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National Endowment for the Humanities awards $190,000 grant to the ASLA for educator workshop

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The grant comes in the form of the Landmarks of American History and Culture award, which aims to support a series of workshops for 72 K-12 educators to study environmental humanities and place-making through the lens of landscape architecture in Washington, D.C. “Landscape architecture is a unique blend of art and science.

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spiegel aihara workshop sites tilted home on former hawaiian pineapple plantation

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the prefab 'kauhikoa core house' by spiegel aihara workshop resembles a cluster of volumes tumbling down the sloping site on maui. The post spiegel aihara workshop sites tilted home on former hawaiian pineapple plantation appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Renzo Piano Building Workshop completes "big cube" in Paddington

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Curtain walls and an exposed steel structure define Paddington Square, a contentious mixed-use building in central London by architecture studio Renzo Piano Building Workshop. This goal has also been met through the rerouting of an old road in front of the site around the building and efforts to reduce the visual impact of its facade.

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Tropical Space wraps kiln and workshop in perforated brick walls

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Perforated brick walls surround the Terra Cotta Workshop in Vietnam , which contains a brick kiln and visitor centre by architectural studio Tropical Space. Located alongside a river in Dien Phuong, the workshop was constructed to complement Terra Cotta Studio , a cuboid brick structure designed by the studio in 2016 for artist Le Huc Da.

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Photography Studio & Workshop by Kennerly Architecture & Planning

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Designed for a photographer, the new studio and workshop building replaces an enchanting but irreparable old barn and is built approximately within its footprint. The design team approached the project as a challenge to fuse program, site, and intention in the simplest, most elegant manner possible.

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Walker Workshop tucks Rustic Canyon house into Los Angeles site

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US studio Walker Workshop acted as both architect and general contractor to create a southern California home that features stucco cladding and a distinctive window system. Located in Los Angeles , the Rustic Canyon house sits on a shady site dotted with California oak and sycamore trees. The firm also served as the general contractor.

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Spiegel Aihara Workshop's Wraparound House creates fluid connectivity without sacrificing Bay Area views

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San Francisco-based transdisciplinary studio Spiegel Aihara Workshop (SAW) shared new images of an extensive home renovation project of a 1930s Spanish Revival home in the Bay Area 's Marina neighborhood. Rear view of the home and spiral staircase starting at the base of the newly landscaped backyard. Image © Paul Dyer/Courtesy of SAW.

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