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RCR Unveils Muraba Veil Skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Courtesy of RCR Arquitectes Muraba and RCR Arquitectes , recipients of the 2017 Pritzker Prize, have collaborated on Muraba Veil, a modern architectural project in Dubai that aims to incorporate traditional elements alongside contemporary innovation.

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The Entire City: Hamburg Competitions 2017-2023, an Archive of Unrealized Ideas Designed by Kawahara Krause

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From renowned firms behind landmark projects to breakthrough ideas from young firms. During the last decade a series of high profile architecture competitions have shaped the city, while opening opportunities to a diverse group of architects.

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Rafael Viñoly passes away aged 78

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In a statement on the firm's website , his son Román said: "The firm’s partners and directors, many of whom have collaborated with him for decades, will extend his architectural legacy in the work we will continue to perform every day." Rafael Viñoly at work.

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HOK CEO and Chairman Bill Hellmuth passes away aged 69

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Hellmuth had been in the chairman’s post since 2017 after serving as the firm’s president since 2005. Hellmuth, whose work won 29 AIA awards, originally joined the firm in 1991 at founder Gyo Obata ’s personal urging after practicing in New York for 14 years. Working out of HOK’s D.C. Image courtesy HOK.

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Five contemporary timber homes by Wittman Estes: Your Next Employer?

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Founded in 2012, and spanning architecture and landscape operations, the firm operates on “the idea that buildings and landscapes can be combined into one interconnected whole.” ” Over on Archinect Jobs , the firm is currently hiring a Drafter/Designer to join their Seattle office.

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Construction season begins for UK's largest Antarctic research hub

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Through a collaboration with construction services company BAM, engineering and design company Ramboll , and architecture firm Sweco , the project aims to provide polar science infrastructure that will enable the UK to deliver climate, biodiversity and ocean research, and innovation to Antarctica.

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Zaha Hadid Architects has paid almost $16million to keep founder’s name

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The deal, reported by UK outlet Building Online , included $4.6m (£3.4m) to use the founder’s name in 2021, $3.8m (£2.8m) in both 2020 and 2019, $1m (£780,000) in 2018, and $3.1m (£2.3m) in 2017. The fees were paid to the Zaha Hadid Foundation, who control the trademark for the late architect.