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The Art of Selling a Lighthouse

Dwell

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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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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Dezeen Awards China 2023 Designers of the Year winners announced

Deezen

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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"Visionary" Italian designer Rodolfo Dordoni dies aged 69

Deezen

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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Coffey Architects adds dedicated cycle-in entrance to Broadgate office

Deezen

It glows warmly in the evening, acting as a piece of public art, expressing British Land's focus on active and expressive ground floors and showcasing the benefits of the building – the cycle-in entrance, storage and amenities on arrival."

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A West Texas Adventure From a Couple Who Loves It So Much They’re Getting Married There

Dwell

Earlier this year, the couple returned to Marfa in search of a wedding venue for their upcoming nuptials, this time flying into the closest city with a commercial airport: El Paso. Here, Mondy and Freeman share some highlights from their West Texas adventure, including stops at Donald Judd’s contemporary art museum and a desert ghost town.

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Dynamic Range: 10 Architectural Photographers Who Dominate the Field

Architizer

Benny Chan lives in Los Angeles and works as both an art and commercial photographer. Born in 1975, Iwan grew up outside Amsterdam, studied at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague and worked in publishing and documentary photography in New York and Europe. Together, they give a glimpse into how we discover architecture.