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BIG's ‘Mindfulness City’ concept seeks to deliver new forms of prosperity to southern Bhutan

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‘Mindfulness City’ is a multifaceted economic hub designed by the firm’s Landscape and Urban Design Team to coincide with sustainability principles and the pioneering Gross National Happiness Index (GNH) concept that has been championed by King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and the Bhutanese government since 2008.

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"Concrete Landscape": Álvaro Siza's Documentary Is Available for Streaming Now

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© Manuel Sá In Porto Alegre, the building of the Iberê Camargo Foundation ; in the city of Porto, the office of Álvaro Siza, the architect and author of the celebrated project for the institution's headquarters, inaugurated in 2008. Read more »

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“A Building Can Become This Organic, Soft, Beautiful Thing That You Want to Touch and Hug”: In Conversation with Chris Bosse

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The year Watercube, the Aquatics Centre for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics , was completed. Now LAVA employs about 100 people in four offices in Ho Chi Minh City, Sydney , Stuttgart , and Berlin. Bosse led the design of Watercube when he worked at PTW Architects in Sydney.

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China Evergrande ordered into liquidation after $300 billion debt spiral

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The liquidation order, made by the city’s High Court on Monday, comes after the embattled Chinese real estate giant and its overseas creditors failed to agree on how to restructure the company’s massive debt during talks that lasted for 19 months. Overseas creditors are currently owed a reported $25 billion.

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Santiago Calatrava’s slippery Venice pedestrian bridge is getting a facelift after multiple injuries

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Located along Venice’s Grand Canal, the bridge was supposed to be a refreshing modern connector to the city’s main rail station but became a liability only a short time after opening in September of 2008. The completed bridge shortly before opening in 2008. Image © Filippo Leonardi via the Comune di Venezia.

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Looking for an Architecture of Essence: Interview With Laurent Troost

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He made the decision to move to Brazil in 2008, settling in the city of Manaus. Image © Maíra Acayaba Laurent Troost is a Belgian architect with a vast history of projects in the Netherlands, Spain, and Dubai.

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Here Are the Rules for Short Term Rentals in Your City

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But after Airbnb caught on in more in more cities since its debut in 2008, acts of bonhomie have given way to a profit-driven short-term rental industry that has created a complex love-hate relationship between city dwellers, property owners, and municipal actors. Below is a non-exhaustive list of the ones specific to your city.

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