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Boris Podrecca
Boris Podrecca (1940) was born in Belgrade and studied architecture and figurative art in Vienna, where he opened his practice in 1980. His teaching career continued throughout the eighties, lecturing at several universities (Lausanne, Paris, Philadelphia, London, Cambridge and Stuttgart). From the early to mid-nineties he headed the International Architecture Seminar in Vienna. Podrecca also worked on numerous themed exhibitions, which clearly reveal his analysis ....
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Carlos Castanheira
Born in Lisbon, Carlos Castanheira (1957) is part of a generation of Portuguese architects considered the professional progeny of Alvaro Siza, with whom Castanheira worked for fourteen years and with whom he has collaborated on several occasions, including in recent years. Graduating in architecture from the School of Fine Arts, Porto (1981), Castanheira lived in Amsterdam for almost the whole of the Eighties. He launched his professional career whilst continuing to study at the ....
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Saunders Arkitectur AS
Saunders Arkitektur AS is an architectural practice founded by Canadian architect Todd Saunders (born in 1969, Gander, Terranova) who has lived and worked in Bergen, Norway since 1997. Saunders obtained a Bachelors Degree in Environmental Planning and Design from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, followed by a Masters in Architecture from McGill University, Montreal, Canada. The professional practice has worked in several countries, including Austria, ....