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Cards Against Humanity buys land on US-Mexico border to fight Trump’s wall

November 16, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

The creators of adult game Cards Against Humanity have purchased a vacant plot along America’s southern border, in the hopes of preventing the controversial wall the country’s president Donald Trump is planning to build. The team made the purchase, and hired a lawyer that specialises in preventing the state from taking private land for public

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Cards Against Humanity buys land on US-Mexico border to fight Trump’s wall

November 16, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

The creators of adult game Cards Against Humanity have purchased a vacant plot along America’s southern border, in the hopes of preventing the controversial wall the country’s president Donald Trump is planning to build. The team made the purchase, and hired a lawyer that specialises in preventing the state from taking private land for public

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Survey of top architecture firms reveals “quite shocking” lack of gender diversity at senior levels

November 16, 2017 Marcus Fairs 0

Just three of the world’s 100 biggest architecture firms are headed by women and only two have management teams that are more than 50 per cent female, a survey by Dezeen has revealed. The survey found that women occupy just 10 per cent of the highest-ranking jobs at the world’s leading architecture firms, while 16

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Masterplan unveiled for Downtown Houston in wake of Hurricane Harvey

November 15, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Houston has launched a 20-year plan to overhaul its Downtown business district, after the Texas city’s urban design was heavily criticised following catastrophic flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey. The Plan Downtown: Converging Culture, Lifestyle & Commerce report outlines the city’s intentions to update the urban planning of Downtown Houston over the next two decades. The document

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William Kaven proposes Portland’s tallest skyscrapers at US Postal Office site

November 15, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

Portland-based firm William Kaven Architecture has put forward a scheme to redevelop the soon-to-be demolished US postal building in the Oregon city, including a pair of towers built alongside a high-speed rail system. William Kaven Architecture has proposed a complete overhaul of Portland’s US Postal Office headquarters site in the Pearl District, which is planned

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Best architecture of 2017 revealed at day one of World Architecture Festival

November 15, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

A huge smile-shaped structure in London and a study centre in the Philippines are among today’s category winners at the World Architecture Festival 2017 awards. Now in its tenth edition, the World Architecture Festival (WAF) showcases the best architecture built around the world in the last year. Further category winners will be revealed tomorrow, with the

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Top interiors of the year revealed at day one of Inside festival 2017

November 15, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Airbnb’s Dublin headquarters in a former warehouse and a high-rise hospital in Montreal are among the first category winners from this year’s Inside festival awards. Aiming to showcase the world’s best interior design, the Inside awards also recognised a contemporary butchers shop in Taipei. Further category winners will be revealed tomorrow. Each category winner will be

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Top interiors of the year revealed at day one of Inside festival 2017

November 15, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Airbnb’s Dublin headquarters in a former warehouse and a high-rise hospital in Montreal are among the first category winners from this year’s Inside festival awards. Aiming to showcase the world’s best interior design, the Inside awards also recognised a contemporary butchers shop in Taipei. Further category winners will be revealed tomorrow. Each category winner will be

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David Adjaye’s red library and events complex in Florida wins approval

November 15, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

British architect David Adjaye’s plans to create a “micro village” of red cultural buildings in Florida’s Winter Park have been granted planning permission. Adjaye Associates won approval for the $30 million (£22.7 million) project from the Winter Park City Commission earlier this week. The Winter Park Public Library and Events Center will replace the existing civic

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Scottish architects call for reform of “increasingly secretive and autocratic” RIAS

November 15, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

More than 150 architects are calling for an independent review into the governance of Scottish architecture’s professional body, the RIAS, which is being accused of covering up details of its internal finances. The architects have signed an open letter sent to the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) by a group calling itself A New Chapter.

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