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Maple Leaf Flats by Johnston Architects

Archinect

Walking distance to restaurants, grocery stores, retail amenities, Green Lake, playgrounds, and the community’s historic Carnegie library, Maple Leaf Flats is scaled to the boulevards and existing mix of housing and commercial buildings around it.

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Peek inside 15 of the world’s most beautiful libraries

The Spaces

To celebrate World Book Day, we’ve rounded up some of the world’s most beautiful libraries. As well as housing globally significant collections, these libraries span the Medieval period to the present, from Santiago to Stuttgart. Get cosy and join us on an armchair tour of these architectural marvels.

Glass 145
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Architectural Heavyweight: SOM Builds a Community Hub with Heavy Timber

Architizer

Want to earn global recognition for your projects? As spaces for gathering and discovery, libraries are made for exchange. Breaking away from tradition, the new Billie Jean King Main Library by SOM provides a welcoming and flexible environment for the diverse community of Long Beach, California.

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Book Briefs #46

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

The Ambiguous Territory book features the 40-plus projects from the exhibition as well as close to a dozen essays, all organized into three sections "or relationalities to the ground": the Atmospheric, the Biologic, and the Geologic. Accordingly, small projects (e.g., Accordingly, small projects (e.g.,

Landscape 105
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What Was the City Beautiful Movement?

Santa Cruz Architect

The movement flourished for several decades, and in addition to the construction of monuments, it also achieved great influence in urban planning that endured throughout the 20th century, particularly in regard to United States public housing projects.

Cities 77
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The Turett Collaborative New York City Studio

e-architect

Saisakorn’s understanding of construction, coupled with his extensive knowledge of municipal codes, landmarks, and zoning has helped to guide many of the firm’s projects from the kernel of an idea to their ultimate completion. Upper Manhattan Multi-family Project.

Cities 52
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Dreyfuss + Blackford Rehabilitate the 1950s SMUD Headquarters Building

Architizer

Project Status: Built. Architizer chatted with Kristopher Barkley from Dreyfuss + Blackford Architecture to learn more about this project. Working with SMUD, we approached the project as a catalyst for change in the organization, redefining the organization’s goals for the next generation of staff. Year: 2019.