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UIA and UN Habitat unveil finalists for the UIA 2030 Award to showcase sustainability

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The International Union of Architects (UIA) and UN Habitat have unveiled the finalists for the inaugural UIA 2030 Award, recognizing projects that “contribute to the delivery of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”

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Saudi Arabia lowers predicted number of residents at The Line by 2030

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The Line mega-city, which is the flagship development for Saudi Arabia's Neom project, will allegedly house fewer than 300,000 people by 2030, down from an original goal of 1.5 When the project was introduced, estimates for how many people would live in the mega city in northwestern Saudi Arabia by 2030 ranged from one million people to 1.5

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Toronto builders set their sights on (near) net-zero buildings by 2030

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Toronto builders have a challenging task ahead of them, and with a rapidly approaching deadline: constructing all new buildings with near-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

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News: UIA and UN Habitat unveil finalists for the UIA 2030 Award to showcase sustainability

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The International Union of Architects (UIA) and UN Habitat have unveiled the finalists for the inaugural UIA 2030 Award, recognizing projects that “contribute to the delivery of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”

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Student internship opportunity at LEVER Architecture offers close-up view of sustainability in practice

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During that time, the intern will support LEVER’s participation in the AIA 2030 Commitment, with responsibilities such as updating to the firm’s portfolio within the commitment’s DDx database , compiling an internal presentation to give to the LEVER team on their projects’ sustainability performance, and identifying areas of (..)

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‘A spectacle of reform’: Rowan Moore throws cold water on NEOM's motivation and sustainable claims

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Otherwise it will be clickbait visible from space, two vast and pointless lines of glass whose colossal construction cost would defeat the Vision 2030 plan to reduce dependency on oil revenues. What’s more likely is that it will never be completed.

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Zaha Hadid Architects unveils modular pavilions for Odesa Expo 2030 bid

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Zaha Hadid Architects ' masterplan for Ukraine's World Expo 2030 bid is focused on four large central pavilions, which would provide 80,000 square meters of exhibition space for the event. Top image: Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled a masterplan for Odesa Expo 2030. Image is by JK Lab. Above: it would feature four central pavilions.