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Shigeru Ban's Cardboard Cathedral was the most significant building of 2013

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Ban's replacement for the cathedral, realised with local studio Warren and Mahoney , was the first non-commercial structure to be built in the city centre after the disaster. If a building is loved, then it becomes permanent. When it is not loved, even a concrete building can be temporary." A polycarbonate roof crowns the structure.

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NOW and Next: Morphosis’ Urban Research Division Tackles Today and Tomorrow’s Challenges

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NOW, 2001-2005 View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Now Institute (@thenowinstitute) L.A. Featured Image: Orange County Museum of Art by Morphosis Architects , Costa Mesa, California The post NOW and Next: Morphosis Urban Research Division Tackles Today and Tomorrow’s Challenges appeared first on Journal.

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The Art of Selling a Lighthouse

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The McNallys paid roughly $170,000 for the lighthouse in a 2005 online Federal auction through the General Services Administration’s preservation-oriented Lighthouse Program. He also had to convince his wife of the unconventional purchase over dinner at their favorite restaurant.) As of yet, that hasn’t happened.

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2025 Pritzker Architecture Prize winner, Liu Jiakun

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Sichuan Fine Arts Institute Department of Sculpture (Chongqing, China, 2004) displays an alternate solution to maximizing space, with upper levels protruding outward to extend the square footage of a narrow footprint. Visit pritzkerprize.com for more information.

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Thomas Hacker’s tree of influence

Portland Architecture

I’m frankly not that concerned with architectural fame or anything like that,” Thomas Hacker told me on a 2005 tour of the Hillsdale library, another jewel in the Multnomah County system. Hacker even got to work on two of Kahn’s masterpieces, the Kimble Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, and the capital building in Dacca, Bangladesh.

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"Visionary" Italian designer Rodolfo Dordoni dies aged 69

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Architect and designer Rodolfo Dordoni, who served as the art director for a number of Italian design brands including Artemide , Cappellini and Minotti , has passed away at the age of 69. He was the art director of furnituremaker Cappellini from 1979 to 1989 and the art director for Italian furniture company Minotti from 1998 until today.

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Dezeen Awards China 2023 Designers of the Year winners announced

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Photo by Arch-Exist Emerging architect of the year: Muda Architects Founded in 2017, Muda Architects has completed a diverse range of work in public architecture, cultural architecture, commercial architecture and urban planning.

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