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The Obel Award Announces Theme for its 6th Cycle, the 2024 Edition

ArchDaily

Courtesy of Henrik Frode Obel Foundation The Obel Award is an international prize for architectural achievement presented annually by the Henrik Frode Obel Foundation. Previous emphasis included Adaptations, Emissions, Cities, Mending, and Well-being.

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How Amsterdam Uses the Doughnut Economics Model to Create a Balanced Strategy for Both the People and the Environment

ArchDaily

In 2020, in the midst of the first wave of lockdowns due to the pandemic, the municipality of Amsterdam announced its strategy for recovering from this crisis by embracing the concept of the “Doughnut Economy.” With the help of Raworth, Amsterdam has downscaled this approach to the size of a city. The Whale / de Architekten Cie.

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The Mellon Foundation's Monuments Project awards $25 million worth of grant funding to 9 municipalities

Archinect

A total of nine local municipalities have received funding in the amount of $25 million from the Mellon Foundation as part of its ongoing Monuments Project , which to date has provided $151.9 million worth of grants since its inception in 2020.

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Foster + Partners and Sasaki Associates designing Sierra Leone island city for Idris Elba

Deezen

Architecture studios Sasaki Associates and Foster + Partners are masterplanning a smart city for up to a million people on Sherbro island in Sierra Leone. Never in my lifetime would I have thought I could build the foundation for a new smart-city. It's a dream, you know, but I work in the make-believe business," Elba told BBC.

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Maria Nicanor appointed director of New York City's Cooper Hewitt museum

Deezen

Curator and historian Maria Nicanor has been announced as the new director of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum after a lengthy interim period following the resignation of former director Caroline Baumann in 2020. She also led the opening of the Norman Foster Foundation in Madrid.

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Parley for the Oceans to recycle Christo and Jeanne-Claude's L'Arc de Triomphe Wrapped

Deezen

Both fabric and rope were made of woven polypropylene, a type of thermoplastic, and intended to be recycled — a vision that is now being realised by the Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation in collaboration with environmental organisation Parley for the Oceans.

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Concept to Completion: A Tale of Tenacity in Small Community Architecture

SW Oregon Architect

The City of Myrtle Point initially retained my firm, Robertson/Sherwood/Architects, in November of 2002 for the purpose of designing a new building to replace its aging and undersized public library. The City identified another development option in March of 2004. Once again, the City shelved the project. Fast forward to 2020.

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