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RIP to George Clooney’s Lake Como Villa Era, and Other Celebrity Real Estate News

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Originally built in the 1970s, the slick 5,200-square-foot house has been extensively renovated and modernized, and the grounds include two equestrian rings with a 10-stall barn, a full soccer field, an infinity pool, an outdoor kitchen, and a man-made pond (with fish). It’ll have a waterfront pool and spa, an outdoor kitchen, and gardens.

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33 Trailblazing Firms Leading the Globe Into a New Era of Architectural Design

Architizer

Poised at the forefront of contemporary architecture, the following list of A+Award-winning practices features the firms behind some of the world’s most ground-breaking projects from the past 10 years. Pictured Projects: Sakuragicho Residence , Yokohama, Japan ; Goshikidai Forest Cemetery , Kimino, Japan. Best Firms In Asia.

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“Conundrum of architecture”

Architecture Here and There

He founded and promoted the City Housing Corporation which planned the ‘Garden City’ style Sunnyside Gardens community in Queens. The great exemplar was the 1954 Pruitt-Igoe housing project in St Louis. Alexander Bing, in particular, had a social conscience. Invective became the order of the day.