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Lucille Halsall Conservatory
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  North America |
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  Texas |
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  San Antonio |
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  555 Funston Place, San Antonio, TX 78209
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TYPOLOGY |
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ARCHITECTURE | Architecture of parklands and water
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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS | Landscape architecture
Private parks
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1985
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1988 |
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AWARDS |
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1990 |
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Premio internazionale per l'innovazione tecnologica in architettura Quaternario |
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National Glass Association Award for Excellence in Commercial Design |
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Progressive Architecture Award |
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Livio Salvadori (ed.), "Quaternario 90", Casabella 574, dicembre/december 1990, "Primo piano" |
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Luca Basso Peressut, "Emilio Ambasz. Lucile Halsell Conservatory, San Antonio, Texas", Domus 700, dicembre/december 1988, pp. 36-43 |
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Architectural Design 3-4/1988, march/april 1988 [Deconstruction in Architecture], pp. 46-47 |
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Emilio Ambasz, "Fabula Rasa", L'Arca 10, ottobre/october 1987 [Sopra e sotto/Above and Below], pp. 20-21 (12-23) |
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"Emilio Ambasz: Botanical pleasures", Domus 667, dicembre/december 1985, "Architettura" pp. 14-17 |
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San Antonio Botanical Center Society |
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Lev Zetlin Consultants (Lev Zetlin, Samuel Kishnerman) |
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Emilio Ambsz & Associates |
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Mark Yoes, Frank Venning, Ann Cederna, Guillermo de la Calzada, Kenneth Laser, Thomas Muller, Toshio Okamura, Richard Rudman, Barry Scott |
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Joneskell Inc. (Dan Wigodsky, John Kell) |
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Lev Zetlin Consultants (Lev Zetlin, Samuel Kishnerman) |
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Glazing consultant |
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Michael Ambrosino, Jose Hornado, Louis Schurott |
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Greenhouses that guard plants coming from all the the world, inserted inside of “Saint Antonio Botanical Gardens”. |
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