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Foster + Partners unveils design for Hangzhou centre around "leafy spine"

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Architecture studio Foster + Partners has revealed a masterplan for an urban centre near Hangzhou in China, which will be based around a skyscraper-flanked spine. Based in Yuhang, one of 10 urban districts in Hangzhou, the masterplan will be laid out around a central axis that the studio described as a "leafy spine".

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Baltimore City and County Planning the Future: How they prepare their new Masterplans

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Late to the party: The new 10 year plans Baltimore City calls it a Comprehensive Plan and hasn't done one since 2006. Baltimore County calls it Masterplan 2030 and its last version is from 2020. Both City and County planning departments lean heavily on the APA publication Best Practices for a Comprehensive Plan.

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MVRDV designs WärtZ district as "second city centre" for Zwolle

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MVRDV will complete four mixed-use buildings for the 120,000-metre-square development, named WärtZ, with the ambition of creating a "second city centre" south of Zwolle railway station, it said. The post MVRDV designs WärtZ district as "second city centre" for Zwolle appeared first on Dezeen. The imagery is courtesy of MVRDV.

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Ten futuristic cities set to be built around the world

Deezen

As a 170-kilometre-long mirrored megacity in the Saudi desert makes headlines around the world, here is a roundup of 10 futuristic cities currently being planned across the globe. Global issues such as the housing crisis and climate change are galvanising ambitions for a new generation of high-tech cities. The Line, Saudi Arabia.

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Zhuhai north area water purification plant Phase II and high-tech zone Sports Centre by Aedas

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Led by Aedas Executive Director Fiona Chen and Founder and Global Principal Designer Keith Griffiths, Aedas joint venture with Southwest Municipal Engineering Design & Research Institute of China won the design competition for Zhuhai North Area Water Purification Plant Phase II and Sports Centre in the High-tech Zone. Keith says.

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Silicon Valley investors unveil controversial concept for new city in California

Deezen

Controversial plans to transform over 50,000 acres of farmland into a city in Solano county, northern California , have been unveiled by a group of investors named Flannery Associates. Other recent city masterplans for the US include Telosa by BIG and Innovation Park by Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects and Tom Wiscombe Architecture.

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Foster + Partners wins competition to design a new centre for Hangzhou

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The masterplan creates a green and interconnected mixed-use quarter, at the heart of the Yuhang District. Gerard Evenden, Head of Studio, Foster + Partners, said: “We are delighted to have won the competition to design a new centre for Hangzhou, a beautiful city with nature at its heart.