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SAL floating public building by SOUR

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Building on a site that is at high risk of and requires extensive ground improvements, how might we create a substructure that is naturally isolated from earthquake loads, floods, and rising sea levels? Is it possible to have a building with no foundation?

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Innovation Partnership School Buildings by OMA

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The Amsterdam government has initiated the Innovation Partnership School Buildings program to build nine to thirty “highquality, flexible and sustainable” schools in ten years. The biobased walls – made with carbon absorbing raw materials – are lighter and require less energy for transportation.

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Nanjing K.Wah G72 by UNStudio

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Its dynamic programming of high-rise office towers, commercial and cultural functions, two serviced apartment buildings, a headquarter tower and a luxury hotel forms an urban silhouette that rises from the central waterfront area to either side of the complex.

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Kaohsiung Social Housing by Mecanoo

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Sky park Located between the new green corridor and the existing neighbourhood along the railway, the housing complex will be a kick-off project part of a larger urban redevelopment with mixed-use buildings for the whole area. Source by Mecanoo.

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Construction of 10 Design’s Nanjing Dajiaochang Airport Mixed-Use Development is in full swing

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The development involves three interconnecting buildings, incorporating a shopping mall, retail, cultural and office spaces along with a boutique hotel. All three buildings are connected via an underground retail spine and street-level pedestrian walkways: the pedestrian bridges provide further connectivity between the two shopping malls.

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China Philharmonic Concert Hall by MAD Architects nearing completion

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With an overall site of 11,600 sqm and a total building area of 26,000 sqm, the concert hall is one of the most significant cultural projects in the nation’s capital. On the south side of the building, a 350-seat rehearsal hall is nestled within curved wooden walls shaped to optimize acoustics. Photo © Zhengdong.Li Photo © Zhengdong.Li

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gmp wins redesigns Caobao Road Campus competition

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The site at Caobao Road has been used as a university campus since the 1950s and, over the years, a number of teaching and residential buildings have been built. The existing campus consists of a range of diverse buildings and the brief stipulated that some of these be retained and integrated into the new campus. Diagram functions.

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