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Foster + Partners and Sasaki Associates designing Sierra Leone island city for Idris Elba

Deezen

Architecture studios Sasaki Associates and Foster + Partners are masterplanning a smart city for up to a million people on Sherbro island in Sierra Leone. Never in my lifetime would I have thought I could build the foundation for a new smart-city. It's a dream, you know, but I work in the make-believe business," Elba told BBC.

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How Amsterdam Uses the Doughnut Economics Model to Create a Balanced Strategy for Both the People and the Environment

ArchDaily

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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NEOM: Will the Multi-Billion Dollar Mega-City Ever Come to Life? 

Architizer

Having been dubbed the next step in humanity’s evolution, it is no surprise that about $500 billion worth of funding has already been poured into developing the online presence of the new city-state NEOM. Significant parts of the project were initially set to be completed by 2020, with a further expansion completed by 2025.

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The Sponge Evangelist

Landscape Architecture Magazine

By Stephen Zacks An old industrial site in 2020, before the construction of Benjakitti Forest Park in Bangkok. Photo © Turenscape, courtesy the Cultural Landscape Foundation. Photo © Turenscape, courtesy the Cultural Landscape Foundation. Photo © Turenscape, courtesy the Cultural Landscape Foundation.

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Open Call: [Layer 02. City] more socially sustainable designs

ArchiDiaries

In this brief, we focus on Hengqin, a work-in-progress city undergoing drastic changes in unimaginable ways. In the ‘2022 Development plan’, the local governments laid foundation for Layer 01: economic diversification. Hengqin had been transformed into a special economic zone (SEZ) – city which undergoes economic reforms.

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Kongjian Yu wins 2023 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander award

Deezen

Yu is the second recipient of the prize, which is awarded by the Cultural Landscape Foundation ( TCLF ) for global contributions to the field of landscape architecture. Yu created a theory of urban water management known as "sponge cities". All images courtesy of The Cultural Landscape Foundation.

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From smart cities to energy management, Light + Building Autumn Edition 2022 will focus on the future

Building and Interiors

At Light + Building, concepts for the networked and intelligent city of the future – the smart city – already exist. Due to limited city space, its required to utilize it to its full potential. Smart city concepts rely heavily on technological advancements and breakthroughs.