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'A Commitment to Craft Is Intrinsic to This Place': A Conversation with Portland-Based Linden, Brown Architecture

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Established in 2018 as a collaborative venture after working for large, established firms, the small studio of five seeks inspiration in the rugged beauty and self-reliant spirit of its Pacific Northwest environment.

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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.

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Snøhetta unveils newly completed Beijing City Library design

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Photo: Yumeng Zhu Photo: Yumeng Zhu Located in the city’s Tongzhou District, the library design was born out of a 2018 competition that paired the firm with local studio ECADI. Their effort was replete with integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) construction elements and other features aiming to reduce solar gain.

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TODD and Snøhetta reveal plan for Belfast Stories rejuvenation after winning major competition

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A new design scheme from Snøhetta and led by the local firm TODD Architects in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has been revealed after the firm won an international competition to transform a 5,000-square-meter (54,000 sq. billion USD) Belfast Region City Deal from 2018. billion USD) Belfast Region City Deal from 2018.

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Jeddah Tower restarts construction after nearly seven years

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Progress had been stalled at roughly one-third the height of the 3,280-foot building in January of 2018 due to labor shortages. The buttressed core utilized to achieve its final height could key a new wave of megatall designs as was outlined in the firm's 2022 title Supertall | Megatall: How High Can We Go?

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Zaha Hadid Architects updates progress on Navi Mumbai Airport delivery

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billion project, which is the firm’s second ongoing aviation project with the Western Sydney International Airport outside Australia’s largest city. Work is progressing on the Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) design for the Navi Mumbai International Airport in India six years after construction began on the $2.1

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Snøhetta's 'whimsical children's museum' takes shape in El Paso

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We first reported on the scheme in 2018 when Snøhetta won the competition for the project. In 2020, the firm unveiled a completed design for the 70,000-square-foot museum, which will sit in El Paso's Downtown Arts district.

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