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Environmental & Cultural Context           

The following projects are selected for their sensitivity towards the environmental and cultural context within which they are built.

 Renzo Piano's Tjibaou Cultural Center                                                          Otto Frei's Roofing for the
  Noumea, New Caledonia                                                                                     Courtyard of the Prophet Mosque,
  1998                                                                                                                     Medina, Saudi Arabia         1992

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Jean Nouvel's Institute for the Arab World                                                        Alvar Aalto's Experimental House
Paris, France 1981 1987                                                                                            Muuratsalo, Finland 1952-54

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Naomi Uemura Memorial Park by Placemedia Landscape Architects                                                 Novaris Pharma K.K. by Toru Mitani & Sasaki
Hidaka Town, Japan 1994                                                                                                                           Ibaraki, Japan  1993

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Jardin Fondation Jeantet by DOMINO Architects
Geneva, Switzerland 1995

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The Principal Financial Group by Peter Walker                                                                 Lovejoy Fountain by Lawrence Halprin & Charles Moore
Des Moines, Iowa 1996                                                                                                            Portland Oregon, 1965

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