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Vanke Coastal City by CLOU architects

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Showcasing the future potential of diversified regional development, the Qingdao Vanke Coastal City combines work and living spaces in an accumulative contextual setting that builds on the natural environment and panoramic views of the site.

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“Urban Oasis” by Stefano Boeri Architetti wins the competition for the creation of a new district in Bratislava

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The Stefano Boeri Architetti studio has won the international competition for the development of a three-hectare former industrial site in the downtown area of the city of Bratislava. The other buildings all have different heights and have been specifically designed to maximize the entry of direct light into the park.

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Booking.com City Campus by UNStudio

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With the completion of the Booking.com City Campus in the heart of Amsterdam, all 6,500 employees of the Dutch travel platform can now work in the same building for the first time. Ben van Berkel: ‘We wanted to create a building that could also operate as a ‘recruitment machine’.

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“A different way of developing cities” — SERA Architects' Tim Smith discusses the OMSI District and civic ecology

Portland Architecture

Smith has also served locally as vice president of the Portland Planning Commission and the Mayor’s Central City Roundtable, not to mention as urban design advisor to the City of San Francisco for the Treasure Island Redevelopment. Covers of Placeways ( UNC Press ) and Design of Cities ( Thames/Hudson ). .

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Nanjing K.Wah G72 by UNStudio

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Nanjing K.Wah G72 is expected to be one of the most expansive mixed-use developments in the Chinese city. Image © UNStudio A green corridor is extended throughout the entire design for K.Wah G72, bringing together community and nature in a multi-dimensional way, and will contribute to the well-being of the city.

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Shenzhen Chuanbu Street Experimental School by Aedas

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The renewal welcomes an integrated primary and junior high school, a vibrant and contemporary campus in the urban waterfront oasis, which establishes a cultural landmark for Luohu and Shenzhen. The overall U-shaped layout of the teaching buildings opens up towards the city, symbolising a campus filled with knowledge. Source by Aedas.

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Open-air corridors and exterior exit stairs

Brandon Donnelly

Montreal is, in many ways, a city of winding exterior stairs. The city is overwhelmingly a city of low-rise apartments (less than five storeys). Here is a contemporary tall-building example which follows a similar approach. Here is a circulation diagram via Azure : This is novel (at least in this part of the world).