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Stockholm Wood City: The World’s Largest Wooden City

Santa Cruz Architect

Swedish urban developer Atrium Ljungberg has initiated Stockholm Wood City, anticipated to be the world’s largest urban wooden construction project. Their goal is to set a new standard for sustainable construction. Groundbreaking is set for 2025 and the first buildings are expected to be completed in 2027.

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Ephemeral Structures, Enduring Ideas: Why Architectural Pavilions Still Matter

Architizer

The Crystal Palace , constructed for the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London, stands as a groundbreaking precursor to modern pavilions, pioneering the concept of lightweight, prefabricated structures. Pioneering the Future: The Legacy of the Crystal Palace in Pavilion Design Outside of Crystal Palace at Hyde Park, London, United Kingdom.

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Barkarbystaden blocks housing by Kaminsky Arkitektur

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I see the fact that so many qualified contributions have entered the land allocation competition as proof that Barkarby is one of the Stockholm region’s most interesting and expansive urban development projects. Construction is planned to start in the first quarter of 2024, with occupancy planned for the second quarter of 2026.

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Henning Larsen wins New MCI Campus competition

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The jury, in their unanimous selection of the project, gave particular attention to the “ideal urban development of the new campus as a lighthouse project between the historic Hofgarten, the University of Social Sciences and the new security center.” Source and images Courtesy of Henning Larsen.

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Gent Design Museum, Belgium

e-architect

Led by urban development company Sogent in collaboration with Design Museum Gent, Carmody Groarke, RE-ST and TRANS Architectuur, the project aims to sensitively restore the museum’s existing buildings, extend the original masterplan and broaden the museum’s programme of design culture and visitor outreach.

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American Prize for Architecture 2022

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Uber Air Skyport by SHoP Architects with Gensler , 2019: photo courtesy of The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. He is internationally recognized as an innovator in the exploration of future technologies in design and construction.

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Octavia Hill by Studioninedots

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We were commissioned by our client BPD to design a new building for plot K27 in Hyde Park, the large-scale urban development in the city of Hoofddorp. Our challenge was to create a building here that houses as many as 124 quality social housing units in a complex volume and activates the three urban axes around.