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Designing St Regis Kanai Resort in the Riviera Maya, Mexico

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Listen to the full episode of Travel By Design , a podcast by Marriott Bonvoy Traveller, in the article below… St Regis Kanai Resort, in the Riviera Maya on the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico, has a hotel design narrative that is unlike any other in a location that is out of this world. It’s a pure shape of this lake, cenote.

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Tredje Natur proposes floating car parks to prevent urban flooding

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Pop Up is a response to the fact that dense cities, notably Tokyo , are building enormous underground cavities to defend against flooding, while at street level precious public space is being taken up by parking lots. In the 19th and 20th centuries, engineers focused on sanitation prioritised pushing water into underground sewers.

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Neri&Hu adds "glowing lantern" on top of Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts in Xi’an

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Chinese architecture studio Neri&Hu has added an extension to the Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts in Xi'an , China, that was designed to "serve as a source of illumination for the surrounding urban fabric". It's topped with a hollowed-out bowl-shaped amphitheater The base of the extension was finished with cast-in-place concrete.

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The most-read architecture and design stories of 2022

Deezen

To conclude our review of 2022 , Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft takes a look back at this year's biggest architecture and design stories, including The Line , the Vulva Spaceship and the World's skinniest building. In February, news of a new type of plastic that is twice as strong as steel was the month's most-read article.

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Eleven upcoming buildings with mass-timber structures

Deezen

Also featured on the list are towers, university buildings and an airport terminal, illustrating mass timber 's potential for use in a variety of architectural projects. According to the designer Henning Larsen Architects , the project is hoped to "set a new standard for the many ways we can use timber in architecture".

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Why You Should Use Fiberglass Conduits For Your Construction Projects

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Throughout this article, we’ll take a look at how fiberglass-finished conduits are beneficial for your upcoming construction project. . This eliminates the need to lay them underground, which can take a significantly long time. . Rather than being a sheep, justify your material choices by backing them with evidence. Great for Wiring.

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"Tiny homes are not the big solution to homelessness that we need"

Deezen

Things like weather-proof cardboard boxes, underground domes, pallet shelters, and insulated tents have all made their way to the drawing board. 'We shouldn't be reinventing the wheel, or rather the floorplan' But these so-called solutions are neither permanent nor practical. The photo is courtesy of Lehrer Architects.

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