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    Design and Architecture

    Obama Library

    Brexit fallout for the US, how to combat ISIS, a volatile race for his successor… President Obama has a lot on his plate right now.

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    By Frances Anderton • Jul 5, 2016 • 1 min read

    Brexit fallout for the US, how to combat ISIS, a volatile race for his successor… President Obama has a lot on his plate right now.

    But he’s still had time to think about his library to be built in Chicago, and he and the First Lady have just announced their chosen architect.

    It’s the firm of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, based in New York, and, says architecture critic Joseph Giovannini, they may have just the right temperament and approach for our president.

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Avishay Artsy

      Producer, DnA: Design and Architecture

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      Joseph Giovannini

      Architect and architecture critic

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