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Theaster Gates’ Rebuild Foundation adds to leadership team in Chicago

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Laurence elementary school by the Theaster Gates’ Rebuild Foundation has added new leadership to support the $10.35 million project, which broke ground on the city’s South Side in May 2022.

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Michael Heizer completes monumental City sculpture in Nevada desert

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American artist Michael Heizer has completed City, a monumental sculpture formed of earthen mounds, geoglyphs and concrete pyramids deep in the Nevada desert that took more than 50 years to construct. Top: the City sculpture includes a series of three pyramids called 45°, 90°, 180°. Deep depressions are found throughout City.

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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. This, in turn, has led to job creation.

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Ukraine Cultural Heritage Grant Award by ALIPH + Getty

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Saint Joan of Myrrh Church, Kharkiv, damaged during shelling of the city: photo : Emmanuel Durand. Cherkasy Regional Art Museum, Cherkasy, June 2022: photo : Svitlana Strielnikova. ALIPH finances concrete projects carried out on-the-ground, hand in hand with local partners, authorities, and communities. Paul Getty Trust.

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NEOM: Will the Multi-Billion Dollar Mega-City Ever Come to Life? 

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Having been dubbed the next step in humanity’s evolution, it is no surprise that about $500 billion worth of funding has already been poured into developing the online presence of the new city-state NEOM. The unique city promises to house all essential amenities less than a five-minute walk away for each of its residents.

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Attend Penn StationPalooza!

Architecture Here and There

in the Great Hall of Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art’s Foundation Building. That station was torn down in 1963-’67, an act of cultural vandalism that inspired the architectural historian Vincent Scully to declare, “We entered the city like gods; now, we scurry in like rats.”

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Jinling East Road Area Urban regeneration project by Benoy

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Throughout history, the cities in which humans live have either actively shaped, or been passively altered by, people’s lifestyles. Cities change every day, and urban renewal is a constantly ongoing process. It is bordered by three protected areas: People’s Square, the Bund and the Old City. Image © Benoy. Image © Benoy.

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