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Stefano Boeri Architetti reveals masterplan for "one of the most sacred sites of Buddhism"

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Italian studio Stefano Boeri Architetti has unveiled its masterplan for a meditation centre and landscaped gardens at the Ramagrama stupa, a Buddhist pilgrimage site in Nepal. The heart of the masterplan is the Peace Meadow The site is located in Ramagrama, a municipality on the banks of the Jharahi River in western Nepal.

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Fifteen landmark projects by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner David Chipperfield

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Find out more about Museum Folkwang › Turner Contemporary, 2011, UK With a form inspired artist JMW Turner's paintings, the Turner Contemporary comprises six, identical jagged volumes, each with mono-pitched roofs, that are clad in an acid-etched glass skin. A temporary exhibition space was topped with a saw-tooth roof.

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Nine notable projects by late architect Rafael Viñoly

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Photo is by Hufton & Crow Battersea Power Station masterplan (2008) Viñoly was responsible for outlining the masterplan for the redevelopment of the Battersea Power Station in London, parts of which are now complete. Inside are double-height exhibition spaces and offices for the art gallery's conservation department.

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Stefano Boeri Architetti unveils design for Museum of Technology in Xi'an

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Boeri founded his eponymous studio Stefano Boeri Architetti in 2011. Other recent projects by the studio include a proposal for a meditation centre at "one of the most sacred sites of Buddhism" and a masterplan for Smart Forest City in Mexico. Today its main office is in Milan, but it also has offices in Shanghai and Tirana.

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British architect Diane Haigh dies aged 73

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She was a director at British architecture firm Allies and Morrison from 1996 to 2007 before becoming a consultant director at the firm from 2011 to 2016. Haigh passed away unexpectedly on 31 July 2022. Haigh was born in Kendal, England, in 1949, before moving to Cambridge where she attended the University of Cambridge.

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BDP Architecture Practice Information + News

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Fairham continues: “Our award-winning projects range from the masterplanning of entire cities to the design of interiors and building components. Previously, BDP held an Edinburgh office from 2008 to 2011. 15 Oct 2011. 11 Jul 2011. Edinburgh St James building: image courtesy of architects practice.

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Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne by Barozzi Veiga

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In 2011 Barozzi Veiga won the international competition for the definition of a masterplan for the new Art District in Lausanne, Switzerland – Platform 10 – and subsequently designed and built the Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts Lausanne.

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