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a person who designs and guides a plan or undertaking
the architect of the economic plan that rebuilt Europe after World War II
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In the historical epic, Brody plays László Tóth, a Jewish architect who arrives in America from Budapest after surviving World War II.
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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
Leadership Lessons from the Beaver Beavers are nature’s architects.
—Scott Hutcheson, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Knowing the importance of an indoor-outdoor connection but the potentially devastating solar gain of direct sun, the architect oriented the custom home’s floor plan on an east-west axis, focusing its walls of windows north toward the lake at the back of the house while avoiding glare.
—Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 3 Jan. 2025
Also in attendance: Nashville architect Alan Dooley, who helped the church win a historic designation for the building, and that allowed Metro Codes to issue permits for the rebuild, even though the building is (clearly) in a floodway.
—The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
Leadership Lessons from the Beaver Beavers are nature’s architects.
—Scott Hutcheson, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Knowing the importance of an indoor-outdoor connection but the potentially devastating solar gain of direct sun, the architect oriented the custom home’s floor plan on an east-west axis, focusing its walls of windows north toward the lake at the back of the house while avoiding glare.
—Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 3 Jan. 2025
Also in attendance: Nashville architect Alan Dooley, who helped the church win a historic designation for the building, and that allowed Metro Codes to issue permits for the rebuild, even though the building is (clearly) in a floodway.
—The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
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His dad was an actor, his grandfather a recording engineer.Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
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That's because his company, electric car maker Tesla, is among the U.S. companies that bring thousands of foreign engineers and other skilled workers into the U.S. each year.Kate Gibson, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2024
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The group’s website was taken over, details of its members and their cyberattacks extracted, decryption tools released, and its alleged Russian mastermind identified.Matt Burgess, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2024
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An adherent to the Pact and the Order and every other how-to manual left by the silos’ masterminds for later generations to follow, Bernard always seems to act strangely calm and confident whenever everything appears to be sliding into chaos.Noel Murray, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
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The designer remodeled the garage to contain his design studio and a sleeping loft that allows the couple to host overnight guests, given that the second bedroom functions as an office.Jessica Ritz, Architectural Digest, 2 Jan. 2025
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But if there's one moment in particular that stands out, let alone changed his own perspective of himself as a professional fashion designer?Skyler Caruso, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
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In a letter to members sent Wednesday morning, leaders assured the community that the congregation’s Torah scrolls had been rescued from the sanctuary, chapel and classrooms before the fire destroyed the building.Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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The two leaders were also reportedly meant to have a meeting during this time, and Saqr said that it was delayed.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Architect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/architect. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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