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Atelier WOA creates long timber-framed library in France

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The library itself occupies the centre of the building, which rises upwards at either end to form a two-storey office block to the east and a stepped auditorium to the west. "[It] embodies the simple paradox of a landmark building that seeks to blend into its environment," it continued. The photography is by ​Salem Mostefaoui.

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Deborah Berke Partners revamps modernist law centre at Harvard University

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Metal cladding and a new top floor are among the modifications to the stone-clad 1950s home of Harvard 's Lewis International Law Center, which has been overhauled by US studio Deborah Berke Partners. Built in 1957, the facility is part of the Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The photography is by Chris Cooper.

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Hariri Pontarini Architects Toronto

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photo : Ann Baggley Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, presented 12 medals in all for the biennial awards program that celebrates outstanding design in recently completed projects by Canadian architects. Thomas , Toronto, Ontario, Canada image Courtesy of architecture office 7 St.

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The Law of Attraction by Powerhouse Company

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During times of Covid-19, we finalized an office interior for a top tier law firm in Amsterdam. By reshaping and softening the spectacular main atrium of the design we sculpted an open space that warmly welcomes clients and employees – and beautifully balances the more closed and compact office spaces required for legal work.

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Building Perimeters are Only One Layer in Safe School Design

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While several states are taking the next steps to standardize safer school design, most of the proposed or passed laws focus on hardening the building’s exterior. Government Accountability Office, current or former students account for half of school shootings. But what more can be done? This lawmaker brings up a valid concern.

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“When Fascism Comes to America, It Will be Wrapped in Presumption and Carrying a Planning Code.”

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Architects: Want to have your project featured? Into this wasteland, the planners then planted a mono-culture of office towers that empty out at 5 p.m., They have also given us endless expanses of soul-sucking suburban sprawl where, according to psychiatrists, everybody feels lonely and detached. The planners gave us that.

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Look Up! 6 Spectacular Skybridges Uplifting the Urban Landscape 

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Suspended high above the urban sprawl, skybridges seemingly defy the laws of gravity. Fusing two commercial buildings in the heart of San Francisco, the glazed intervention creates almost 100,000 square feet of continuous office space for Twitter, now known as X. Order your copy today.

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