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SOM, Mithun sign on to deliver seven-building Munger Hall replacement at UCSB

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The two-phase project will deliver accommodations for 4,000 students by 2029, led by the new 2,140-bed San Benito complex that will be completed in time for Fall 2027 after a two-year construction. This led to the controversial self-design proposal for a mostly windowless 3,500-bed dorm building.

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It shouldn’t take 17 years to build affordable housing

Brandon Donnelly

If you are the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and you own excess land next to a transit line that you’ve just recently built, one possible option could be to give this land to a non-profit housing developer so that they can build some affordable housing. million to build. Time isn’t free.

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Neom releases renders of Zaha Hadid Architects' crystalline skyscraper

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Neom have released images of the skyscraper, named Discovery Tower, which was initially revealed on the development's stand at the Cityscape conference in Riyadh last month. The development will also contain buildings designed by Dutch practices UNStudio and Mecanoo , US studio Aedas and Australian studio Bureau Proberts.

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Foster + Partners designs Hollywood offices with spiralling plant-covered terraces

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Located on a two-acre lot on Sunset Boulevard, the 22-storey building will host creative offices across 525,000 square feet (48, 770 square metres). A series of terraces, covered in plants, dip into the building's facade as they ascend in a spiral pattern, giving the impression of green walls wrapped around the structure.

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Zaha Hadid Architects designs crystalline skyscraper above Neom ski resort

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Zaha Hadid Architects has designed a skyscraper for Trojena It will stand on a mountain opposite the main ski area, overlooking an artificial lake that will form the centrepiece of the leisure development. It will be connected to the lakeside development by a cable car.

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Zaha Hadid Architects designing sinuous lookout at Neom ski resort

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Neom also revealed renders of the structure seemingly showing two possible options for the building. Named the Mountain Observatory, the building will overlook the central lake as part of a district within Trojena named Discover. The mountain-top building will overlook the resort's central lake.

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Herzog & de Meuron unveils sculptural concrete museum on Qatari island

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Herzog & de Meuron has designed the Lusail Museum Qatar Herzog & De Meuron's proposed, five-storey building will have a form derived from three spheres that intersect and overlap to distinguish the internal volumes of the museum.