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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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Studio Bark devises structural use for waste timber in English woodlands

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British architecture practice Studio Bark has worked with students from the University of East London to devise a roof-supporting column with otherwise unusable timber at a site within ancient English woodland. If you were to draw a force diagram, you'd need more material in the middle, so naturally it's a win-win," she said.

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Nanjing K.Wah G72 by UNStudio

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The site is separated by the central river and the planned road into 4 plots which are set to create a dynamic community for locals and visitors. The office towers will also use prefabricated components as well as a modular supporting structure.

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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. All the components are precisely made in the factory under a digitally controlled process to ensure fast assembly and disassembly by an electric crane on site.

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

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After won an international design competition to transform the 243,768 sqm historic military airbase site into a contemporary mixed-use project, now 10 Design continues construction. The development involves three interconnecting buildings, incorporating a shopping mall, retail, cultural and office spaces along with a boutique hotel.

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The Connector by Gruppa Studio & Anagram A-U wins competitiion for reconstruction of the Town Hall in P?erov

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The brief requests the reconstruction of the Town Hall of Prerov, a building which dates back at 1969 outcome of an intensive political period of Czechia. erov respecting the character of the building and emphasizing the aim of the town hall as a social generator rather than a power imposer. Existing building. Site Plan.

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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