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Theaster Gates’ Rebuild Foundation adds to leadership team in Chicago

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The celebrated ongoing restoration of Chicago’s St. 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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Getty Foundation announces a grant to restore a trove of fire-damaged Brazilian architectural documents

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On April 20, 2021, a fire tore through a landmark modernist building designed by Jorge Machado Moreira on the College City campus of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro [.]. The post Getty Foundation announces a grant to restore a trove of fire-damaged Brazilian architectural documents appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Noguchi Museum appoints long-time staffer Amy Hau as its next director

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The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum has announced the appointment of Amy Hau as its next Director. The appointment continues a more than thirty-year working relationship that first began in 1986 when Hau was hired as an assistant at the then one-year-old Long Island City, Queens institution.

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Atak Architekti creates Liberec library by restoring and extending a former rectory

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Czech studio Atak Architekti has added a metal-clad extension to a former rectory building to create a library and multifunctional community spaces for the city of Liberec in the Czech Republic. The post Atak Architekti creates Liberec library by restoring and extending a former rectory appeared first on Dezeen.

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Bofill Foundation Headquarters, Barcelona, Spain

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The design process began with a meticulous exploration of which building elements should be preserved and restored, carefully peeling away layers accumulated from decades of renovations. The meticulous restoration of the façades unveils the minimalist polychromatic beauty of the original stucco.

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Event: The Restorative City: Designing New York City with Health at the Center

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Event Date: May 11, 2023; Event City: New York, NY, US The Design Trust for Public Space presents: The Restorative City: Designing New York City with Health at the Center On May 11th, 2023, NYC leaders will gather at the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice to create new visions for a healthier city.

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PAU to lead the design of a new gateway enhancement project at Niagara Falls

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The Niagara Falls Heritage Gateways project is a chance to demonstrate how thoughtful design can restore rather than remake our cities.". Images courtesy of Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) "It is by building on a foundation of shared history — instead.

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