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Reimagining the convent typology to blend spirituality and social engagement

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Image: Cesare Querci The approximately 57,000-square-foot building, called the convent of the Franciscan Fraternity of Bethany, was completed as part of a social project that the Bethany Foundation Onlus has been carrying out in Brazil since 2010.

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Pier and Beam Foundations - KHouse Progress | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Home / Construction / Pier and Beam Foundations – KHouse Progress Pier and Beam Foundations – KHouse Progress Bob Borson — June 12, 2014 — 73 Comments On the residential part of our practice, we do a lot of pier and beam foundations. Here is a typical wall section through a pier and beam foundation.

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KHouse Modern - Foundation Progress | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Home / Construction / KHouse Modern – Foundation Progress KHouse Modern – Foundation Progress Bob Borson — April 28, 2014 — 45 Comments If you are an architect, and you like to get things built, getting the foundation going on a project is one of the most exciting times to be found. Fascinating?

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Explore 100 years of the artist’s studio

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Courtesy D.Daskalopoulos Collection © The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY and DACS, London 2021. Courtesy The Woodman Family Foundation and Victoria Miro © Woodman Family Foundation/DACS, London 2021. William Kentridge, Drawing Lesson 47 (Interview for New York Studio School), 2010. Louise Bourgeois, Cell IX, 1999.

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Plans for London museum to showcase work of Zaha Hadid revealed

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The Zaha Hadid Foundation has revealed plans to open a permanent gallery and study centre in London , six years after the death of its founder. Foundation to realise Hadid's "intended vision". The announcement by the Zaha Hadid Foundation (ZHF) comes six years after the sudden death of Hadid at the age of 65.

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AEC Cares - projectChicago | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Support AEC Care’s 2014 Project and Give Children a Solid Foundation “All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space.” He’s pleased the existing structure will find a new life while helping to stimulate each child’s learning experiences.

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Young Projects installs "fraying" wooden pavilion at Hudson Valley arts centre

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Read: University of Stuttgart uses self-shaping timber and woven flax for tower and pavilion The structure's shape was formed using a "manipulated" four-square grid, according to the team, with each section based around a square foundation. Young Projects is based in New York City and was founded by Brian Young in 2010.