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Infrastructuring Nature: Appropriating the Industrial Ruins of New York City

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However, in our contemporary technologically driven world, nature increasingly appears as a fragile entity that is itself in need of infrastructure support.” Finally, in 2006, West 8 won the competition for creating a masterplan that transforms the island into a public destination and landmark.

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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.

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Estonia Architecture News: Estonian Buildings

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Contemporary Building Developments in the Baltic States – New Built Environment Updates. Contemporary Estonia Architectural News. More contemporary Estonia Architecture News on e-architect soon. Wood Works Estonian Contemporary Architecture. Old City Harbour Masterplan 2030 competition , Kadriorg, Port of Tallinn.

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MVRDV wins competition to design nature-inspired Oasis Towers in Nanjing

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To enable this growth, in 2015 the government formed the Jiangbei New Area, expanding Nanjing to the west across the Yangtze River. The project spans two adjacent blocks on the edge of the Jiangbei Financial District masterplan. The Chinese metropolis of Nanjing is growing rapidly. Image © Atchain. Source by MVRDV. Image © Atchain.

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Leach Botanical Garden, Portland, Oregon

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Leach Botanical Garden, Portland Landscape Design, Oregon Architecture, Masterplan Design, Building Photography Leach Botanical Garden, Portland, Oregon Jan 22, 2023 Design: Land Morphology Location: Portland, Oregon, USA Photos by Land Morphology and site Leach Botanical Garden, Portland Beginning in 2015, Land Morphology led the development of a (..)

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Ten shops that showcase the "stylistic diversity" of British retail architecture

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With 52 per cent of all department stores closed in the UK between 2015 and 2022, the book advocates for the survival of these 100 "historically important buildings". "If Asda, South Woodham, by Holder and Mathias, 1978 "The new town of South Woodham Ferrers was masterplanned to appear like a historic Essex market town.

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Studio Egret West Architects London: Architecture

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In September 2022, the Arden Cross partnership also signed memorandums of understanding with the University of Warwick and University Hospitals Birmingham, to investigate the potential of a medical and technology campus as part of the proposals which will be included in the revised masterplan.