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

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Architecture studios Sasaki Associates and Foster + Partners are masterplanning a smart city for up to a million people on Sherbro island in Sierra Leone. Never in my lifetime would I have thought I could build the foundation for a new smart-city. Part of me wants to build that beautiful retirement home for my mum," he continued.

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Olayinka Dosekun-Adjei, Will Meyer and Gray Davis named Dezeen Awards 2023 judges

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The duo also debuted their product brand William Gray in 2020, which specialises in furniture, bath, and lighting design. She also worked as a designer at studio Rafael Viñoly Architects on London projects including commercial skyscraper 20 Fenchurch and the Battersea Power Station masterplan.

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William Sutton Prize 2022 Shortlist

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There is up to £20,000 on offer for the winners to help turn their bright ideas into reality, with the funding provided by Clarion Futures, the charitable foundation of Clarion Housing Group. Stanmore Garden Community Masterplan. Matthew Morgan, Director of the Quality of Life Foundation. William Sutton Prize 2020.

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Spanish Architecture News: Buildings in Spain

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Gomila Mixed-Use Masterplan, Mallorca. Norman Foster Foundation ‘On Archives’ Masterclass Series. Norman Foster Foundation Madrid. The Norman Foster Foundation (NFF) presents the ‘On Archives’ Masterclass Series, a series which explores the fundamental aspects related to architectural archives and libraries around the world.

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2023 Pritzker Architecture Prize Winner

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His built works, spanning over four decades, are expansive in typology and geography, including over one hundred works ranging from civic, cultural and academic buildings to residences and urban masterplanning throughout Asia, Europe and North America. Chipperfield is the 52nd Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize.

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David Alan Chipperfield announced as Pritzker Architecture Laureate 2023

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“He is assured without hubris, consistently avoiding trendiness to confront and sustain the connections between tradition and innovation, serving history and humanity,” comments Tom Pritzker, Chairman of the Hyatt Foundation, which sponsors the award. It is the fruition of cultural diversity.”

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

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Left: Student Residence in Saclay_momentum, Saclay, France, 2020 A+Awards Popular Winner in the Small Multi-Unit Housing category; Right: Anna Maria Bordas via Bordas+Peiro. 2020 A+Award winner Anna Maria Bordas is an architect from ENSAVT and engineer of Ponts et Chaussées engineering school. Anna Maria Bordas. Cécile Brisac.