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Monterrey, Mexico is the latest city to employ a full-time Chief Heat Officer

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The city of Monterrey, in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, recently announced architect and urban planner Surella Segú as the first-ever head of its new civic office, which is being funded through a partnership with the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center (Arsht-Rock).

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

Deezen

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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News: Researchers tackling innovative housing strategies selected as SOM Foundation 2023 Research Prize winners

Bustler

The SOM Foundation has announced two teams of academics as the winners of its 2023 Research Prize. This is the sixth edition of the Prize, which was created in 2018 to “cultivate new ideas and meaningful research that addresses the critical issues of our time.” Read the full post on Bustler

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Steelcase launches furniture line based on Frank Lloyd Wright designs

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Steelcase reimagined a series of Frank Lloyd Wright's furniture designs In collaboration with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation – the primary custodians of the American architect's archive – Steelcase developed the new designs over the course of two years, following the original closely.

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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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"India's greatest architect" Balkrishna Doshi dies aged 95

Deezen

Photo is courtesy of the Vastu Shilpa Foundation Doshi began working with Le Corbusier as a senior designer in Paris, shortly after graduating from the JJ School of Architecture in Bombay, and later became his supervisor in Ahmedabad. Doshi designed and founded CEPT University. Doshi designed this barrel-vaulted studio for his firm.

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Davidson Prize longlist features 14 proposals for co-living

Deezen

Included in this year's longlist in response to the theme of Co-Living – A New Future is a proposal for a shared housing model to re-invigorate rural communities, a multi-generational co-living development designed around the needs of children and a concept for refugee integration. Each submission raised great discussions amongst the judges.