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New York, Milan, and Venice Amongst Participants in C40's Reinventing Cities Competition 2024

ArchDaily

Courtesy of c40 | Venice Proposed Site 2024 “Reinventing Cities,” C40’ s renowned global design competition , has just announced its fourth edition. The competition’s main goal is to “transform underutilized sites or buildings into beacons of sustainability and resilience and act as a showcase for future zero-carbon urban developments.

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Creating Harmony with the Place: In Conversation with Kengo Kuma

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The 3 rd edition of Shaping the City , a forum on sustainable urban development, took place in Venice between November 24-25, following successful events in Chicago and New Orleans. The event, hosted at Palazzo Michiel del Brusà in Cannaregio, brings together global urban planners, architects, academics, and politicians.

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Sustainable living is "not viable outside cities" says Hélène Chartier of C40 Cities

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Cities are the only sustainable way to house Earth's growing population – but the importance of protecting them from climate risks has been "totally underrated", according to Hélène Chartier of sustainable urbanism network C40 Cities. "In And this is not viable outside cities, let's be honest.". "To

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ADEPT + Karres en Brands win Garden City 2.0 

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ADEPT + Karres en Brands have been named winners of a highly ambitious 80 ha urban development in Köln Germany inspired by The Garden City. WoodHood shows an alternative approach to the future of urban development, allowing both sustainability and landscape to become primary drivers of urbanism.

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Stockholm Wood City: The World’s Largest Wooden City

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Swedish urban developer Atrium Ljungberg has initiated Stockholm Wood City, anticipated to be the world’s largest urban wooden construction project. Their goal is to set a new standard for sustainable construction. Sickla is considered a walkable city, with everything necessary only a 5-minute walk away.

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Sultan Haitham City by SOM Oman’s first ever Smart City

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Sultan Haitham City is a new mixed-use smart city in Muscat, Oman, that provides a sustainable future for its residents, future generations and visitors through vibrant public space, high-quality and affordable housing, and smart urban mobility. kilometer-long dry river – a wadi – that runs through the site.

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The Future of Cities Should be Transit-Oriented

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Modern cities face many problems: traffic jams, long-distance commuting, polluted urban environment, isolated communities and more. Urban designs and master planning have not had the foresight to prepare older cities for the coming centuries, and there are so many uncertainties ahead. Problematic Cities.

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