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Exclusive Film: La Quebradora Water Park in Mexico City, a Holcim Foundation Award-Winning Project

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Over the past twenty years, the Holcim Foundation Awards has committed USD 20M to spotlighting projects from an industry-changing cast of architects, designers, and engineers who champion innovative practices in sustainable design and construction. Read more ยป

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

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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.”

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Mellon Foundation bestows $1.5 million to Storefront for Art and Architecture

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Mellon Foundation to New York’s Storefront for Art and Architecture. Esparza Chong Cuy has been serving in the role since the departure of Eva Franch i Gilabert in October 2018. A new grant worth a total of $1.5 million has been awarded by the Andrew W. The premiere exh.

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Making it right: Brad Pitt's foundation settles for $20.5 million in faulty post-Katrina homes lawsuit

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A settlement has been reached in the yearslong saga surrounding Brad Pitt’s Make it Right Foundation and residents of New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward. NOLA.com is reporting that the foundation will pay a total of $20.5

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

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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. The foundation was not formed to secure or protect any building or heritage โ€“ we started with an arts and culture agenda," explained Umerova.

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

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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 โ€œcultivate new ideas and meaningful research that addresses the critical issues of our time.โ€

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Zaha Hadid Architects has paid almost $16million to keep founderโ€™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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