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New York City Football Club selects HOK to design $780 million new soccer stadium in Queens

Archinect

The ten-year-old MLS franchise has been playing its home matches at Yankee Stadium since 2015 and will soon move into its new privately-financed 25,000-seat home that forms the centerpiece of a development that will include 2,500 units of affordable housing, a hotel, and a 650-seat public school.

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World's largest museum captured ahead of opening in Egypt

Deezen

In the photos shared by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the colossal building, also known as the Giza Museum, is framed against the Pyramids of Giza. The studio completed the concrete shell of the Grand Egyptian Museum in 2015 and, at the time, opening was projected for 2018.

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"I wouldn't want to be a young designer today" says Sebastian Herkner

Deezen

The woven Banjooli furniture was launched the following year, followed by the Pipe collection in 2015. It's great to see these new brands popping up, but you need to have the finances to develop prototypes," he said. Moroso launched its first collection designed by Herkner, the woven Bask baskets, bowls and tables, in 2012.

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"The people of Los Angeles waited patiently for half a decade to make use of a useless site"

Deezen

It is only this type of building misuse, of course, that could bring political urgency to 1101 Flower Street Oceanwide Holdings, a Beijing-based publicly traded conglomerate, began building in 2015 on Oceanwide Plaza across the street from the venue, at 1101 Flower Street.

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Is There a Way Out of Hawaii’s Housing Crisis?

Dwell

A 2015 ordinance allowed accessory dwelling units to be built on any single-family lot on O‘ahu. On the supply side, the Hawaii Housing Finance & Development Corporation develops and finances low- and moderate-income housing projects.

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Michael Heizer completes monumental City sculpture in Nevada desert

Deezen

The City is now part of the Basin and Range National Monument , a federally protected park created by president Barack Obama in 2015 , in part to protect the in-progress work.

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Port Covington under new leadership: What's next?

Community Architect Daily

Plus, in 2019 Weller has drawn the $148 million first tranche from the city tax increment financing (TIF) bonds. Kevin Plank in March 2015) Since then a lot has happened. Seven years after Plank outlined his perspective in 2015, it is still in large part an aspiration. Those existing financial terms will remain in place.