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

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It is clad in thin marble and glass On top of that, the architecture studio had to deal with the existing foundation leftover from the cancelled Frank Gehry building initially planned for the site. The Perelman is one of the last buildings in architect Daniel Libeskind 's 2003 masterplan for the World Trade Center site.

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Richard Rogers Architect, London Architecture

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I only met him once, at the Architecture Foundation in London with my boss Eva Jiricna (ex-Richard Rogers), but his influence was already pervasive on my thinking before starting at architecture school in 1989. Stirling Prize 2006 winner for the: Barajas Airport European Terminal , Madrid, Spain. Birmingham Library Competition 2006.

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Michael Hopkins Architects, London Practice

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Following intensive consultation the practice drew up a masterplan for the whole campus stipulating much smaller buildings with external circulation along colonnades at two levels. Any change of any kind was going to be controversial and 17 redevelopment schemes have previously been rejected.

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David Alan Chipperfield announced as Pritzker Architecture Laureate 2023

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“He is assured without hubris, consistently avoiding trendiness to confront and sustain the connections between tradition and innovation, serving history and humanity,” comments Tom Pritzker, Chairman of the Hyatt Foundation, which sponsors the award. It is the fruition of cultural diversity.”

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2023 Pritzker Architecture Prize Winner

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His built works, spanning over four decades, are expansive in typology and geography, including over one hundred works ranging from civic, cultural and academic buildings to residences and urban masterplanning throughout Asia, Europe and North America. Chipperfield is the 52nd Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize.

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What Makes a Good Comprehensive Plan?

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Comprehensive plans (sometimes also called masterplans) are seen as a snooze, geeky and boring. Trying to inspire residents to participate, Baltimore County put a brief video together explaining what a masterplan is and why it matters. Comprehensive plans are usually for an entire jurisdiction and masterplans can apply to any scale).

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Gerkan Marg & Partners – gmp architects

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Owing to Meinhard von Gerkan’s active involvement, the practice has completed over 170 projects in China, including the conversion and extension of the Chinese National Museum in Beijing, and the masterplan for Nanhui New City near Shanghai. Von Gerkan was co-founder of the gmp Foundation and of the Academy for Architectural Culture (aac).