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An iconic Fire Island home is for sale

The Spaces

Fire Island’s glass-encased Pyramid House has hit the market for $6.5m – a price tag reflecting its architectural significance and prime spot by the dunes. He positioned the coastal hideaway, so views of the National Seashore and Atlantic are best enjoyed from its great room (which also explains its pyramidal shape.).

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RIGHT OF CENTER

Landscape Architecture Magazine

The Inverted Pyramid (1973–2013) that preceded today’s Pier Park was boldly iconoclastic, designed by the architect William Harvard to maximize unobstructed water views at the ground level, much like the Pier Park design team would be expected to do nearly 50 years later. Photo by Rich Montalbano/RiMO Photo, LLC.

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How to Get Infrastructure Done on Time and on Budget

Community Architect

Too slow, too expensive and defective If we had to build the pyramids today we couldn’t get it done. Many of Stuttgart’s citizens were shocked by the estimated €4.5BN price tag back in 2009, before work started. That’s now spiralled and the eventual figure is thought to be at least €7.6BN. (