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Pritzker Prize Laureate Fumihiko Maki Passes Away at 95

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via Flickr user jeanbaptisteparis licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 | Fumihiko Maki at MIT Media Lab, 2010. Celebrated for his modernist approach, Maki was responsible for significant works, including the 4 World Trade Center, a skyscraper at the site of the former World Trade Center in New York.

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Sunshine Canyon Residence by Hacker Architects

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Located at 7,300 feet, high above the city of Boulder, Colorado, the Sunshine Canyon Residence accentuates its dramatic site by juxtaposing a simple form with the steep contours of a landscape scarred by wildfire. The clients lost their home in the Fourmile Canyon Fire in 2010.

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+POOL gets final location at NYC's Pier 35 and 2025 opening

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Arup will be supplying the project’s key water filtration system, which is being demonstrated on-site this month, along with a 2,000-square-foot sample pool. Its inventor, architect Dong-Ping Wong , recently voiced outspoken criticism , expressing concerns over gentrification and accessibility, after first proposing the idea in 2010.

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One of Oscar Niemeyer's last drawings to be realized at Château La Coste? in France

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Image © Stéphane Aboudaram, WE ARE CONTENT(S), 2022 The project was initiated in 2010 and took more than a year to perfect, resulting in a striking final gift to his adopted home and its age-old craft, which Niemeyer considered a sacred and essential human activity.

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Refik Anadol's latest data-driven project will take over the Centre Pompidou-Metz this summer

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Media artist and designer Refik Anadol has unveiled a new immersive installation titled Machine Hallucinations - Nature Dreams for the Centre Pompidou-Metz that continues the experimentations with data and AI technology central to his recent NFT releases , site-specific projections , and a string of other public art pieces he calls “data sculptures.” (..)

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Saudi Arabia plans new hotel development near Diriyah World Heritage site

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The properties will be located near the Unesco World Heritage site at At-Turaif, offering views of the historic town of Diriyah on the outskirts of Riyadh. Marriott International has announced plans to open two luxury hotels in Saudi Arabia’s Diriyah.

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Ukrainian cultural workers are rushing to protect their country’s heritage from Russian military onslaught

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As the Russian invasion of Ukraine presses on into its fourth week, volunteers and cultural workers, a number of whom are also at arms, are rushing to erect makeshift barriers and other forms of protection against what could be a demoralizing strike against heritage sites across the embattled republic. Already there.

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