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Nicola Turner

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Juniper/kneumapee (Age of Rocks - Religion of Scale), Timur Si-Qin, 2019

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Urban furniture and Sanctuary of Merciful Love (Santuario dell'Amore Misericordioso), by Julio Lafuente (1968).

Collevalenza - Todi, Italy.

© Roberto Conte (2022)

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Henrietta Place - Welbeck Street Car Park, by Michael Blampied & Partners (1969). Demolished in 2019.

The last photo is a screenshot from Google Street View showing the hotel that replaced it.

London, United Kingdom.

© Roberto Conte (2015, 2018)

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Fresh and very good news: the modernist architecture of Tashkent, Uzbekistan, has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

I think it's a wonderful thing for lovers of architecture from a period that is particularly sensitive and difficult in terms of preservation, besides the fact that Tashkent's architecture is truly amazing.

Here you can see photos of 8 out of the 10 buildings included.

All photos © Roberto Conte (2017, 2023)

1-2: Exhibition Hall of the Uzbek Union of Artists, by R. Khayrutdinov and F. Tursunov (1974).

3-4: Chorsu Bazaar, former Oktyabrsky Market, by Vladimir Azimov and Sabir Adilov (designed in 1980, built in 1990-1992).

5-6: State Museum of History of Uzbekistan (former Lenin Museum), by Y. Rozanov and V. Shestopalov (1970).

7: Palace of Arts, by Vladimir Berezin, Sergo Sutyagin, Yury Khaldeyev and Dmitry Shuvayev (1964).

8-9: Kosmonavtlar metro station, by S. Sutyagin, S. Sokolov, A. Zokirov and A. Brasovsky (1984).

10-11: Zhemchug (pearl) building, by Ophelia Aydinova (1985).

12-13: Circus, by Genrikh Aleksandrovich and Gennady Masyagin (1976).

14-15: Palace of Friendship of the Peoples, by Y. Rozanov, Y. Sukhanova, V. Shestopalov and E. Shumov (1981).

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Okinawa Prefectural and Art Museum

Ishimoto and Niki Associates

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By Jeroen Taal

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Nature loves you, Gizem Akdag, 2025

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GRAFT

Exclusive Trailer

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Nature of Dread

Official Reveal Trailer

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Project Hail Mary by Luke Fisher

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The Art of Marathon

Artist: Daniel Chavez, Molly McLaughlin

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Colorful, metal-roofed industrial buildings line the coast of Tokai, Japan. The city’s economy is dominated by a massive steel mill - a portion of which is seen at the bottom of this Overview. Nippon Steel, the company that owns the mill, has an annual production of more than 47 million tons of steel across its various facilities. Steels - consisting of alloys of iron and other elements, primarily carbon - is a major component in buildings, infrastructure, tools, ships, automobiles, appliances, and weapons.

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Morning walk

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Aircraft Landing Gear No. 1

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Straddle Carriers No. 1

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Kress coal haulers