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British Museum shortlists five teams to reimagine visitor welcome experience

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The British Museum has announced a shortlist of five consultant teams in search of proposals for a new and improved welcome pavilion and public realm at the museum’s north and south entrances. The multidisciplinary teams comprise landscape designers, architects, and public realm consultants.

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How do most architects calculate fees?

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Ultimately, the decision of how to structure a fee is a business decision and judgment call on behalf of the architect, to be arrived at with consideration to a range of factors, including the project scale, typology, scope and clarity of service, and risk of changes or delays. Rounding out.

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Bates Smart creates "uniquely Australian" monolithic embassy in Washington DC

Deezen

A large atrium runs on a north-south axis through the structure "The appearance of the building changes throughout the day depending on the perspective of the viewer," the team said. "A A striking tectonic quality, where large shadow line joints define a series of aggregated forms, creates a dialogue between positive and negative space."

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5468796 Architecture adds "floating" office floor within preserved pumphouse

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Local studio 5468796 Architecture has renovated an early 20th-century utilities building in Winnipeg , Canada, showcasing the industrial equipment while updating the structure for contemporary usage. 5468796 Architecture has added residential buildings to the site The station closed in 1986 and was slated for demolition.

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KPF completes twin skyscrapers for Ziraat Bank Headquarters in Istanbul

Deezen

Rising 40- and 46-storeys-high, the towers are made up of interconnected glass structures that widen at their tops and are joined by a podium at their base. Architecture studio KPF has completed the Ziraat Bank Headquarters skyscrapers as the centrepiece of the Istanbul International Financial Center in Turkey.

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David Kohn Architects curves University of Oxford college building around three-sided quadrangles

Deezen

Both New Warham House and the Main Quad have decorative facades made from 70-millimetre-thick load-bearing stone walls, which were tied to a concrete structure. A stone tower contains offices David Kohn Architects also designed a 21.5-metre-tall

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Serie Architects adds "memorable and timeless" hall to Indian monastery

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The building's key visual reference is the stepped structure of the mythical temple Jain Samavasaran and how this represents knowledge acquisition bringing worshippers closer to enlightenment, Serie Architects said. Thanks to four curved arches that enclose the space, it is entirely column-free. The photography is by Rory Gardiner.

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