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A City Within a City: How Micro-City Design Breathes New Life into Multi-Use Concepts

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It’s not just a building; it’s a micro-city set within a bustling metropolis. The ground floor might house a cafĂ©, a shared workspace, a fitness center, an art gallery or a dental clinic, creating a dynamic ecosystem that mirrors the diverse heartbeat of a city.

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Maldives reveals "world's first true floating island city" to cope with rising sea levels

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The Maldives has partnered with architecture studio Waterstudio to create a brain-shaped floating city that will house 20,000 people in a lagoon near the country's capital. Called Maldives Floating City , the development will contain 5,000 low-rise floating homes floating within a 200-hectare lagoon in the Indian Ocean.

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LI City Study, Jiang Su Sheng, China

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Renovation: Changes in Architectural and Spatial Functions LI City Study is located in the Tianmu Lake Resort in Liyang City. As a government-sponsored public welfare project, it realizes the convenience of shared urban cultural spaces and provides a public space for citizens and tourists to read books for free 24 hours a day.

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Cobe unveils The Opera Park on island in Copenhagen's harbour

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It features a flower-shaped greenhouse "The Opera Park is a place where nature comes first amidst Copenhagen's bustling urban development," Cobe founder Dan Stubbergaard said. This is designed by Cobe as an "organically shaped glass structure" and features a hovering roof. The photography is by Francisco Tirado.

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Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet: R

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Its elliptical plan, sweeping “potato chip” roof, and once expansive glass walls are characteristic of the futuristic Googie designs—many of which employed gravity-defying cantilevers, bold geometric shapes, and vibrant colors—that exuberantly celebrated the car-centric culture of the era. Redevelopment proposal by Project^.

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Aedas wins Hangzhou Qianjiang Century City Riverfront Digital Industrial Park competition

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With the approaching Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games, the new economic and cultural center Qianjiang Century City is undergoing rapid construction, expected to become the new icon for the area. Located in the core area of Hangzhou Qianjiang Century City, the project is endowed with convenient transportation network. Image © Aedas.

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An immersive mixed-use urban oasis in Tongzhou by Aedas

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As a focal point of Beijing urban development, Zhangjiawan is well-connected with transportation system Aedas has masterplanned the whole depot and carried out architectural design for the retail podium and hotel nearby. ” Global Design Principal Christine Lam says. .” ” Global Design Principal Christine Lam says.