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Sustainability and liveability claims of Saudi 170-kilometre city are "naive" say experts

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C40 Cities director of urban planning and design Hélène Chartier argued she would not "want to live in a place where it's so narrow", while architect Winy Maas said he "would love to live in such a kind of environment". The Line has been touted as a sustainable alternative to conventional city design.

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BIG and Samoo unveil design for "flood-proof" floating city Oceanix Busan

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Architecture firms BIG and Samoo and tech company Oceanix have revealed their design for a first-of-its-kind climate-resilient floating city , destined for the seas off Busan in South Korea. Oceanix Busan will be a first-of-its-kind floating development in South Korea. Construction will begin in 2023, reported The Independent.

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Milan's L'Innesto development to provide net-zero social housing

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L'Innesto Milan is one of the winners of the Reinventing Cities global urban development competition , and Barreca & La Varra is aiming to make it the first zero-carbon example of Italy's "housing sociale". Read: Urban developments that "strive for zero carbon" to start on site in Milan, Paris, Reykjavik and Oslo.

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Page Southerland Page integrates "past and future" at Texas Capitol Complex

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US studio Page Southerland Page has worked to "cultivate a stronger sense of community" with the urban design surrounding the Texas State Capitol that integrates historical landmarks in Austin. Page Southerland Page led the planning and urban design – guiding the full team that included HKS , Kirksey, Jacobs, Sasaki , and Coleman Assoc. –

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Urban Terrarium: Only Architect-Landscape Architect Collaboration Can Truly Delivery Biodiversity

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Meanwhile, the situation is also a sharp reminder that any business dealing with the European Union’s single market now needs to monitor its supply chain very carefully, with a new corporate sustainability due diligence directive has now and inbound law across the bloc. There are, of course, exceptions. Here, they are caught and consumed.

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"By focusing so much on carbon reduction we are neglecting other areas where our industry causes harm"

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Architects must start placing greater emphasis on protecting biodiversity in their projects, writes RSHP sustainability lead Michelle Sanchez. First, sustainability as a concept goes beyond environmental impact. We are forgetting that sustainability engages with a far greater range of issues than carbon emissions alone.

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Dubai Urban Tech District by URB

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It will also be home to venture capitals to provide the fuel for entrepreneurs, thus empowering a unique collaborative urban tech eco system. Urban Tech will be at the core of all future cities. The global urban tech market is estimated to be $158 billion dollars, which is expected to grow rapidly in the next decade.