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News Articles: Architecture

Singer and composer H. Sinno is bringing a site-specific opera to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Temple of Dendur.

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  • Arts & Life

An ancient Egyptian temple in New York inspires a Lebanese American musician

H. Sinno, former lead singer of the pioneering Lebanese rock band Mashrou' Leila, pairs their own history with that of the Metropolitan Museum's Temple of Dendur in their new opera.

January 27, 2024
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
The nearly century-old Onion Dome atop the Fox Theatre undergoing renovation in 2023.

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  • News

Atlanta's Fox Theatre completes renovation on ‘Onion Dome’

Restoration of the Fox Theatre’s “Onion Dome” is now complete.

January 23, 2024
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  • Rough Draft Atlanta
A cargo ship heads into port on Oct. 13, 2021, in Bayonne, N.J.

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  • Architecture

Shipping container buildings may be cool — but they're not always green

Shipping containers may seem like a sustainable construction material, but are they actually eco-friendly? Many people don't want a heavily-used container — and the energy bills are through the roof.

January 15, 2024
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  • Chloe Veltman
The Prince Hall Masonic Lodge in Atlanta's Sweet Auburn neighborhood was built in 1937 and is being restored with funding from the Trust for Public Land. and other sources

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  • News

Perspectives in Architecture: Renewing historic landmarks and civil rights conversations

The Prince Hall Masonic Lodge in Atlanta's Sweet Auburn Historic District housed the headquarters for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) that included Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s office from 1963 to his assassination in 1968. The building is now being restored. 

December 05, 2023
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  • Melody Harclerode
Palestinians search the destroyed annex of the Church of Saint Porphyrius, damaged in a strike on Gaza City on Oct. 20.

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  • Middle East

More than 100 Gaza heritage sites have been damaged or destroyed by Israeli attacks

The nonprofit group Heritage for Peace's preliminary findings show 104 historic religious buildings, museums and archaeological sites have been destroyed or damaged.

December 04, 2023
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  • Chloe Veltman
Design strategist Anna Engstrom created this sketch of a futuristic hospital that appears in <em>Artists Remaking Medicine. </em>She writes that she envisions "a more colorful health care future."

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  • Health

Could creativity transform medicine? These artists think so

A new book argues that the arts have a role to play in shaking up the status quo in the American health care system and creating 'desperately needed culture change.'

November 14, 2023
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  • Mara Gordon
Construction is afoot at Guédelon castle, in France's northern Burgundy region, where builders and crafts people are using tools and methods from the Middle Ages.

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  • Europe

In France, workers build a castle from scratch the 13th century way

Deep in a forest in the Burgundy region, a group of enthusiasts is building a castle the medieval way — no motorized machines included.

October 02, 2023
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  • Eleanor Beardsley and
  • Cristina Baussan
Eight of Ohio's prehistoric monumental earthworks built 2,000 years ago by Native Americans are poised to become Ohio's first UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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  • History

Ohio's Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks are about to be a UNESCO World Heritage site

UNESCO World Heritage Sites are considered "outstanding works of human genius." There are just 24 in the U.S., including the Statue of Liberty and the Grand Canyon.

September 16, 2023
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  • Tana Weingartner
Campbell & Sons Funeral Home at 124 W Park Ave

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  • News

Commission denies building demolitions near Savannah's Forsyth Park

The Historic Preservation Commission says the buildings, including the Campbell funeral parlor that serves Black Savannahians, have "contributing status."

July 03, 2023
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  • The Current
Lord Norman Foster sits for a portrait on the 42nd floor of JPMorgan's current headquarters. Lord Foster is the architect for a new 60-story building the bank is building. He describes the new structure as a "a breathing building" because of the increased focus on air circulation.

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  • Business

How two big Wall Street banks are rethinking the office for a post-pandemic future

From more air circulation to well stacked pantries, JPMorgan Chase and BNP Paribas are seeking to make the office a draw at a time when work-from-home is becoming commonplace.

June 12, 2023
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  • David Gura
Carpenters at the Ateliers Perrault finalize the practice assembly of the <em>charpente</em>, or roof framework of the choir — the part of the cathedral that provides seating for the clergy and choir — on May 25. It extends nearly 50 feet long by 33 feet high.

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  • World

To rebuild Notre Dame's fire-ravaged roof, carpenters use centuries-old techniques

When fire engulfed the Paris landmark in 2019, the intricate maze of medieval beams supporting the roof fell to the cathedral floor. Experts are working to restore the church by the end of 2024.

June 11, 2023
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
Twenty-two timber cabins, built for enslaved people, are on the Evergreen Plantation in the West Bank of St. John the Baptist Parish, La.

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  • Architecture

Here's the latest list of the '11 Most Endangered Historic Places' in the U.S.

"It's very hard to narrow the list," says the Chief Preservation Officer of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The 2023 list includes a gas station, an artist studio and two Chinatowns.

May 09, 2023
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  • Neda Ulaby
The Tomochichi Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, as seen on April 17, 2023.

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  • Architecture

Recently damaged Savannah federal courthouse a ‘product of its time,’ says architectural historian

The building's white marble design drew inspiration from the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.

April 18, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne
Balloons are seen wrapped around a tree in caution tape at Robb Elementary School on May 31, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas, a week after the school shooting.

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  • Architecture

With gun control far from sight, schools redesign for student safety

In the wake of ongoing school shootings, architects are designing schools to minimize risk and increase student connection.

March 17, 2023
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  • Mallika Seshadri
Pascale Sablan was once told she'd never become an architect because she's Black and a woman. Now she works for one of the world's most prestigious firms and she wants more people who look like her to join the field.

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  • Architecture

Very few architects are Black. This woman is pushing to change that

Pascale Sablan was told she'd never become an architect because she's Black and a woman. Now she works for one of the world's top firms and she wants more people who look like her to join the field.

March 13, 2023
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  • Vanessa Romo
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