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HOK Architects: Architecture Office News

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Hoisington expressed his commitment to enhancing HOK’s global presence as a preeminent, interdisciplinary design firm while building on Hellmuth’s legacy: “Design remains our core focus, shaping everything from project opportunities and business organization to innovation, research, education, mentorship and community engagement.

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Keough High: From Holy to infamous to banal - Is it inevitable?

Community Architect Daily

The BBJ reports that the former Seton Keough High School campus located smack at the exit ramps from I-95 to Caton Avenue could soon be home to warehouses and distribution facilities under a plan by MRP Industrial. Morrell Park was spared the intermodal facility, but it has apparently been forgotten again.

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"There are a lot of dangerous myths" about sustainability says Norman Foster

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Speaking to Dezeen at Foster + Partners ' London headquarters, he defended concrete buildings against what he branded "dangerous myths", argued the studio has "done more timber buildings than probably any of the other architects" and explained why it withdrew from Architects Declare. It should be the reverse.

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

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From the outside, the elegant New York Home seems clean and modernist, with glazed walls that seem to nod to iconic 20th century buildings like the Farnsworth House. And these buildings are not only efficient and affordable, they are quite beautiful, retaining the clean lines and dramatic angles that characterize her work for wealthy clients.

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When Weather Becomes a Design Challenge

Community Architect

When a building floods or is torn apart by a hurricane or consumed by fire, or rendered almost useless by weeks without electric power, it used to be "force major" or "an act of god". The question is now: What can we do to make our buildings, towns, cities and our infrastructure withstand the new type of destructive weather?

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High Line – Moynihan Connector New York City

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We are so grateful to our partners at the State, Brookfield Properties and the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation for helping us realize this vision.” “The Read our Climate Action Report to learn more. The High Line The High Line is both a nonprofit organization and a public park on the West Side of Manhattan.

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Perkins&Will Architects Offices

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The update coincides with last month’s report from the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) calling for greater and more urgent action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. According to the report, the pace and scale of decarbonization efforts to date are not enough to keep the planet’s temperature from exceeding 1.5