designboom

JUNE 26, 2023

the building hovers above the waterfront site that served as the port of arrival for nearly half of all enslaved africans brought to north america. The post international african american museum opens its doors in charleston, south carolina appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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e-architect

JULY 30, 2023

A harmonious blend of natural materials, such as local stone, reclaimed wood, and simple lap siding, ensures the farmhouse gracefully integrates into its scenic surroundings. Expansive windows and French doors create a seamless transition between the interior and the breathtaking outdoors, allowing the homeowners to revel in the beauty of nature.

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e-architect

JUNE 23, 2023

The museum is dedicated to telling their stories, and to celebrating the contributions of their descendants. As the place at which many thousands of Africans from diverse cultures first set foot in North America,” Cobb wrote of the site, “Gadsden’s Wharf is not just the right place to tell this story; it is hallowed ground.

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Deezen

JUNE 22, 2023

Pei Cobb Freed & Partners and Moody Nolan unveiled the International African American Museum The space underneath the structure was left completely open between the columns, except for the massing of the skylit staircase that rises up through the centre of it. The columns were clad in oyster-shell tabby.

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e-architect

MARCH 21, 2023

For Habitable Form, the design concept quickly became about nestling under the protection of the shaded oaks and connecting outward toward the surrounding neighborhood park through a symbiotic relationship with the park design and the natural landscape of the island. These concerns were addressed in two ways. What was the brief?

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Architecture Here and There

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Written in light of controversies in the United States over former President Trump’s effort to align the styles of federal architecture with American principles and tastes, Black’s essay looks with a gimlet eye at the cases for classicism and modernism. America’s Crisis of Classicism: A Philosophical Conundrum?

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