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NYC construction workers injured at the site of architect Erica Tishman's 2019 death as concerns mount

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A collapsing floor injured two workers Monday at a midtown office building where falling exterior work killed a prominent architect in 2019. It is not clear at this time whether or not workers on the site were unionized or not. The accident at 729 Seventh Avenue happened just before 10 a.m.

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Nearly 1 in 4 workplace deaths in New York occur in construction

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Construction work in New York — city and statewide — remains the most deadly profession in the country. A total of 41 laborers died on the job in New York state in 2020, a decrease from 2019. In addition, nearly 80% of worker deaths were on non-union job sites.

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Omer Arbel balances nature and form in this award-winning Canadian Pacific Northwest house

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Vancouver-based Omer Arbel Office (OAO) has completed work on their award-winning project 75.9 , a new construction of a private home located adjacent to a hayfield in rural British Columbia. The design scheme won in the 'Future Project House' category at the 2019 World Architecture Festival.

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"The people of Los Angeles waited patiently for half a decade to make use of a useless site"

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This billion-dollar tomb to foreign real-estate speculation in the western corner of downtown Los Angeles (DTLA), laid hollow since 2019, was revived early this year by graffiti artists and paragliders that made it their night-time playground. The people of Los Angeles waited patiently for half a decade to make use of a useless site.

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MAD Architects completes ‘train station in the forest’ in China

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” Located in the city of Jiaxing, 60 miles southwest of Shanghai, the project included the replacement of an outdated train station that occupied the site from 1995 to 2019.

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Iconic Parisian cathedral transformed into ‘sensory nighttime exploration’ by multimedia company Moment Factory

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Image credit: Moment Factory Image credit: Moment Factory Conceived in 2019 by cultural operator Cultival in collaboration with Musée de l’Armée, the project seeks to create a “sensory nighttime exploration” in which visitors wander through the Dôme des Invalides and its six chapels guided by light.

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Indonesia set to begin construction on new capital this year

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Indonesia has announced plans to begin the construction of 184 apartment blocks that will mark the first stage of development of its new capital Nusantara. Top: president Joko Widodo visits the site of Indonesia's new city. According to the NNCA, construction on the state palace will also begin this year and will be completed in 2024.