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LACMA makeover: Five active cranes signal midway point for $750 million Zumthor project

Archinect

The project is now approximately at its midway point after a delayed start in 2020. According to Urbanize Los Angeles , two new tower cranes are now in operation at the site, in addition to the three that were brought online back in October.

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

SW Oregon Architect

The 2004 estimate of the probable construction cost exceeded $3 million, which at the time was far more than could be matched by fundraising efforts. We updated the project’s cost estimate in 2006 and once more in 2008. Fast forward to 2020. Alas, budget constraints loomed large. Once again, the City shelved the project.

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nARCHITECTS tops New York nature centre with a mass-timber roof

Deezen

Located on one of Long Island's barrier islands in Wantagh, New York, the Jones Beach centre was completed in 2020 with a permanent exhibition following a year later. The 12,000-square foot (1,100-square metre) centre sits on the foundations of a 1960s bathhouse, extending beyond the midcentury footprint on both ends.

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Is There a Way Out of Hawaii’s Housing Crisis?

Dwell

When the pandemic began in 2020, Hawaii’s economy reeled. Some estimates show that more than 76,000 units are unoccupied and that 30,000 to 60,000 units have been converted to short-term rentals. But transplants shouldn’t necessarily expect a warm welcome. Tourism crashed, and joblessness skyrocketed.

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NEOM: Will the Multi-Billion Dollar Mega-City Ever Come to Life? 

Architizer

Born from two words, “Neo,” the Ancient Greek for “New” and “M” from Mustaqbal, the Arabic for “Future,” on its completion NEOM is estimated to cover an area that is roughly the size of Belgium in the Tabuk Province of northwestern Saudi Arabia. View this post on Instagram.

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Together for the Terroir

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Baker says the Glass Fire in 2020 started just up the road from Larkmead and burned in a U shape around the winery. “It Trees are kept from overhanging a house, and the typical foundational shrubs are a nonstarter. Baker estimates about 40 percent of the new homes permitted in Santa Rosa used plans developed from the templates.

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News: Harvard GSD reveals four 2023 Wheelwright Prize finalists

Bustler

Abascal studied architecture at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, the Technische Universität in Berlin, and at the Vastu Shilpa Foundation in Ahmedabad, under Balkrishna Doshi. The World Health Organization estimates that almost 800 women died from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth every day in 2020.

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