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

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"Never in my lifetime would I have thought I could build the foundation for a new smart-city. Development for "up to a million people" According to the BBC, the project for the island in the southwest of the country is set to be "financed through a public-private partnership", with Sherbro designated as a special economic zone.

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Yasmeen Lari wins 2023 RIBA Royal Gold Medal

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In the last 23 years Lari and The Heritage Foundation of Pakistan, which she founded with her husband, have reacted imaginatively and creatively to the physical and psychological damage that a number of major natural disasters, earthquakes, floods and conflicts have inflicted on the people of Pakistan."

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

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When the pandemic began in 2020, Hawaii’s economy reeled. On the supply side, the Hawaii Housing Finance & Development Corporation develops and finances low- and moderate-income housing projects. But transplants shouldn’t necessarily expect a warm welcome. Tourism crashed, and joblessness skyrocketed.

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Port of Beirut renewal by ALIPH: buildings

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To implement this plan, the Foundation has been closely cooperating with the Lebanese Directorate General of Antiquities (DGA) and international or professional organizations (including UNESCO, ICCROM, ICOM, ICOMOS, IFLA, Blue Shield) to assess the needs and identify projects. Cathédrale Orthodox St.

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News: Harvard GSD reveals four 2023 Wheelwright Prize finalists

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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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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

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Left: Student Residence in Saclay_momentum, Saclay, France, 2020 A+Awards Popular Winner in the Small Multi-Unit Housing category; Right: Anna Maria Bordas via Bordas+Peiro. 2020 A+Award winner Anna Maria Bordas is an architect from ENSAVT and engineer of Ponts et Chaussées engineering school. Anna Maria Bordas. Cécile Brisac.

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

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His aim, he said, is to help drive Saudi away from its dependency on finance from the crude oil industry, which has historically been the country’s largest export but is undoubtedly playing a part in the climate change that is adversely affecting areas across the Middle East. . View this post on Instagram.

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