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• The genetic architecture and evolution of the human skeletal form - Science

  20-07-2023 20:39
  
  The genetic architecture and evolution of the human skeletal form  Science
  
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• Mountains inform rooflines at boarding school in southern California

  20-07-2023 19:00
  
  American firm Gensler and an in-house team at the Swiss company EF Education First have updated a historic school campus in Pasadena by renovating buildings and adding new dormitories with roofs that allude to a nearby mountain range.
  The campus is operated by the Zurich-based company EF Education First and is described by the team as the "first new private boarding school to open in SoCal in decades".
  The campus is located in Pasadena, California
  The site has 11 buildings, plus a soccer field,
  
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• Marks & Spencer's Oxford Street flagship saved from demolition in "huge victory for heritage"

  20-07-2023 17:53
  
  British Secretary of State Michael Gove has rejected Marks & Spencer's plans to demolish its Art Deco flagship store on Oxford Street in London and replace it with a building designed by Pilbrow & Partners.
  A 127-page report was released today by the Department of Housing & Communities announced Gove's decision. His rejection of the plans largely concluded that demolishing the building would generate almost 40,000 tonnes of embodied carbon.
  In his overturning of the plans,
  
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• RIBA names best reuse architecture projects of 2023

  20-07-2023 16:00
  
  The RIBA has named the four UK projects shortlisted for its inaugural Reinvention Award, including a school in Warwickshire and a museum in east London.
  Projects by Van Heyningen and Haward Architects (vHH), Wright & Wright Architects, 6a Architects and Associated Architects with Rodney Melville and Partners are in the running for the inaugural Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Reinvention Award.
  VHH's Houlton School in Warwickshire was created from the conversion of a Grade
  
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• YN Studio wraps Dalston workspaces with translucent "X-ray" facade

  20-07-2023 12:30
  
  A steel frame clad with aluminium and polycarbonate panels was designed to add an industrial feel to Bradbury Works, a retail and office building in Dalston, London, by local studio YN Studio.
  Located in Gillett Square, a former carpark that over the past 20 years has been gradually transformed into a lively community hub, Bradbury Works is operated by non-for profit community interest company Hackney Co-operative Developments.
  Bradbury Works was refurbished by YN Studio
  Following funding f
  
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• Carmody Groarke to add children's pavilion to Dulwich Picture Gallery

  20-07-2023 11:45
  
  UK architecture studio Carmody Groarke has revealed plans to create a timber pavilion and extend a Grade II-listed cottage as part of its plans to transform London's Dulwich Picture Gallery.
  Planning approval and listed building consent was recently granted by Southward Council for Carmody Groarke's plans, which will be the biggest redevelopment of the Dulwich Picture Gallery in over 20 years.
  The most significant addition will be a 160-square-metre pavilion, designed as a creativ
  
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• Saudi Arabia seeking loan of $2.7 billion to fund Neom

  20-07-2023 11:00
  
  Saudi Arabia is reportedly looking to raise a loan of 10 billion riyals to develop its controversial Neom region that includes the 170-mile-long city, The Line.
  According to media company Bloomberg, the loan, which is equivalent to $2.7 billion, will be used to fund the early stages of the project. Neom declined to comment on the news.
  The Line (top) and Oxagon (above) will form part of Neom
  Set to be developed in the northwest of Saudi Arabia, Neom will occupy an area of 10,200 square
  
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• Ak_Project dresses up the kitchen of a Tel Aviv home

  20-07-2023 01:42
  
  Israeli interior design firm combines contemporary furnishings with contrasting finishes
  
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• Fantini Mosaici designs Louis Vuitton Atlanta boutique

  20-07-2023 01:28
  
  Italian patterns accentuate French style
  
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