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Celebrate John Portman's 100th birthday with an exclusive film screening

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Today, December 4th, would have been the 100th birthday of architect and developer John Portman. For fans of the hotel atrium grandmaster who died in 2017 at 93 , Chicago-based MAS Context has arranged a digital screening of John Portman: A Life of Building , a film directed by Ben Loeterman. Want even more Portman birthday exclusives?

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Leading Architects Become Harvard Alums with this Executive Development Program

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The intensive one-year program with five weeks spent on campus brings participants into contact with industry leaders from around the world via on-campus sessions, site visits, and project-based learning, culminating in graduates being granted Harvard alumni status. This article features insights from three program alumni, Trusted Inc.

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Apple Park by Foster + Partners was the most significant building of 2017

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Dubbed "the most-hyped building of 2017" by Curbed , the ring-shaped Apple Park office in California has been described as the biggest product produced by the iPhone maker. Was Apple Park by Foster + Partners the most significant building completed in 2017? It demonstrated the brand's design ideals to the world on a grand scale.

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Zaha Hadid Architects skyscraper nears completion on world's most expensive site

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The Henderson skyscraper by Zaha Hadid Architects is nearing completion The site at 2 Murray Road was reportedly the world's most expensive plot when it was purchased by developer Henderson Land in 2017, coming in at £764,000 per square metre. The photography is by Jennifer Hahn.

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"We don't want to develop like Europe" says Suriname's architect minister

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One thing that attracted me to take this role is that Suriname is a developing country – we're in the beginning stage of everything that has to do with buildings, with infrastructure." "So A former Dutch colony, its development has been stunted by several bouts of political turmoil since it gained independence in 1975.

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RCR Arquitectes debuts 'ultra-thin' Muraba Veil residential tower in Dubai

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The fifth collaboration between the 2017 Pritzker Prize winner and developer Muraba, the Muraba Veil, was announced this month for a site overlooking the canal in the city of 3.6 A unique new residential skyscraper in Dubai from RCR Arquitectes will be built to the width of just a single 22.5

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Karlheinz Hora Hof - new public housing with plenty of outdoor space and room for community by querkraft

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400 metres long, a good 20 metres wide – an unusual site, on which viennese social housing was envisaged. in 2017 querkraft architekten won the limited entry implementation competition with their design for a continuous garden deck out of which seven residential blocks develop. the intelli.

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