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These are the eight historic sites receiving Conserving Black Modernism grants today

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A group of eight important Black modernist sites across the country has been selected for a round of grants worth a total of $1.2 million by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. They were part of the Conserving Black Modernism program that is being directed by the Trust's African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund.

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African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund announces $3.8 million in 2023 grants to preserve 40 historic sites

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million in 2023 grant funding to protect and preserve 40 sites representing African American history. Established in 2017, the Action Fund, which has raised more than $95 million, is the largest U.S. fund dedicated to preserving historic African American sites. Photo: Troy Pumphrey Jr.,

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Winners Announced for Buildner’s Fourth Annual Last Nuclear Bomb Memorial Competition

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In 2017, on the 75th anniversary of the 1945 bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, which claimed the lives of over 100,000 people, the United Nations adopted the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Courtesy of Buildner Buildner has announced the results of its competition, the Last Nuclear Bomb Memorial No. Read more »

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UNESCO urges UK not to proceed with Stonehenge tunnels project

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The A303 redevelopment proposal had originally garnered the attention of preservation advocates beginning in 2017 and eventually yielded a favorable ruling from the UK High Court in 2021, the same year UNESCO first threatened to add the site to its list of World Heritage in Danger.

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Take a look inside Magazzino Italian Art's new minimalist Robert Olnick Pavilion

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Sited on the grounds perpendicular to Quismondo’s existing L-shaped main museum building from 2017, the Robert Olnick Pavilion repeats the scale, cornice lines, layout, and materiality of the older structure while adding much-needed room for educational and events programming in time for the start of the fall arts season.

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More Design Office completes renovation of 6 existing villas in ancient village of Tonglu

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In 2017, MDO was commissioned to renovate 6 existing village houses on the original site and transform them into guest houses. The post More Design Office completes renovation of 6 existing villas in ancient village of Tonglu appeared first on Ã…vontuura.

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

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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.

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