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  • Dawn Hammon
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Third Space proposal imagines accessible education programs

  • Katherine Gallagher
  • 09/14/2021

Studio Saar has teamed up with Dharohar, a non-profit that runs science workshops and school programs, to unveil the design for a new accessible learning center in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. Known as Third Space: The Haveli of Curiosity, this learning and cultural center will support leisure, cultural...

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  • Bonface Landi
  • 09/14/2021

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  • Bonface Landi
  • 09/14/2021

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Harvard University pledges to divest from fossil fuels

  • Bonface Landi
  • 09/13/2021

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