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BIG unveils Gelephu Mindfulness City masterplan informed by Bhutanese culture

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BIG has unveiled a masterplan for Bhutan, the world’s first carbon-negative country, which is informed by Bhutanese culture and the principles of Gross National Happiness index (GNH), and the country’s strong spiritual heritage. Called Gelephu Mindfulness C.

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Foster + Partners unveils its first city masterplan in Vietnam

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British architecture practice Foster + Partners has revealed its masterplan design for a new 117.4-hectare hectare city in Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam, that will include residential neighbourhoods, education, medical and leisure facilities. Design aims to "create a holistic, sustainable masterplan for the future".

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Brandon Haw Architecture creates masterplan for "last waterfront site" in Williamsburg

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Local studio Brandon Haw Architecture has created a masterplan for a development along the Brooklyn waterfront which will include five mixed-use towers created by design studios CookFox Architects , Rockwell Group and more. Totalling approximately 1 million square feet (92, 903 square metres) across 3.75

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Stockholm Wood City: Masterplanning The World’s Largest Timber Construction Project

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Sign up for key information about the 12th Annual A+Awards, set to launch this fall. With ground set to be broken next year on the first stages of the monumental development and the first structures set to welcome tenants from 2027, the company is master-planning a small city in Sickla, Stockholm. Who would want to live in the city?

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Trojena masterplan has "holistic harmony" says project director

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LAVA project director Lukas Kronawitter has outlined the thinking behind the masterplan of the Trojena ski resort being developed as part of the Neom project in Saudi Arabia. Above: LAVA has masterplanned the Trojena ski resort. Above: LAVA has masterplanned the Trojena ski resort.

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BIG designs Mindfulness City in Bhutan connected by "inhabitable bridges"

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Danish architecture studio BIG has unveiled its masterplan for a 1,000-square-kilometre development in Bhutan that will include an international airport and a hydroelectric dam incorporating a temple. Above: Mindfulness City will be built in Bhutan. They will be built alongside permeable paved streets.

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Asian Games Masterplan, Hangzhou, China

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Asian Games Masterplan, Hangzhou, China property, Modern Chinese landscape architecture photos Asian Games Masterplan in Hangzhou, China 16 September 2023 Architects: Archi-Tectonics Location: Hangzhou, China Photos by Shao Feng Photography Shanghai Asian Games Masterplan, Hangzhou, China Archi-Tectonics NYC and !Melk