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    Design and Architecture

    SOM’s glass cube courthouse wins a national award

    The American Institute of Architects caused a stir by giving no building its Twenty-five Year Award in 2018.

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    By Frances Anderton • Jan 24, 2018 • 1 min read

    The American Institute of Architects caused a stir by giving no building its Twenty-five Year Award in 2018.

    The interior of the new federal courthouse in downtown LA. Photo by Avishay Artsy.

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    The new company towns, AIA awards, federal courthouse
    1. 0:34Silicon Valley and the new company towns
    2. 7:19A westside school district considers building teachers housing
    3. 14:41Why the AIA didn’t give out a 25-year award
    4. 20:23SOM’s glass cube courthouse wins a national awardYou’re reading this
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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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      Michael Mann

      Managing Director at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)

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      José Luis Palacios

      Design Director at Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)

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      Catherine Opie

      Photographer

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    The full episode

    4 of 4
    The new company towns, AIA awards, federal courthouse
    1. 0:34Silicon Valley and the new company towns
    2. 7:19A westside school district considers building teachers housing
    3. 14:41Why the AIA didn’t give out a 25-year award
    4. 20:23SOM’s glass cube courthouse wins a national awardYou’re reading this
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