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Kongjian Yu wins 2023 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander award

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Yu's work has been influenced by the devastation that monsoons caused to cities in China, and in 2014 the government adopted his sponge city concept as a "guiding theory" for future urban development. Yu also founded the department for landscape architecture at Peking University and still leads the program there.

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Estonia Architecture News: Estonian Buildings

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This will be preceded at 12 o’clock by tours at the competition site led by Tartu city architect and his team. The site is located in Tammiste, a village in Tori Parish, Pärnu County in south-western Estonia and it was used to build a drumlin, which was subsequently covered in flora to fit in with the surrounding scenery.

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Copenhagen's industrial harbour is being developed into a recreational hub

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The development will also provide space for events, introduce nature to the site and make the area cleaner and friendlier. A recent development is a floating community centre developed in the area of Nordhavn. It was completed in 2017 by Danish architecture practice Cobe. Image by Daniel Rasmussen.

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40+ Most Trending Small Office Building Design Ideas

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This site was constructed on a 35-year-old temple. Year: 2017 The GLF Construction Corporation had wisely chosen the location for its headquarters. This building is located above a fire station, and the whole site is surrounded by water. They built Architecture & design Studio for themselves.

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Lost Masterpieces: 6 Iconic Buildings That Met the Wrecking Ball

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Despite preservation campaigns and protests, the structure’s owners, the Pennsylvania Railroad, embarked on a three-year demolition plan in 1963 and rented out the air rights to the site. Just days later, the Hall of Nations was reduced to rubble on 24 April 2017. Erected in its place was Madison Square Garden.

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Honghu Park Water Purification Station, Shenzhen

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Honghu Park Water Purification Station in Shenzhen, China – Building Information Design Team: NODE Architecture & Urbanism (NODE) – [link] Design time: 2017.Nov-2021.Mar LTD About NODE Architecture & Urbanism (NODE) NODE Architecture & Urbanism (NODE) was established in 2004.

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American Prize for Architecture 2022

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A philosophy that translates into 360-degree design, considering the site, cultural and economic environment, the client’s physical needs and budget constraints, as well as construction techniques, branding, marketing and post-occupancy issues. SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico by SHoP Architects, 2018: photograph : Jeff Goldberg, Esto.