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Studio Libeskind creates social housing block for first New York project

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The 44-room structure is Studio Libeskind 's first completed building in New York State, though the German studio was responsible for the masterplan of the redeveloped World Trade Center site in Manhattan. It is Studio Libeskind's first built New York project The studio is currently planning a similar housing block in nearby Brooklyn.

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Diocesan School for Girls Music & Drama, Auckland

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The building is the latest stage in the School’s 15-year Masterplan, prepared by McIldowie Partners and Upton Architects in 2005. The Masterplan was conceived and implemented to ensure appropriate, sustainable, cohesive development of the campus over time.

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Twelve examples of Disney architecture that border on make-believe

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Masterplanned by Robert AM Stern and Jaquelin T Robertson the Florida town, which was later sold to a developer, contains buildings in a range of styles that give it a Disney-esque atmosphere.

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Rex clads "mystery box" World Trade Center performance arts center in translucent marble

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The Perelman is one of the last buildings in architect Daniel Libeskind 's 2003 masterplan for the World Trade Center site. Stainless steel coils retract to move the floor New York-based studio Rockwell Group carried out the interior design of the lobby and restaurant areas.

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BDP Architecture Practice Information + News

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Fairham continues: “Our award-winning projects range from the masterplanning of entire cities to the design of interiors and building components. BDP wins Kuwait Masterplan. BDP has been challenged to create a sustainable masterplan for Salmiya district to keep it car-friendly, but also flexible for future growth. 11 Feb 2011.

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Frank Gehry's The Grand skyscrapers open in Los Angeles

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The Grand complex occupies a full block in downtown Los Angeles directly across the renowned Walt Disney Concert Hall , which Gehry completed in 2003. Developed by New York real estate company Related Companies , the masterplan for The Grand was first put forward in 2006, only to be rejected by the city.

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Ten landscape architecture projects by students at Clemson University

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Although the mill burned down in 2003, the saltbox homes of the mill village still stand, as does the community built by the industrial manufacturer." The intertwining of health, wellbeing and rejuvenation is explored through a diversely programmed masterplan.

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