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Tijuana City Guide: 9 Projects to Explore in the 2024 World Design Capital

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Mexico border is a region of vast historical, cultural, and economic significance, where cities of fundamental importance to North America have emerged. Tijuana —located in northeastern Mexico—, is one of these cities. Historically, the city has been a melting pot of nuances reflected in its urban landscape. Read more »

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Doha City Guide: 15 Contemporary Projects to Explore in the Capital City of Qatar

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Located on the coast of the Persian Gulf, Doha is a relatively young city, founded in the vicinity of another settlement, Al Bidda, sometime during the 1820s. In recent years, the city has seen rapid population growth, an image reflected in the architectural landscape.

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UNStudio debuts K.Wah G72 mixed-use development in Nanjing

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UNStudio has just unveiled plans for another new mixed-use development project in the Chinese city of Nanjing. It aims to be a benchmark for newly integrated urban developments in Nanjing, across the country, and beyond.”

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Adaptive Reuse as a Strategy for Sustainable Urban Development and Regeneration

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Image © Simon Menges “New ideas must use old buildings,” said Jane Jacobs in her seminal book The Death and Life of Great American Cities , championing the reuse of existing building stock as a means to catalyze positive change and foster diverse urban environments. Read more »

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Exploring Local Material in Contemporary Architecture: PWDC Transforms Building Surfaces in Nigeria

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Image © Mujib Ojeifo In Lagos , a city with a complex urban fabric that includes historical buildings and vast interpretations of contemporary architecture, lies PatrickWaheed Design Consulting (PWDC). Abijo Mosque, Lagos showing laterite texture.

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Heatherwick Studio unveils updated designs for 1700 Alberni development in Vancouver

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An update to one of the most significant projects in a spate of recent high-profile Canadian luxury residential developments as Heatherwick Studio has unveiled its upgraded designs for the 1700 Alberni towers complex. The revised proposal follows community feedback taken from Vancouver’s Shape Your City public web forum.

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'Ma Yansong: Landscapes in Motion' offers a 20-year exegesis on the future of cities

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The globe-spanning designs of MAD Architects are the subject of a new retrospective exhibition being staged at the Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning (MoCAUP) that promises viewers an interesting take on the relationship cities have with time, history, and nature.

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