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Heritage in Syria: Independent Groups Documenting the Country’s Historic Architecture

ArchDaily

Thus, alongside state institutions, there are locally based architects and researchers establishing independent initiatives to document and conserve aspects of their built heritage. Syria is one example of a place with an extensive history of monuments and buildings of interest as well as active groups of independent conservators.

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New digital guide documents African American cultural landscapes

Archinect

So far, the digital guide documents over 140 sites associated with African American culture lifeways as well as nearly 30 biographies and is part of the foundation's four-year-old Race and Space program. The TCLF says the production of the guide required some rethinking of its four existing categorizations of cultural landscapes.

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Paul Clemence Documents Ruy Ohtake's Bioparque Pantanal in Brazil's Wetland

ArchDaily

Clemence's photography highlights the interplay between the aquarium's architectural design and its surrounding environment, providing a visual documentation of the project's form, materials, and spatial organization. Read more

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The CCA goes viral with new exhibition 'madskills: Self-Documenting Construction on Social Media'

Archinect

Curated by Hester Keijser, madskills: Self-Documenting Construction on Social Media investigates popular worker-made social media posts documenting unique construction skills on-site and in a viral manner.

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SWAPP raises $11.5 million for tool that offers ‘AI-powered construction documents in minutes’

Archinect

million in funding for its solution for the streamlined creation and management of architectural construction documents. million since its founding, describes itself as providing clients with “ AI-powered construction documents in minutes.” The Israeli startup SWAPP has raised $11.5 The platform, which has now raised $18.5

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New Black Architects Archive documents contributions of D.C.’s overlooked design forefathers

Archinect

A group of architects and historians in the Washington, D.C. metro area are now spearheading a push to enshrine the contributions of Black professional architecture's forefathers to the built environment of our nation’s capital through preservation research.

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Two Midwesterners on the quest to document the untapped potential of America's rural architecture

Archinect

It's fascinating to document how architectural and cultural trends are deployed across the country, but we've seen that widespread disinvestment — as well as patterns of renovation and repurposing — add to an already palpable sense of impermanence.