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Ricardo Gomara House
Playa Brava, Uruguay

Built: 1982
Architect: Ricardo Gomara

Vacation home constructed for upper class Argentinian family in the resort city of Punta del Este

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Chicago Apartment (1983)

Custom conversion duplex on 910 Lake Shore Drive

The home of architect Stanley Tigerman

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The World of Russian Street Music (“Blatnaya Pesnya”)

A subgenre of Russian music depicting criminal culture and underworld. Blatnaya pesnya or blatnyak songs have a long folk history — dating back to the Russian Empire and extending through the Soviet Union

Blatnyak are often composed as ballads with themes of man vs. state and struggles in the criminal underworld

The genre grew and mutated in the gulag system with many secret recordings being shared in the underground

Traditional blatnyak is a dark waltz: with a marching time signature and instrumentation (accordions, violins)

In the post Soviet era, the ballad feel and marching drive of blatnyak remains. But the conventions have expanded into new genres and instrumentations.

Oakland Mormon Temple
Oakland, California

Built: 1962-1964
Architect: Harold Burton

Mormon temple set on a prominent hillside overlooking the greater San Francisco Bay Area

The first Mormon temple to be built in a midcentury style with multiple spires reminiscent of a castle. This design was influence future builds such as the San Diego and Washington DC temples

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Price House
Corona del Mar, California

Built: 1984-1989
Architect: Bart Prince

A series of shell structures built atop an oceanside cliff

Inconspicuous yet mysterious from the street, the home invites the imagination

Incredibly, the home is primarily a wood construction

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Kwame Nkrumah Memorial
Accra, Ghana

Built: 1992
Architect: Don Arthur

Mausoleum dedicated to the founding father of Ghana

Constructed top to bottom in Italian marble. Shaped like an upside down sword — which is a symbol of peace in Akan culture (majority of people in Ghana)

Nkrumah is buried in the same place he declared Ghanaian independence in 1957

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Energy Tower
Roskilde, Denmark

Built: 2014
Architect: Erick van Egeraat

A waste incineration plant transformed into a light installation

The perforated exterior allows light to escape — while protecting the interior plant

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Tower of Winds
Yokohama, Japan

Built: 1986
Architect: Toyo Ito

Water tower repurposed as light fixture

Perforated aluminum panels allow light from over 1,300 lamps and 12 neon rings

The towers lighting changes based on daily wind patterns

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Parkview Square
Singapore

Built: 1999-2002
Architect:

Neo Art Deco skyscraper

Exterior face of granite, bronze, glass, and lacquer

A completely unique building that revamps Art Deco aesthetics with East Asian design vernacular

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Abrahamic Family House
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Built: 2023
Architect:

Interfaith complex representing the worlds three Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

On one site there are three equally sized places of worship: synagogue, church, and mosque. The site is free and open to the public

This project was inspired by the open interfaith dialogue forged between Pope Francis and Grand Imam of al-Azhar (a high ranking authority in Sunni Islam)

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