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Plans for new LACMA-backed Las Vegas art museum emerge

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As The Art Newspaper reported, plans for a new Las Vegas Museum of Art have the approximately 60,000-90,000-square-foot cultural facility commence in 2028 and cost around $150 million to construct in five-acre Symphony Park. It promises to be a valuable addition to the city and the cultural landscape of the region.”

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Carlo Ratti Associati proposes replacement for collapsed Baltimore bridge

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In collaboration with structural engineer Michel Virlogeux and the construction group Webuild , the proposed design will feature primary support pillars "well away from the navigation channel used by large vessels". This means it's more material-efficient and ultimately sustainable, according to the team. "In The images are by Brick Visual.

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Nelson Byrd Woltz covers six-lane highway with land bridge in Houston

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US studio Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects has covered a six-lane highway with a sprawling land bridge and park in Houston that symbolises "the triumph of green over grey". The construction of the bridge required collaboration across a variety of disciplines, including engineers, prairie experts and fluvial geomorphologists.

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"The people of Los Angeles waited patiently for half a decade to make use of a useless site"

Deezen

The battle of Oceanwide Plaza is a preview of the social and economic tensions that will increasingly take place across Los Angeles as it sprints towards the 2028 Summer Olympics. An obstructive eyesore barricaded on all sides, the towers were pillars of urban misuse for years before spray paint ever touched glass.

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Heatherwick Studio and Barcode Architects unveil design for cylindrical faceted-glass tower

Deezen

UK practice Heatherwick Studio and Dutch studio Barcode Architects have revealed visuals of Oopen, a stacked cylindrical tower topped with landscaped terraces designed for Utrecht 's city centre. Landscaped terraces will top its rounded elements. Construction is expected to start in 2025, with the building set to be completed in 2028.

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UNStudio win competition for Namildae Resort in Sacheon

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Image © UNStudio In response, Park Dong-sik, Mayor of Sacheon City responded: “We expect to see this future-proof design still functioning as an exemplary reference in 2030″ and promised, “We will give our full support to the construction of the best landmark hotel and resort in Sacheon.”

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Franklin Boulevard Transformation: 2023 Update

SW Oregon Architect

Speed limits on the urban portions of Franklin Boulevard reduced from 35 to 25 mph (speed control through the corridor would be achieved with modifications to the roadway geometrics, speed cushions at crosswalk locations, and landscape treatments). The City foresees reconstruction of Franklin Boulevard being completed by 2028.