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Foster + Partners and Sasaki Associates designing Sierra Leone island city for Idris Elba

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Architecture studios Sasaki Associates and Foster + Partners are masterplanning a smart city for up to a million people on Sherbro island in Sierra Leone. Sherbro Alliance Partners, which is co-ordinating the masterplan, has enlisted energy company Octopus to develop a strategy for electricity generation based on wind power.

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Greater Bay Area Technology Finance Centre

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Greater Bay Area Technology Finance Centre Guangzhou Building, Architect, GDD Holding Group Project Design News. Greater Bay Area Technology Finance Centre Guangzhou. Greater Bay Area Technology Finance Centre Guangzhou Building. Greater Bay Area Technology Finance Centre, Guangzhou – Building Information.

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Liquid City: A Radical New Masterplan in Rotterdam Embraces the River for Resilience

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After docklands moved west towards, and now into, the North Sea, a new district has sprung up in this corner of Rotterdam, extending the city center. The scheme is just one of several remarkable undertakings by the municipality of Rotterdam, transforming how the city interacts with its riverfront.

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The tricks with masterplanning

Brandon Donnelly

Alex Bozikovic of the Globe and Mail recently made a good point in one of his articles about how challenging it is to properly “placemake” when it comes to large-scale masterplanned projects. What else is going on here that makes masterplanning so tricky? These are some of the moments that make cities great.

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Greater Bay Area Technology Finance Centre Guangzhou Building by Aedas

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To keep pace with the development of the Greater Bay Area (GBA), which is deemed a key strategic role in the country’s development blueprint to implement innovation-driven reforms, the Greater Bay Area (Guangzhou) Technology Finance Centre comprises of a five-star hotel, offices, retail and residential spaces. Image © Aedas.

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GDH Yungang City Guangzhou Plot 4

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GDH Yungang City Guangzhou Plot 4 Building, Architect, GDD Holding Group Project Design News. GDH Yungang City Guangzhou Development. Aedas and GDAD Jointly Design Baiyun New Skyscraper GDH Yungang City. GDH Yungang City Guangzhou Plot 4 Buildings. Project: GDH Yungang City (Plot 4). 18 December 2022.

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Five architecture and design events in January from Dezeen Events Guide

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Above: Foster + Partners' retrospective in China includes projects such as the Bund Finance Centre. Shanghai's Xintai Warehouse hosts a retrospective charting more than five decades of work from Foster + Partners , including international as well as local projects such as the Bund Finance Centre. Peter Cook – City Landscapes.

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