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London-based Foster + Partners and San Francisco-based Heller Manus Architects will collaborate on a 2-million-square-foot mixed-use development in San Francisco at First and Mission Streets. [San Francisco Business Times]

A rendering of the mixed-use development
Foster + Partners A rendering of the mixed-use development

The Royal William staircase in Plymouth, England was named the most sustainable scheme in the Architects Journal Small Projects Awards and a finalist in the 55th annual Civic Trust Awards. It was also shortlisted for a RIBA award. [The Plymouth Herald]

New Haven, Conn.-based Svigals + Partners revealed renderings of the new Sandy Hook Elementary School. [NBC Connecticut]

Forbes interviews Ronald Altoon, FAIA, founder of Los Angeles-based Altoon Partners, about his firm’s success in China. [Forbes]

Q&A with Daniel Libeskind, AIA. [Metropolis]

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