox St.

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Is There a Way Out of Hawaii’s Housing Crisis?

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When the pandemic began in 2020, Hawaii’s economy reeled. Myriad state and county land-use restrictions complicate projects, and since Hawaii uses a general excise tax instead of a sales tax, transactions at every stage of development add costs. When it does happen, the developer has to increase prices to balance the cost."

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News: Harvard GSD reveals four 2023 Wheelwright Prize finalists

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Abascal studied architecture at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, the Technische Universität in Berlin, and at the Vastu Shilpa Foundation in Ahmedabad, under Balkrishna Doshi. The World Health Organization estimates that almost 800 women died from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth every day in 2020.

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100 Best Architecture Firms in the World [2020 Update]

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The Top 100 Architecture Firms in the World 2020 Edition. Most recently, Aida was placed at number 45 in the Building Design 2020 World Architect 100. Their most famous project is located in the Mandani Bay development project in Cebu. Click on the map below to see where top architecture firms are headquartered. Showa Sekkei.

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2022 RIBA Annie Spink Award

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Richard Adetokunbo Aina (Architectural Assistant at Timothy Hatton Architects; winner of the 2021 RIBA Dissertation Medal; member of the RIBA Education Development Group). Jane Pavitt (Head of Research and Learning, Zaha Hadid Foundation, UK). Jane Pavitt (Head of Research and Learning, Zaha Hadid Foundation, UK).