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Ryue Nishizawa's Moriyama House was the most significant building of 2005

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Next up in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series, we take a look at the most significant building of 2005, Moriyama House in Japan by architect Ryue Nishizawa. Was Moriyama House by Ryue Nishizawa the most significant building completed in 2005? This was no normal house. Where was the front door?"

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LA's Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Hollyhock House to reopen on August 18th

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During this time, LA's Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) embarked on “significant transformations” at the Hollyhock House and Residence A, a guest house (also designed by Wright) located at the same site. Wright’s first LA project, it is the city’s first and only UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Lorcan O’Herlihy creates fire-resistant Trancas House 2.0 in Malibu

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the home sits on a hilly site in Malibu that has views towards the Pacific Ocean. rests on a hilly site in Malibu The home, which completed in 2024, was not affected by the recent Palisades Fire , which killed 12 people and destroyed over 6,800 structures. Named Trancas House 2.0, Trancas House 2.0

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LA's Frank Llyod Wright-designed Hollyhock House to reopen on August 18th

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During this time, LA's Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) embarked on “significant transformations” at the Hollyhock House and Residence A, a guest house (also designed by Wright) located at the same site. Wright’s first LA project, it is the city’s first and only UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Sculptor Alma Allen’s former Joshua Tree compound is for sale

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Self-taught American landscape sculptor Allen bought the California property in 2005 and collaborated with LA architect Sophie Smits on the hilltop home located adjacent to the Joshua Tree National Park.

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Ten notable projects by 2025 Royal Gold Medal-winner SANAA

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Photo by Dean Kaufman New Museum of Contemporary Art, US, 2007 Composed of a set of stacked blocks, the eight-storey New Museum of Contemporary Art was completed in 2007 by SANAA alongside Gensler on a compact site in downtown Manhattan. Terraces run around the building's east and south facades.

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The National 9/11 Memorial was the most significant building of 2011

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Photo courtesy of the 9/11 Museum & Memorial, Jin Sup Lee After local officials decided that there should be no buildings on the site, in 2004 a call was put out for designs for a memorial, in line with the masterplan by American architect Daniel Libeskind. The memorial is part of the wider Ground Zero redevelopment site.

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