Archinect

MARCH 20, 2024

SOM has unveiled the newly completed Star River Headquarters project in Guangzhou, China, which it says is emblematic of the city’s late transformation into a national destination for trade and cultural tourism.

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Archinect

JUNE 8, 2023

” The transformation seeks to invigorate the Jaguars franchise and spur the development of the city of Jacksonville. Rendering courtesy of HOK Work towards a long-term stadium solution began in July 2020 with a thorough engineering assessment of the current stadium.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The Portland, Oregon-based developer with degrees in environmental systems, city planning, and landscape architecture launched her own development firm, Adre, in 2020 to serve BIPOC communities.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The second most valuable company in the world, Amazon has been gobbling up space throughout the southeast corner of the city, taking advantage of zoning meant to preserve blue-collar jobs in a market in which housing and office space have typically generated higher revenues.

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Archinect

AUGUST 23, 2023

The maintenance of urban tree canopies is one of utmost importance to planners in the fight against heat and subsequent efforts to make cities into effective carbon stores that are dually resilient against climate change while improving public health and well-being overall.

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JUNE 8, 2023

Gemini Splendor’s advantageous location in Mohammed Bin Rashid City offers easy access to Dubai’s key landmarks, including Downtown Dubai, Dubai Mall, and Dubai International Financial Centre, linking it to the surrounding community and providing for professionals and families.

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ArchDaily

MARCH 1, 2023

In 2020, in the midst of the first wave of lockdowns due to the pandemic, the municipality of Amsterdam announced its strategy for recovering from this crisis by embracing the concept of the “Doughnut Economy.” With the help of Raworth, Amsterdam has downscaled this approach to the size of a city. The Whale / de Architekten Cie.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2023

A planner from Edmonton , Canada, has defended its 15-minute city plan after criticism from locals, saying that the plan uses age-old concepts and "will enable the City of Edmonton to support growth more efficiently". Cities are embracing the 15-minute city idea because it is an easy way to explain an old concept."

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

A proliferation of strangely similar restaurants in our cities is at risk of making them boring places to live, writes Jonathan Nunn. Have you recently had a meal in a new restaurant in the centre of your city? Bland urbanism [is] currently being foisted on cities by landowners and developers. Let me guess.

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MAY 9, 2024

Saudi forces were cleared to use "lethal force" to remove those resisting relocation to make way for The Line mega city as part of Neom in Saudi Arabia , according to a report by UK media organisation the BBC. According to the Saudi government, 6,000 people have been relocated to make way for the Neom development.

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MARCH 22, 2023

The City of New York has released an updated version of its unofficial emblem – Milton Glaser 's iconic "I NY" logo – as part of a citywide campaign to "inspire optimism and civic action" post-pandemic. All images courtesy of Graham Clifford and the New York State Departm.ent of Economic Development.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In recent months, as rumors of China’s economic crisis have spread, the images that seem to interest people the most are photographs of China’s so-called “ghost cities” — urban developments that are eerily under-occupied. The city of Ordos isn’t exactly empty, but it feels that way. But what do these images signify?

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Archinect

OCTOBER 6, 2022

In our April 2020 coverage of the project, construction of the mega development was underway. Two years later, the development's 700,000-square-meter (7.5-million-square-foot) Located within the historic city of Quzhou, 258.6 million-square-foot) centerpiece emerges. Courtesy of MAD Architects.

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Archinect

MARCH 24, 2022

The Urban Design Forum and Van Alen Institute have announced a new cycle of Neighborhoods Now, their initiative launched in the Spring of 2020 that pairs leading architecture, design, economic development, legal, and planning firms with local New York City organizations to help drive their communities’ pandemic recovery.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

The Still Room concept developed by Antwerp-based Studio Corkinho imagines a type of room where people go specifically to enjoy the benefits of silence. Studio Corkinho created its first still room in Antwerp in 2020. We've developed a movement towards silence in our city," Etienne said.

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Brandon Donnelly

JULY 10, 2022

Here is an interesting chart from the WSJ showing how much net income migrated to the state of Florida between 2019 and 2020: I’m not sure what the exact dates are for this dataset, but it seems to again suggest that this migration was already a trend before the pandemic happened. I’m getting nervous.”.

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Archinect

JANUARY 3, 2023

Previously on Archinect: Lesley Lokko chosen as curator for 2023 Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition Lokko was joined by fellow architect Indy Johar, co-founder of Dark Matter Labs , a nonprofit strategic design and development company, who was awarded an MBE for his services to architecture. Indy Johar.

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JANUARY 5, 2022

If passed, the Efficient and Green Mobility package would require the 424 largest cities in the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) to hash out sustainable urban mobility plans (SUMPs) centred on these kinds of "active mobility" modes by 2025. Read: London, New York, Paris and Milan give streets to cyclists and pedestrians.

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Archinect

MAY 9, 2022

On the east side of Downtown Los Angeles, a pair of orange tower cranes have arrived at 520 Mateo Street, future site of a mixed-use development from Carmel Partners which is set to become the first high-rise building in the Arts District. Previously: How L.A. The company has since paid a $1.2 million fine to resolve its involvement.

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MARCH 7, 2024

The city of Chicago has announced the resumption of plans to convert a collection of empty office buildings in the city's downtown into mixed-used and residential towers. The city defines affordable housing as residences affordable to "residents earning an average 60 per cent of the area median income".

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JANUARY 9, 2020

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is recognizing four projects with its 2020 Regional & Urban Design Awards. The 2020 Regional & Urban Design program recognizes the best in urban design, regional and city planning and community development.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Over that time he has served as an architect, planner, educator, and an advisor to cities in and beyond the US, including Charleston, South Carolina, Omaha, and New York City, where he was Director of Urban Design in the Department of City Planning.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Saudi Arabia 's capital Riyadh has won the competition to host the 2030 World Expo, becoming the second Middle Eastern city to host the international event after Dubai in 2020. Other cities bidding to host the event, which takes place every five years, were Rome in Italy and Busan in South Korea. The photo is by Tom Ravenscroft.

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Archinect

APRIL 15, 2022

While highlighting fellowships has been a regular editorial topic on Archinect, we developed a special series (starting in 2018) to understand what these positions offer for both the fellows themselves and the discipline at large by presenting their work and experiences through an in-depth interview. Louis where he received his B.S.

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APRIL 11, 2024

The Texas Capitol Complex – designed for the Texas Facilities Commission – spans approximately 150 acres across 40 city blocks around the Texas State Capitol. We hope this project will enhance urban spaces in the city, contributing to the State of Texas' and Austin's unique, vibrant identity."

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Archinect

APRIL 3, 2023

Enigma Square is a new, £63m, BTR residential scheme from Grainger , the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, and encompasses 261 purpose-designed rental homes in a central Milton Keynes development on a site that once housed a YMCA.

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Archinect

MARCH 31, 2022

An exciting birthday gift is underway in the Charm City as Kohn Pedersen Fox has finally broken ground on a new headquarters for T. Overall, the total development takes up 3 million square feet when factoring in its 9.5 Rowe Price in the company’s hometown of Baltimore 85 years after its founding. acres of open space.

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JUNE 13, 2022

The aim of the “Meta-City” competition is to develop one drawing to communicate a conceptual design. This is a competition where you develop your communication, designer, and space thinker skills. About Competition.

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JUNE 23, 2023

Production designer Adam Stockhausen, who worked with Anderson on Moonrise Kingdom , The Grand Budapest Hotel , Isle of Dogs , The French Dispatch , and most recently, Asteroid City (released widely on June 23), says that to truly appreciate the filmmaker, you have to not only enjoy his style, but also his storytelling.

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Archinect

APRIL 11, 2022

Left as a mere hole in the ground, the site was acquired in 2014 by developer Related Midwest with a proposal to build two sister luxury apartment towers. Previously on Archinect: 1,100-unit SOM towers in Chicago head toward construction The SOM -designed project received city approval in 2020 but was delayed due to the pandemic.

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APRIL 16, 2023

20-04 in March of 2020, which directed all state agencies to take actions to reduce and regulate greenhouse gas emissions. In response, the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission updated Oregon’s Transportation Planning Rules to launch the Climate-Friendly and Equitable Communities (CFEC) program in July 2022.

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Architizer

JANUARY 25, 2022

Since 2011 Gordon Smith has studied the symbiotic relationship between humans and the natural world through the lens of urban architectural development. This is why there are fewer small birds in cities or urban areas — fewer plants, fewer bugs, fewer birds. Click here to sign up for our Jobs Newsletter.

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JULY 1, 2022

Event Date: Jul 20, 2022 - Jul 21, 2022; Event City: What you can expect from the 15' City Summit 2022 Popularized by Carlos Moreno’s 2020 TED talk, the “15-minute city” is a recent trend in urban planning towards creating vibrant pedestrian districts and provides an inclusive lens for a wide range of stakeholders to engage with these issues.

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Community Architect Daily

AUGUST 4, 2023

Late to the party: The new 10 year plans Baltimore City calls it a Comprehensive Plan and hasn't done one since 2006. Baltimore County calls it Masterplan 2030 and its last version is from 2020. Both City and County planning departments lean heavily on the APA publication Best Practices for a Comprehensive Plan.

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Archeyes

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

In the heart of Copenhagen’s bustling city center, where green spaces have become increasingly rare, Danish architecture studio Cobe has transformed a prime location into a lush, green oasis known. The post The Opera Park by Cobe: A Green Oasis Amidst Urban Development appeared first on ArchEyes.

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aasarchitecture

MAY 9, 2024

Naftali Group, a leading privately held global real estate development and investment firm based in New York, announced the official unveiling of Williamsburg Wharf, a 3.75-acre acre master-planned development and resort-style destination on Williamsburg’s East River shoreline.

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DECEMBER 13, 2021

Studio Libeskind together with mayor Mike Schubert, building councillor Bernd Rubelt, builder Jan Kretzschmar (KW-Development) and Babelsberg Filmpark owner, Friedhelm Schatz, present plans for “Media City“ at the Potsdam Museum on November 12, 2021. The building site for the Media City complex is fallow and undeveloped.

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