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Saudi Arabia set to host 2030 World Expo in Riyadh

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Saudi Arabia 's capital Riyadh has won the competition to host the 2030 World Expo, becoming the second Middle Eastern city to host the international event after Dubai in 2020. Other cities bidding to host the event, which takes place every five years, were Rome in Italy and Busan in South Korea.

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Saudi Arabia set to host Asian Winter Games at Neom "in the heart of the desert"

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Saudi Arabia has announced that it has won the right to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games at its Trojena resort, which is being designed by Zaha Hadid Architects , UNStudio , Aedas , LAVA and Bureau Proberts as part of the Neom development. The resort is being developed as part of Neom.

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Cobe and Lundén Architecture Company win competition for community and municipal building in Finland

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The building is part of a larger masterplan for the so-called Espoon Keskus, one of five major urban centres in Espoo, creating a diverse neighbourhood with new residential buildings, commercial facilities, public transportation, and green urban spaces. Construction for Espoo House will begin in early 2026 and is expected to open in 2029.

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All 10 regions that will make up Neom now revealed

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The resort gained global attention in 2022 when it was announced that it had won the right to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games. Being masterplanned by German studio LAVA , the development will be arranged around an artificial lake with one mountain topped by a ski resort also designed by LAVA.