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Foster + Partners and Sasaki Associates designing Sierra Leone island city for Idris Elba

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Architecture studios Sasaki Associates and Foster + Partners are masterplanning a smart city for up to a million people on Sherbro island in Sierra Leone. Never in my lifetime would I have thought I could build the foundation for a new smart-city. I'm not qualified for that. But I am qualified to dream big."

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

Architizer

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. Governments ignore that at their peril.”. As architects, we’ve got so much to offer.

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Why after 20 years EBDI is still no success story

Community Architect Daily

EBDI Masterplan 2006 with preserved houses in red North of those Amtrak tracks large swaths of disinvestment remain to this day, testimony to the fact that the EBDI piano doesn't provide enough positive energy to reach out into the north areas, only individual redevelopment activities now dot the map.

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100 Best Architecture Firms in the World [2020 Update]

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In 2001, the Henning Larsen Foundation was started to promote Danish architecture, and has recently held international competitions. Patel designed the masterplan on Portobello Square. Architect Hafeez Contractor started with humble beginnings, with only 3 employees at its foundation in 1982. Leadership at Henning Larsen.

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How climate, pandemic, and war shape the "future proofing" of buildings, cities and regions

Community Architect

Prologis website ) Part of the presentations was also what role the federal government(HUD, EPA, DOT) plays in the transition to more equity and sustainability ( Session ). Khanna admits that national governments will never agree to "open borders" and that nations still have cultural, political and economic meaning.

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