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Zero-carbon Forbes International Tower, designed by AS+GG Architecture, proposed for Egypt's new capital

Archinect

Forbes and Egyptian real estate development company Magnom Properties have announced plans to construct a 55-story zero-carbon commercial tower in Egypt’s New Administrative Capital outside of Cairo. Called the Forbes International Tower, this marks the first time the media giant has branded a commercial tower.

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Singapore’s Condo Scene: Building Towards a Futuristic Skyline

The Architecture Designs

With its jaw-dropping architectural marvels and a skyline that paints the picture of a futuristic metropolis, Singapore is making waves in the global real estate and construction sector. Local and foreign investors in the city-state continue to view its real estate market as robust, resilient, and offering promising returns.

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Jingkai Central Park // Guangzhou S.P.I Design Co., Ltd

Architizer

The goal of the design is to bridge real-estate and construction, and living. In addition, it provides a win-win scenario for both landscape preservation and real-estate development. This will combine architectural and urban construction together. . © Guangzhou S.P.I © Guangzhou S.P.I © Guangzhou S.P.I

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Does Historic Preservation Have a Future in America’s Imploding Cities?

Architectural Observer

Unlivable as in commercial real estate is tanking. When one considers that the dollar buys less than it did eight years ago the real loss is even greater than it appears. The bulk of the one hour and ten-minute video is germane to the topic of “alternative” real estate acquisition plans.

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K64 Keflavík Airport Area Masterplan by KCAP wins the 2023 The Plan Award

aasarchitecture

To set the path for sustainable growth, focus areas for development are defined that mutually reinforce economic activities and local communities: Image © KCAP 1. Image © KCAP The urban framework is preventing sprawl by proposing compact urban development anchored on the existing build-up context. Source by KCAP.

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Lafayette and KCAP win Green masterplan for Tours airport area

aasarchitecture

It proposes forms of urban development that accommodate a more natural use of land, aims to transform monofunctional industrial sites, wants to shed new light on mobility at the edges of the urban fabric, and looks to enhance the ecological continuity and biodiversity. Axo Site Plan Plan Plan Plan Plan.

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Tours Val de Loire Airport area masterplan

e-architect

This land offers Tours Métropole the opportunity to rethink the entire airport area, and to include it in the urban renewal process yet under way in the north-east of the city. A new tramway has initiated a partial regeneration of the urban fabric, but it cannot succeed to improve the cohesion and sustainability of the area on its own.