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Alissa Walker and Monica Nouwens visit a storied Olympic site in Los Angeles to see how preparations are going for 2028

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In less than four years, Los Angeles’s Exposition Park will become the only site in the world to host events during three different Summer Olympics.

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LA moves up Convention Center expansion plan to clear 2028 Olympics hurdle

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” Plans for a new 37-story Marriott Hotel tower from Gensler at the site are being delayed for right now, says Urbanize LA. The plan also includes a redesign of Gilbert Lindsay Plaza, which will add public open space and become an exciting outdoor venue for event programming.”

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This week we revealed the venues set to host the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics

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This week on Dezeen , we explored 15 of the most interesting venues that will host the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028 , including the recently opened Intuit Dome. The post This week we revealed the venues set to host the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics appeared first on Dezeen.

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Florida Southern College to launch new School of Architecture on historic Frank Lloyd Wright campus

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A new academic program in architecture is coming to Central Florida : The newly established Florida Southern College School of Architecture will begin instructing the first students enrolled in its undergraduate program in 2025, with a master’s course to follow beginning in the 2028 academic year.

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Sasaki will oversee redevelopment of Santa Monica Airport into park space for LA County

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Plans for the redevelopment of the soon-to-close Santa Monica Airport have become clearer after the City Council approved an agreement with Sasaki Associates in December that would deliver a “Great Park” concept to the 227-acre site after 2028. January 1, 2029) are al.

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New $4.2 billion JFK Terminal 6 expansion officially breaks ground

Archinect

The new terminal will be developed in two phases, with the first new gates opening in 2026 and construction set to complete in 2028. It will offer an anchor for passenger travel on JFK’s north side, spanning the sites of the former Terminal 6 and the existing Terminal 7. The 50-year-old Terminal 7 facility will be demolished.

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

Deezen

The battle of Oceanwide Plaza is a preview of the social and economic tensions that will increasingly take place across Los Angeles as it sprints towards the 2028 Summer Olympics. The people of Los Angeles waited patiently for half a decade to make use of a useless site.

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