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Doris Duke Theatre, Becket, Massachusetts

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The new building is projected to cost $30 million and is supported by a coalition of donors and foundations, with a formal campaign launching in May 2023. The Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund supported the pre-schematic design phase of the project. The reimagined Doris Duke Theatre will be approximately 20,000 sq.

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Back to the Garden

Landscape Architecture Magazine

But in a quiet, woodsy corner of the Bethel Woods property, an endeavor related to an event that took place here more than a half century ago was underway: An archaeological crew was investigating a part of the site of the legendary Woodstock Music and Art Fair. Mowers roved over lawns bordered by blue spruce trees.

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Eleftheria Square by Zaha Hadid Architects

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The moat’s granite paving conveys a timeless solidity, while open joints between the granite slabs create a passive rainwater drainage system that allows the new trees planted within the moat to naturally balance groundwater levels and reduce erosion of the medieval walls’ foundations. Photo © Laurian Ghinitoiu.

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Eleftheria Square by Zaha Hadid Architects

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The moat’s granite paving conveys a timeless solidity, while open joints between the granite slabs create a passive rainwater drainage system that allows the new trees planted within the moat to naturally balance groundwater levels and reduce erosion of the medieval walls’ foundations. Photo © Laurian Ghinitoiu.

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Eleftheria Square, Nicosia Cyprus

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The moat’s granite paving conveys a timeless solidity, while open joints between the granite slabs create a passive rainwater drainage system that allows the new trees planted within the moat to naturally balance groundwater levels and reduce erosion of the medieval walls’ foundations. Design: Zaha Hadid, Patrik Schumacher, Christos Passas.

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ACLA Redesigns Buhl Community Park and Emphasizes the Importance of Community Connection

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All of these contextual elements played an important role in our design process. As I mentioned earlier the natural environment of Pittsburgh’s rivers were an important foundational concept for the design. The essence of the design remained essentially enact through construction.

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

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Tellingly, the idea to cofound the studio came while Bordas and her partner were working together at the Louis Vuitton Foundation, an experience where the paradoxical proximity and distance between the world of design and engineering was attenuated. to live among the cherry blossoms and historical monuments. Céline Semaan.