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Bao'An Performing Arts Center by Rocco Design Architects opens in Shenzhen

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Rocco Design Architects Associates have completed the Performing Arts Center as part of their wider Bao-An Cultural District masterplan in Shenzhen , China. The Library was completed in 2013 and the Youth Palace in 2018. The design of the Performing Arts Center takes inspiration from the long and narrow waterfront site.

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La Seine Musicale is "a symbol with meaning and function" says Shigeru Ban

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The musical facility is located on the Ile Seguin island near Paris's western suburbs, occupying a third of French architect Jean Nouvel 's mixed-use masterplan of the island. The video features La Seine Musicale , a music complex that houses a large multipurpose concert hall and a smaller auditorium.

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Who Owns the City? - How David won Against Goliath in Downtown Columbia

Community Architect Daily

See my 2013 article What the New Town of Columbia Can teach Us 50 Years Later ). Over the last 10 years or so a hard fought consensus emerged in favor of a densified more urban town center based on a masterplan that was adopted by Howard County after years of contentious discussions. The jury verdict the answer is: No.

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Seven suggested Principles for the HarborPlace Redevelopment

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Inner Harbor MasterPlan Harbor 2.0 Ayers Saint Gross, 2013 ) Ideas were created before it was clear that Baltimore developer David Bramble would acquire the buildings. Masterplan from 2013. The most comprehensive and far reaching was Ayers Saint Gross' Harbor 2.0

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Holy Trinity Lutheran College, Horsham, Victoria

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The innovative masterplan sought to maximise the use of the school’s land on the floodplain which would allow the school to expand without having to purchase an additional block to the south that was initially thought would be required.

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Electric Bowery arranges steel and wood cabins for Hudson Valley hotel

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The masterplan for the 140-acre site revolves around a central meadow, through which the winding paths connect various clusters of guest cabins with the communal buildings. Their earlier projects include a house in Venice Beach with an off-centre pitched roof, which bears a resemblance to the cabins at Wildflower Farms.

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Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands Architects

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Fulham Wharf Masterplan , London, England picture © Cityscape Fulham Wharf Development Design for a 3.2 Hanover Square Masterplan , London, England, UK picture from architect Hanover Square This architectural design is for one of the West End’s largest development sites at Hanover Square to be granted planning permission.