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Ten women awarded the 2022 Sho-Ping Chin Women’s Leadership Summit Grant

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The Architects Foundation recognizes ten women for their expertise, community building, and leadership within the industry by awarding them with the Sho-Ping Chin Women's Leadership Summit Grant. The grant program focuses on applicants who are mid-career professionals looking to advance in leadership roles at their firm, organi.

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Preserving Tashkent's modernist architecture an act of "cultural diplomacy" says cultural foundation's head

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Conserving Tashkent's modernist architecture is a way of boosting the city's international profile, Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation chair Gayane Umerova tells Dezeen in this interview.

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How Amsterdam Uses the Doughnut Economics Model to Create a Balanced Strategy for Both the People and the Environment

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The model is developed by British economist Kate Raworth and popularized through her book, “ Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist ”, released in 2017. Here, she argues that the true purpose of economics does not have to equal growth.

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Stuart Graff steps down as Frank Lloyd Wright foundation CEO

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American architecture organisation The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation has announced its president and CEO Stuart Graff will step down after eight years of acting as the head executive. According to the Foundation, he was at the helm of the organisation longer than anyone since the Wright family managed it.

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Moody Nolan unveils design of athletic facility at Obama presidential campus

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The Obama Foundation and US architecture studio Moody Nolan have released images of an athletic facility to be built on the Obama Presidential Center campus in Chicago. A double-height lobby will welcome visitors "Designing the Home Court for the Obama Foundation is not just about creating a building," said Moody Nolan founder Curt Moody.

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Norman Foster launches academic institute to "improve the quality of life in cities"

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British architect Norman Foster has launched the Norman Foster Institute, which will offer educational courses focused on the sustainable development of cities. Launched by the Norman Foster Foundation today, the institute 's first course will be a 36-week, full-time programme named Sustainable Cities.

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HGR Arquitectos reinforces triangular concrete housing against seismic activity

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HGR Arquitectos finished the 15,047-square-foot (1,398 square metres) project in March of 2023 for developer Ciudad Vertical. Together with the foundation slab and the concrete load-bearing walls reinforced on the ground floor, they work synchronously with the brick and concrete load-bearing walls on the upper levels," the team explained.

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