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Rowan Moore on how Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo plans to use the 2024 Olympics as the catalyst for a greener ‘City of Lights’

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She wants to make it a paradise of low pollution and healthy living, as friendly to pedestrians and bicycles as can be, with new developments planned to promote community life.

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Over 100 Years of Olympic Heritage: What Became of the 1924 Paris Olympic Venues?

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Image Courtesy of Paris 2024 Olympic Games The recent history of the city of Paris is entangled with that of the Olympic Games. In 1900, Paris hosted the second edition of the Games, starting a journey of urban adaptations and architectural developments that prepared the city for the event.

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VIP arrivals: hottest hotels opening in June 2024

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Hotel Designs VIP arrivals: hottest hotels opening in June 2024 VIP arrivals: hottest hotels opening in June 2024 Checking out some of the latest hotels guests will be checking into this summer, Editor Sophie Harper gives us her top picks from June’s hottest hotel openings… Summer is upon us (not that we’ve seen much sunshine here in the UK)!

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Breaking: here’s where citizenM is opening hotels in 2024

Hotel Designs

The hotel brand, which seamlessly blends contemporary design, cutting-edge technology and a vibrant social atmosphere, has announced it will take its hotel portfolio up to 36 properties across Europe, North America and Asia in 2024. But where is the hotel brand focusing its lens in 2024? Let’s take a look.

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MVRDV unveils residential high-rises for Tencent smart city in Shenzhen

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Dutch studio MVRDV has revealed a series of residential high-rises arranged around courtyards in Shenzhen 's Qianhai bay, which will form part of a smart city development by technology company Tencent. MVRDV designed Tencent 5 as a social and green development that provides housing to employees working in the city.

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Riken Yamamoto wins 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize

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Photo by Tomio Ohashi The jury, led by Chilean architect and 2016 Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Alejandro Aravena , believed that many of the ideals in Yamamoto's work, including the blurring of public and private spaces, could be applied to future cities. For him a building has a public function even when it is private.

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Frida Escobedo named winner of Le Prix Charlotte Perriand 2024

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The Créateurs Design Association & Awards has named Mexican architect Frida Escobedo as the recipient of Le Prix Charlotte Perriand for 2024. Escobedo was named the winner for next year in recognition of her "daring concepts" and for "ushering in a new era of architecture", said Créateurs Design Association & Awards (CDA).

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