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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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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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A case for mid-rise: How multifamily housing can reshape our cities

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At the end of 2020, the U.S. They are purposely formulaic and efficient, responding to a specific set of constraints, such as code, constructability and financing, among other contributing factors. in recent years. was short 3.8

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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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2022 RIBA Annie Spink Award

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. • Jane Pavitt (Head of Research and Learning, Zaha Hadid Foundation, UK). The £10,000 Annie Spink Award is financed by the Annie Spink Trust Fund, which was established in 1974 by architect Herbert Spink FRIBA. 2020 Annie Spink Award Winner. Professor Lesley Lokko announced as winner of 2020 RIBA Annie Spink Award.

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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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