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Liquid City: A Radical New Masterplan in Rotterdam Embraces the River for Resilience

Architizer

An old industrial harbor, over decades, it has seen shipping disappear under the boot of urban development. After docklands moved west towards, and now into, the North Sea, a new district has sprung up in this corner of Rotterdam, extending the city center. Of course you can’t do it everywhere.

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"The era of mega-cities should be over" says Helle Søholt

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Mega-projects such as The Line should be avoided in favour of improving urban design within existing cities, Gehl Architects CEO Helle Søholt says in this interview. In general, I think the era of the mega-cities should be over," she said of The Line, a 170-kilometre linear city being constructed in the Saudi Arabian desert. "In

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Aux Entrepôts in Renens by KCAP

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As a direct neighbour to Lausanne, Switzerland’s fourth-largest city, with a population of around 140.000; Renens is seamlessly integrated into an extensive public transportation network of bus, metro, and railway systems, facilitating easy access from Lausanne’s city centre. Source by KCAP.

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The A+List: Architizer’s Top Architecture and Design Firms to Watch in 2024

Architizer

This radical internationality translates to the broad expanse of the firm’s expertise: employees specialize in a range of fields, from architecture to environmental design to urban planning to interior design and more.

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Gent Design Museum, Belgium

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Led by urban development company Sogent in collaboration with Design Museum Gent, Carmody Groarke, RE-ST and TRANS Architectuur, the project aims to sensitively restore the museum’s existing buildings, extend the original masterplan and broaden the museum’s programme of design culture and visitor outreach.

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Core Site in North East Cambridge

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Core Site in North East Cambridge building design, English masterplan architecture photos Core Site in North East Cambridge News 19 April 2023 Team announced to design new urban quarter in Cambridge Design: Kjellander Sjöberg Architects, Bell Phillips, Haworth Tompkins and 5th Studio, with Feilden Fowles, Nooma Studio and Alison Brooks Architects.

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The Rise and Fall of Baltimore's HarborPlace

Community Architect

What does it tell us about private-public partnerships, water in the city, the role of race and power in urban planning? In 1981 the developer Jim Rouse made it on the title of Time Magazine with the slogan "Cities Are Fun". Time celebrated Baltimore's HarborPlace developer James Rouse as master planner.

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