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Lesley Lokko's African Futures Institute receives a $150,000 Mellon Foundation grant

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The African Futures Institute (AFI) has announced that it has received a grant totalling $150,000 from the Mellon Foundation. The AFI will offer a number of Masters-level programs, along with short courses and workshops for practicing architects.

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Ellen MacArthur Foundation launches its first circular design strategy

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Promotion: Ellen MacArthur Foundation has launched its first circular design strategy that states that in order for circular economy ambitions to be met "organisations need to leverage design systemically". To find out more about the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, visit its website. Find out more about Dezeen partnership content here.

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How to Transform Your Garage into a Welding Workshop

DesignRulz

Your underused garage can be transformed into the perfect workshop, not just through physical alterations but by fostering a mindset of craftsmanship, creativity, and safety. Recognizing the potential of your garage as a welding workshop can turn your hobbies into passions and your casual projects into remarkable masterpieces.

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The Architecture Lobby's free ABC School is accepting registrations

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This year's workshop, taking place virtually July 18-23, is structured around the academic "studio" environment. The virtual workshop will ask participants to develop strategies for replacing traditional studios with new models that can contribute to positive change in t.

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Izat Arundell clads remote Outer Hebrides home with local stone

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Caochan na Creige is situated on a sheltered inlet in the Outer Hebrides "The Outer Hebrides are an incredibly remote and exposed environment, probably one of the wildest in Europe," explained Izat Arundell director Eilidh Izat. The photography is by Richard Gaston.

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Norman Foster Institute Madrid

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The inaugural course On Sustainable Cities will be a 36-week programme in three stages — Foundations, Transformations and Interventions —with time divided between classrooms, cities and studios. . • Norman Foster said: “The future of our society is the future of our cities— they are our greatest invention.

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All(zone) chosen to design MPavilion 2022 in Melbourne

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The pavilion will be installed in the Queen Victoria Gardens in Melbourne in November and will be used as the venue for events, talks, workshops and performances. Bangkok-based architecture studio All(zone) will become the ninth designer of the pavilion. All(zone) designed the MAIIAM contemporary art museum in Thailand.

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