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Working on tourism projects in Brazil could help alleviate poverty and reduce destruction of the rainforests, according to BIG partner Kai-Uwe Bergmann. Bergmann added that the firm does not condone the policies of the country’s controversial president Jair Bolsonaro. Responding to criticism of BIG founder Bjarke Ingels’ recent meeting with Bolsonaro, Bergmann said the firm

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The American Institute of Architects has called on members to sign an open letter to the Trump Administration after a plan to introduce an order that all federal buildings should be built in the “classical architectural style” was discovered. The AIA released the statement and online petition for the White House yesterday, shortly after the

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The UK government’s Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission, has recommended urban orchards and incentivising developers by fast-tracking planning for attractive housing. The report, titled Living with Beauty, was published this morning, 30 January 2020. It recommended planting trees, giving powers to local authorities to set design standards, and tax breaks for retrofitted buildings. Set up in

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