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Making it right: Brad Pitt's foundation settles for $20.5 million in faulty post-Katrina homes lawsuit

Archinect

A settlement has been reached in the yearslong saga surrounding Brad Pitt’s Make it Right Foundation and residents of New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward. NOLA.com is reporting that the foundation will pay a total of $20.5

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"Concrete Landscape": Álvaro Siza's Documentary Is Available for Streaming Now

ArchDaily

© Manuel Sá In Porto Alegre, the building of the Iberê Camargo Foundation ; in the city of Porto, the office of Álvaro Siza, the architect and author of the celebrated project for the institution's headquarters, inaugurated in 2008. Read more »

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Mo Zell appointed UW-Milwaukee's School of Architecture & Planning Interim Dean

Archinect

Zell has been an impactful fixture at SARUP, starting her career at the school as an assistant professor in 2008. Since then, she has taught several foundational design studios, acted as Associate Dean from 2012–18, and in 2018 was SARUP's first woman to be a Department Chair.

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Gensler’s Jackie Robinson Museum project finally debuts after a 14-year saga

Archinect

Luminaries, including Spike Lee and Mayor Eric Adams were on hand to inaugurate the museum, which was first announced by Major League Baseball and the Jackie Robinson Foundation to observe the 61st anniversary of his Dodgers debut in 2008.

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News: The Landscape Architecture Foundation celebrates 2023 undergrad and graduate Olmsted Scholars

Bustler

The Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) has just announced two winners and six finalists for their 2023 Olmsted Scholars, a unique opportunity-granting program aimed at graduate and undergraduate students of landscape architecture across the United States.

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CCA orients wooden Casa Wabi pavilion around orchid cultivation

Deezen

It has a faucet for people to use Casa Wabi is host to the Casa Wabi Foundation and was opened in 2014 by Mexican artist Bosco Sodi, who recently opened a Casa Wabi Foundation satellite location and studio in Mexico City. CCA was founded by architects Bernardo Quinzaños and Ignacio Urquiza in Mexico City in 2008.

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Concept to Completion: A Tale of Tenacity in Small Community Architecture

SW Oregon Architect

We updated the project’s cost estimate in 2006 and once more in 2008. The City and the Myrtle Point Library Foundation were determined to make the Library expansion a reality, albeit in a significantly abridged form. Once again, the City shelved the project. Fast forward to 2020.

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