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Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands Announces Expansion Project by Safdie Architects

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Featuring a luxury hotel and a 15,000-seat entertainment arena, the new intervention signals a new development phase in the evolution of the iconic landmark in Singapore. Read more »

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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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Saudi Arabia’s The Line Megadevelopment Gets A Lot Shorter

Dwell

Last month, The Guardian and Bloomberg CityLab reported a massive scaling back of the development’s footprint: By 2030, a completed segment of The Line is now predicted to house just 300,000 people and be less than 1.5 The Line, however long it will be at the 2030 goalpost, is currently under construction. miles long.

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Espoo House celebrates Finland's tradition of wooden construction

Deezen

Wood will be the primary material used to construct this building for the city administration of Espoo, Finland , which is being designed by studios Cobe and Lundén Architecture Company. Named Espoo House, the 24,000-square-mere building is intended to pay homage to Finland's history of timber construction.

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Herzog & de Meuron unveils sculptural concrete museum on Qatari island

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Herzog & de Meuron will abstract features from historic Islamic buildings into the design According to Qatar Museums, construction work will be a collaborative process with local artisans and craftspeople to ensure the design's vernacular references maintain genuine connections to the region.

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"All those complicit in Neom's design and construction are already destroyers of worlds"

Deezen

In April 1954, J Robert Oppenheimer – the physicist regarded as "the father of the atomic bomb", and a crucial participant in the American thermonuclear weapons-development program – was hauled before a panel of the US Atomic Energy Commission and questioned about his political affiliations.

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This week Neom planned a bid to host the 2034 World Cup

Deezen

This week on Dezeen , we reported that Saudi Arabia has begun planning its bid to host the 2034 football World Cup in venues including Neom, the mega-development currently under construction in the country.