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Get Lectured: University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury, Winter/Spring '24

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Get Lectured is continuing today with a look at the interesting slate of speakers and events taking place at the Canterbury School of Architecture at the University for the Creative Arts for the 2024 Winter/Spring academic term. More information about the Canterbury School of Architecture’s events programming can be found here.

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Frida Escobedo reveals first American residential design in Brooklyn

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The designer of the new Modern and Contemporary Art Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (in which she has set up a working studio) will deliver the new Bergen development at 209,000 square feet for client Avdoo & Partners by 2025.

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ACDF's unveils Apple Tree House design in rural Quebec: 'A fluid work of art'

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Image: © Adrien Williams The project was informed by the client’s deeply-felt connection to a childhood apple tree and relied on a relatively simple combination of glass and wood boxes that house different functions and are centered around a small open interior courtyard that showcases his arboreal inspiration.

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Managing the business direction of a design firm is an art unto itself

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Between client acquisition and retention, managing project deliveries, establishing partnerships, and effectively marketing your practice, there's a lot to consider. At Archinect we like to provide the community with information and resources to navigate the ups and downs of running a practice.

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JKMM Architects adds timber art hall to Tammisaari old town

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Helsinki-based JKMM Architects used glulam and black spruce cladding to relate the Chappe Art House to surrounding timber structures in the coastal town of Tammisaari, Finland. JKMM Architects designed the Chappe Art House "Chappe is a place for encounters and encountering art," JKMM Architects founding partner Asmo Jaaksi told Dezeen.

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ACDF unveils Apple Tree House design in rural Quebec: 'A fluid work of art'

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Image: © Adrien Williams The project was informed by the client’s deeply-felt connection to a childhood apple tree and relied on a relatively simple combination of glass and wood boxes that house different functions and are centered around a small open interior courtyard that showcases his arboreal inspiration.

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La Brea Affordable Housing in West Hollywood is a contemporary take on art deco

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Sited on La Brea Avenue, a prominent north-south artery in a diverse part of the city known for its multicultural shops and restaurants, the building's adventurous facade was informed by surrounding 1930s art deco buildings. "If If you go up and down La Brea, you'll find some absolutely wonderful art deco buildings," said Mutlow.