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Stockholm Wood City: Masterplanning The World’s Largest Timber Construction Project

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With ground set to be broken next year on the first stages of the monumental development and the first structures set to welcome tenants from 2027, the company is master-planning a small city in Sickla, Stockholm. This is fascinating, but it’s Wood City’s fundamental raison d’être that really intrigues.

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BIG designs Mindfulness City in Bhutan connected by "inhabitable bridges"

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Danish architecture studio BIG has unveiled its masterplan for a 1,000-square-kilometre development in Bhutan that will include an international airport and a hydroelectric dam incorporating a temple. Above: Mindfulness City will be built in Bhutan. They will be built alongside permeable paved streets.

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SOM plans city to accommodate Muscat's growing population

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Nineteen neighbourhoods constructed with local materials will define Sultan Haitham City, a metropolis for 100,000 residents that London studio Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is designing in Oman. Read: SOM breaks ground on Alárò City in Nigeria The masterplan involves transforming a 7.5-kilometre-long

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

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Dutch studio MVRDV has released visuals for a neighbourhood in Zwolle, the Netherlands , which will centre around a converted warehouse topped with wooden apartments. The Wärtsilä hall, with the new wooden residential building on top, is a good example of sustainable repurposing and densification in the city," van Rijs said.

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Tours Val de Loire Airport area masterplan

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Tours Val de Loire Airport area masterplan, France Buildings, French Park Design, Architect. Tours Val de Loire Airport area masterplan, France. Green masterplan for Tours airport area, France. Masterplan for Tours Val de Loire Airport Area. The masterplan addresses a number of issues currently affecting the area.

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BIG unveils plans for "an entire city in one building" in Esbjerg

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Danish architecture studio BIG has unveiled visuals of Masterplan Esbjerg Strand, a proposal for an education-focused campus and innovation hub surrounded by water in Jutland, Denmark. BIG has unveiled visuals of Masterplan Esbjerg Strand. There will be an accessible green roof. Large windows will provide outward views.

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Al Hosn Masterplan And Landscape Abu Dhabi

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Al Hosn Masterplan And Landscape Abu Dhabi Buildings, Architect, CEBRA UAE Architecture Photos. Al Hosn Masterplan And Landscape Abu Dhabi, UAE. Al Hosn Masterplan And Landscape in Abu Dhabi. Al Hosn Masterplan And Landscape in Abu Dhabi. 3 January 2022. Design: CEBRA, Denmark. Photos by Mikkel Frost.