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Langham Hospitality Group lands in the heart of China

Hotel Designs

to bring its modern upper-upscale Cordis brand to Xi’an, home of the terracotta warriors… One of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China, Xi’an traces its foundations back more than 7,000 years and was once the start of the old Silk Road. Today, the city remains at important crossroads in the country along major trading corridors.

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Nanjing Joy City by Benoy

aasarchitecture

Due to its position as the future commercial centre of Chengnan Centre in Pukou District, the planning and operation of Joy City Shopping Mall became a key focus for guests at the launch event. The project will also leverage the high growth rate of the urban development axis on Pubin Road and the Chengnan River vitality zone.

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Nanjing Joy City by Benoy

aasarchitecture

Due to its position as the future commercial centre of Chengnan Centre in Pukou District, the planning and operation of Joy City Shopping Mall became a key focus for guests at the launch event. The project will also leverage the high growth rate of the urban development axis on Pubin Road and the Chengnan River vitality zone.

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"If we want a new materiality we have to reimagine our relationship with the world"

Deezen

Promotion: architects Joseph Grima and Vo Trong Nghia were among a group of international urban design thinkers who met at the 2022 Living Cities Forum in Melbourne, Australia to discuss the construction industry's material use in a world of finite resources. These short-term interests are most evident in the material flow of pollution.".

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Jinling East Road Area Urban regeneration project by Benoy

aasarchitecture

Cities change every day, and urban renewal is a constantly ongoing process. Faced with increasing land resource shortages for urban development, first-tier world-class cities such as Shanghai (ranked Alpha+ according to GaWC 2018) face an urgent need to switch from ‘incremental expansion’ to ‘tapping of reserves’.

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The A+List: Architizer’s Top Architecture and Design Firms to Watch in 2024

Architizer

This multifaceted approach is evident in projects such as Kia Lab, which take a holistic view of the programmatic brief, embedding the building’s function with the broader urban and cultural environment.

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Manchester School of Architecture presents 13 architecture student projects

Deezen

Also included is a commercial hub that captures Lancashire 's manufacturing history and a public commons in Manchester designed for inclusivity. Yunqi Zhang was concerned with traumatic urban conditions such as 'the bystander affect'. "In Making our cities more inclusive has never been more urgent.