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• Frank Lloyd Wright's School of Architecture at Taliesin is moving to Paolo Soleri's Cosanti

  10-06-2020 22:58
  
  Frank Lloyd Wright's School of Architecture at Taliesin will change its name and move its campuses to the Cosanti and Arcosanti sites Italian-American architect Paolo Soleri designed in Arizona.
  School dean Chris Lasch told Dezeen it was in the process of moving from Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Arizona and Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin. The Cosanti residence and studios will serve as the main campus, while the Arcosanti commune will be an additional site.
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• Frank Lloyd Wright architecture school to move to Paolo Soleri's Cosanti - Dezeen

  10-06-2020 22:58
  
  Frank Lloyd Wright architecture school to move to Paolo Soleri's Cosanti  Dezeen
  
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• Optimized LED headlamp control architecture broadens automotive SSL opportunity (MAGAZINE) - LEDs Magazine

  10-06-2020 21:05
  Optimized LED headlamp control architecture broadens automotive SSL opportunity (MAGAZINE)  LEDs Magazine
  
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• RIMA Design Group designs rammed-earth arts centre in Los Cabos

  10-06-2020 21:00
  
  Mexican architecture firm RIMA Design Group has connected several structures made from rammed earth with wood pergolas to form an arts centre in Los Cabos, Mexico.Casa Ballena was designed for a Mexican artist who wanted to create studios and residences for local and international artists in San Jose del Cabo, a town on the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula.The complex houses three workshops, an exhibition space, multi-use patios, dining and living halls and a warehouse. Each of the buildi
  
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• Fuzzy space and flexible boundaries: LWM Architects and Shanghai Yue Jie unveil "Jin" Life Aesthetic Hall interior design, Hangzhou, China

  10-06-2020 19:14
  
  Conducted jointly by Zhu Peidong of gad·line+studio, Lee WeiMin of LWMA and Ge Yaxi of LSD,the project hopes to evoke the Hangzhou silk weaving culture
  
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• Ronald Lu & Partners unveils ‘A Myriad of Twinkling Household Lights’ design for tech giant

  10-06-2020 19:11
  
  ‘Twinkling lights’ reflecting windows design concept unveiled by Ronald Lu & Partners for Tencent East China headquarters
  
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• New eco-kindergarten by LAVA aims to be stimulating, safe and sustainable

  10-06-2020 19:08
  
  The design of a new Eco-Kindi by LAVA with Module K and Viet Décor features spaces encouraging curiosity, activity-based learning and interaction with nature for the next generation of Vietnamese children
  
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• Three storey London house and new family home for four generations in Hertfordshire by Square Feet Architects

  10-06-2020 18:58
  
  Architecture firm releases details on two beautiful family homes - one contemporary, the other functional, distinctive and adaptable
  
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• Nine-story structure from David Baker Architects helps fill San Francisco affordable housing gap

  10-06-2020 18:56
  
  Playing a crucial role in filling San Francisco’s affordable housing gap, 222 Taylor offers 113 units for low-income and formerly homeless families/individuals in a mixed-use building with zero parking
  
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• Adobe updates San Jose headquarters with two new core architectural themes

  10-06-2020 18:53
  
  Adobe realized that its headquarters, housed in a 1990s-era high-rise in San Jose, needed incremental updating to fit the company’s culture and vision
  
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• The Cass architecture and design school will be renamed to remove slaver trader's name

  10-06-2020 18:50
  
  London Metropolitan University has announced that it will be renaming The Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design to remove the name of the prominent slave trader.
  The Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design at London Metropolitan University, which is commonly known as The Cass, was named after a 17th-century slave trader. The organisation will now be renamed.
  "Following consultation with the students' union, staff, and our board of governors we have taken the deci
  
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• The Cass architecture and design school will be renamed to remove slave trader's name

  10-06-2020 18:50
  
  London Metropolitan University has announced that it will be renaming The Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design to remove the name of the prominent slave trader.
  The Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design at London Metropolitan University, which is commonly known as The Cass, was named after a 17th-century slave trader. The organisation will now be renamed.
  "Following consultation with the students' union, staff, and our board of governors we have taken the deci
  
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• New images of £1bn Purfleet-on-Thames regeneration revealed

  10-06-2020 18:50
  
  Fresh pictures show the future of Purfleet-on-Thames town centre £1billion regeneration that will bring new housing and social infrastructure and transform the Essex town into a world-class creative hub
  
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• Green light for transformation of Grade II listed Kodak House for Barr Gazetas

  10-06-2020 18:48
  
  Barr Gazetas has secured planning permission for the transformation of the Grade II listed Kodak House in central London
  
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• Former bank transformed into an editorial office in Vienna by Berger+Parkkinen

  10-06-2020 18:46
  
  The architects of Berger+Parkkinen Associated Architects designed a versatile editorial office and TV studio for the Austrian media project Addendum in Vienna's seventh district
  
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• Parking House and Konditaget Lüders by JAJA Architects wins prestigious Danish Design Award 2020 ‘Liveable Cities’

  10-06-2020 18:43
  
  The roof of a car park has been turned into a living urban space with sports and play equipment in the neighbourhood of Nordhavn, Copenhagen
  
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• London authority confirms Bouygues UK will work with a council’s architects astudio

  10-06-2020 18:27
  
  Westminster City Council appoints Bouygues UK for first phase of the redevelopment of the Ebury Bridge Estate designed by the council’s architects astudio
  
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• Architect Carisima Koenig joins Perkins Eastman

  10-06-2020 18:24
  
  Carisima Koenig, AIA, joins Perkins Eastman as principal in the global architecture and design firm’s NYC headquarters
  
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• Future ShanShui City: Dwellings in Lishui Mountains International Urban Design Competition opens for registration

  10-06-2020 18:22
  
  The project aims to construct a Shanshui city spatial framework with a model city typology, a ShanShui city lifestyle and to explore contemporary, sustainable urban planning strategies
  
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• EGM architects hires Willeke Smit as associate architect

  10-06-2020 18:20
  
  Smit brings a wealth of international experience to the position, having worked on signature projects as both an architect and a developer
  
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• AHEAD Americas 2020 awards winners announced in video ceremony at VDF

  10-06-2020 18:20
  
  AHEAD is announcing the best new hotel designs in the Americas today, in a video ceremony broadcast as part of Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with the hospitality awards programme.The ceremony will be broadcast in four parts from 9:00am LA time/12:00pm New York time/5:00pm UK time, which can be viewed in order below. The most recent part of the ceremony is also included at the top of this story.
  The event is hosted by Sleeper Magazine's editor-at-large Guy Dittrich, and will feature exc
  
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• David Chipperfield Architects wins urban planning competition in Berlin over former industrial site

  10-06-2020 18:17
  
  Following an urban planning competition, the design for the Georg-Knorr-Park quarter in Berlin by David Chipperfield Architects Berlin with Wirtz International Landscape Architects was chosen from three competing schemes by an expert jury
  
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• Film stars, artists, business owners and residents celebrate Black Los Angeles with groundbreaking of Destination Crenshaw

  10-06-2020 18:10
  
  More than 2,000 people gathered along Crenshaw Boulevard to commemorate an unprecedented Black L.A. community-led outdoor cultural experience
  
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• "The long-overdue removal of Colston's statue is now part of Bristol's history"

  10-06-2020 18:01
  
  The removal of slave-trader Edward Colston's statue provides the opportunity to acknowledge Bristol's history with an appropriate memorial, says Tom Ravenscroft.Is tearing down a statue writing or rewriting history? That was the argument that raged over the weekend on Twitter following the toppling of the statue of 17th-century slave trader Edward Colston in my hometown of Bristol.
  The statue was pulled down and thrown into the harbour spontaneously during a Black Lives Matter protest following
  
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• Sheraton Milan San Siro comes to Italy from CaberlonCaroppi and Concreta

  10-06-2020 17:52
  
  Milan welcomes a hotel project conceived and designed by CaberlonCaroppi architectural studio and realised by Concreta, based in Valtellina in Postalesio (Sondrio)
  
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• New frontier for Foster + Partners project with 3D printing breakthrough

  10-06-2020 17:45
  
  Foster + Partners pushes the boundaries of scale for additive manufacturing by designing and manufacturing an additive-steel building truss
  
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• BHA Award win for Apartment Development of the Year in 2019 raises confidence and profile for Material Architects

  10-06-2020 17:06
  
  Being named winner has given the firm all important credibility in contract negotiations
  
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• 2020 WAN Awards entry: Fulham FC Riverside Stand Redevelopment - Populous

  10-06-2020 16:53
  
  Fulham FC Riverside Stand Redevelopment by Populous is an entry in the Future Projects - Leisure Category of the 2020 WAN Awards
  
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• 2020 WAN Awards entry: Prodea HQ - Urban Soul Project

  10-06-2020 16:48
  
  Prodea HQ by Urban Soul Project is an entry in the Commercial Category of the 2020 WAN Awards
  
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• Braccialini flagship store designed by Studio Svetti Architecture in Rome

  10-06-2020 16:47
  
  “Rebirth” of the historic Tuscan bag brand Braccialini comes with art inspired design to return the focus of the shopping experience to products
  
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• 2020 WAN Awards entry: Cherry Street Pier - Groundswell Design Group

  10-06-2020 16:42
  
  Cherry Street Pier by Groundswell Design Group is an entry in the Adaptive Reuse Category of the 2020 WAN Awards
  
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• 2020 WAN Awards entry: Lyons Place - Farrells

  10-06-2020 16:39
  
  Lyons Place by Farrells is an entry in the Colour in Architecture Category of the 2020 WAN Awards
  
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• 2020 WAN Awards entry: Royal Mint Gardens - Farrells

  10-06-2020 16:23
  
  Royal Mint Gardens by Farrells is an entry in the Transport Category of the 2020 WAN Awards
  
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• 2020 WAN Awards entry: Block of Flats，Xiong'An Civic Centre - Architectural Design & Research Institute of Tsinghua University Co., Ltd.

  10-06-2020 16:18
  
  Block of Flats,Xiong'An Civic Centre by Architectural Design & Research Institute of Tsinghua University Co., Ltd is an entry in the Residential Category of the 2020 WAN Awards
  
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• 2020 WAN Awards entry: Shijiazhuang International Convention & Exhibition Center - Architectural Design & Research Institute of Tsinghua University Co., Ltd.

  10-06-2020 16:06
  
  Shijiazhuang International Convention & Exhibition Center by Architectural Design & Research Institute of Tsinghua University Co., Ltd is an entry in the Civic Category of the 2020 WAN Awards
  
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• Architects and designers create Google Docs spreadsheet listing black-owned studios

  10-06-2020 16:00
  
  Architects and designers have created a public Google Docs spreadsheet to highlight design, architecture, engineering or planning studios founded by black, indigenous and people of colour.
  Fashion designer Virgil Abloh, architects Dong-Ping Wong, Tei Carpenter, Dominic Leong, Preeti Sriritana, Oana Stănescu, Joey Swerdlin, Naïla Opiangah, critic Esther Choi, artist Hassan Rahim, and designer Mahfuz Sultan made the spreadsheet to document minority studios that may have job opportunities
  
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• 2020 WAN Awards entry: Macjoy R&D and Production Facilities - MDO

  10-06-2020 16:00
  
  Macjoy R&D and Production Facilities by MDO is an entry in the Adaptive Reuse Category of the 2020 WAN Awards
  
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• 2020 WAN Awards entry: City Crown - The Dragon Lake Public Art Center - Studio A+

  10-06-2020 15:54
  City Crown - The Dragon Lake Public Art Center by Studio A+ is an entry in the Civic Category of the 2020 WAN Awards
  
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• 2020 WAN Awards entry: Central Ring Art Gallery - Studio A+

  10-06-2020 15:50
  
  Central Ring Art Gallery by Studio A+ is an entry in the Civic Category of the 2020 WAN Awards
  
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• 2020 WAN Awards entry: Trees-Parency - Archi-Solution Workshop Ltd

  10-06-2020 15:36
  
  Trees-Parency by Archi-Solution Workshop Ltd is an entry in the Glass in Architecture Category of the 2020 WAN Awards
  
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• Studio Vincent Eschalier "stands out for its daring housing" schemes

  10-06-2020 15:30
  
  VDF studio profiles: Studio Vincent Eschalier is a French architecture practice that prides itself on its diverse portfolio that features a range of bold housing projects.
  Founded in Paris in 2009 by Vincent Eschalier, the studio specialises in architectural, interior and product design, and comprises 16 architects, two designers and three executive assistants.
  Each member of the team comes from a "different horizon", which the studio says enriches its work and contributes to its varied portfoli
  
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• 2020 WAN Awards entry: The Hovering Gardens - Niraj Doshi Design Consultancy [N. D. D. C.]

  10-06-2020 15:30
  
  The Hovering Gardens by Niraj Doshi Design Consultancy [N. D. D. C.] is an entry in the House of the Year Category of the 2020 WAN Awards
  
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• 2020 WAN Awards entry: Hongling Experimental Primary School - O-office Architects

  10-06-2020 15:26
  
  Hongling Experimental Primary School by O-office Architects is an entry in the Education Category of the 2020 WAN Awards
  
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• 2020 WAN Awards entry: Tongling Recluse,The Chengdu VUE Resort Phase I & The Cropland-loop Resort - RSAA/Büro Ziyu Zhuang

  10-06-2020 14:25
  
  Tongling Recluse,The Chengdu VUE Resort Phase I & The Cropland-loop Resort by RSAA/Büro Ziyu Zhuang is an entry in the Rising Star / Emerging Practice of the Year Category of the 2020 WAN Awards
  
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• 2020 WAN Awards entry: Cockle Bay Precinct - Woods Bagot

  10-06-2020 14:20
  
  Cockle Bay Precinct by Woods Bagot is an entry in the Future Projects - Commercial Category of the 2020 WAN Awards
  
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• 2020 WAN Awards entry: UNSW Biological Sciences - Woods Bagot

  10-06-2020 13:58
  
  UNSW Biological Sciences by Woods Bagot is an entry in the Education Category of the 2020 WAN Awards
  
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• Sharon Davis Design builds rammed-earth hospital in Nepal

  10-06-2020 13:57
  
  Bayalpata Hospital is a medical complex in Achham, Nepal, built from rammed earth by American architecture office Sharon Davis Design.
  Serving one of Nepal's poorest and most remote regions, Bayalpata Hospital replaced an old clinic that was too small for the number of patients needing treatment.Five medical buildings and an administrative block form the campus on a hilltop in the Seti River Valley. The gabled forms surround shady courtyards for patients to sit in while waiting to receive health
  
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• 2020 WAN Awards entry: Small Hill Kindergarten - SZAD/Atelier Apeiron/Yunchao Xu

  10-06-2020 13:44
  
  Small Hill Kindergarten by SZAD/Atelier Apeiron/Yunchao Xu is an entry in the Future Projects - Education Category of the 2020 WAN Awards
  
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• 2020 WAN Awards entry: Teaching Block A&B of Jinjiang Campus - SZAD/Atelier Apeiron

  10-06-2020 13:40
  
  Teaching Block A&B of Jinjiang Campus by SZAD/Atelier Apeiron is an entry in the Education Category of the 2020 WAN Awards
  
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• 2020 WAN Awards entry: The Library of Jinjiang Campus - Yunchao Xu

  10-06-2020 13:36
  
  The Library of Jinjiang Campus by Yunchao Xu is an entry in the Rising Star / Emerging Practice of the Year Category of the 2020 WAN Awards
  
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