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Adjaye: Works 2007-2015

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Adjaye: Works 2007-2015 brings together these recent projects and presents them with new analyses and personal insights from the architect, including detailed drawing and site plans and stunning color photography, demonstrating the originality of Adjaye’s talents. Peter Allison is a London-based exhibition curator and teacher.

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Construction Diary: In West Texas, an Adobe House Gets a Donald Judd–Inspired Revamp

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Army frontier post established in 1854 that’s now a national historic site. Classic movies have been filmed in this area, from 1956’s Giant (with James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor) to 2007’s Oscar-winning No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood. The original house was built in 1914, on a slightly raised portion of the site.

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Fifteen landmark projects by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner David Chipperfield

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Photo by Ute Zscharnt BBC Scotland Headquarters, 2007, UK Located at a site in Glasgow 's Govan Graving Docks – an abandoned shipbuilding site on the River Clyde – Chipperfield's BBC Scotland Headquarters were built in 2007. The first floor is dedicated to retail spaces and a publicly accessible viewing deck.

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Architect Antoine Predock dies aged 87

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His apartment complex La Luz, built in 1967, gained attention for its sensitivity to its desert site. The project incorporated localised materials, massing and forms to pay homage to New Mexico's native pueblos buildings and villages.

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Review of 'Thirteen Ways of Looking at a House'

Architectural Record

For 2007 Design Vanguard firm LevenBetts, the house remains a fundamental site for advancing modern architectural theory and practice.

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Glazed copper-coloured bricks reflect light into Tehran apartment block by Hooba Design Group

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Located on a built-up infill site in Tehran , regulations required that the block's side elevations remained blank to avoid overlooking. Sheltered balconies are provided at the front of the block Based in Tehran, Hooba Design Group was founded by Balazadeh in 2007. It was awarded the RIBA International Emerging Architect Prize in 2021.

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"Proud Mancunian" Norman Foster to renovate Manchester United training ground

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The Foster + Partners project is set to last through the next football season, although temporary adaptations will be made to the rest of the Carrington site to accommodate player and staff needs during the renovation period.