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Adaptive Reuse Revolution: 7 Commercial Projects Potently Preserving the Past

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These seven winning commercial projects from the 11 th A+Awards exemplify how radical reuse can elevate our skylines. OmbĂș By Foster + Partners , Madrid, Spain Jury Winner, 11 th Annual A+Awards, Sustainable Commercial Building In another life, this magnificent early 20th-century edifice supplied energy to its local district in Madrid.

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Competitions: Chernobyl Rewilding: Designing Biodiverse Cities

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Registration Deadline: Oct 25, 2023; Submission Deadline Oct 25, 2023 Premise The Chernobyl Rewilding competition calls architects to envision a transformative city that reawakens the natural world within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Sustainable approaches are vital to ensure that this new city thrives amidst its unique context.

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Basic Coffee | Office AIO

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Basic Coffee is a vital tenant of a co-working hub that activates a newly gentrified commercial zone in Beijing. Despite occupying a 30sqm corner of a restored historic building, Basic Coffee is a vital tenant of a co-working hub that activates a newly gentrified commercial zone in Beijing.

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Sustainable Suburban Expansion: How Architects Are Reawakening Dormant Developments

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These initiatives are methodically highlighted in The Charter of the New Urbanism, outlining the importance of restoring existing urban centers, transforming sprawling suburbs into cohesive communities, conserving natural environments and preserving built heritage within metropolitan regions.

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Hanyang Iron Works regeneration by Aedas

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Led by Aedas Global Design Principal Kevin Wang, the Hanyang Iron Works regeneration project is focused on restoring and reviving the development, which was closed down in the year of 1947. In light of the rich industrial atmosphere wreathed in aged red bricks, soil walls and rusty pipes—the first design principle is to preserve and restore.

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The Future of Architecture: 10 Transformative Design Principles for a Sustainable World

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Function-Based Zones 2. A Waterfront Homestead Reborn: Restorative Design in the Yangtze Delta Polders by Shanghai Landscape Architecture Design and Research Institute, Shanghai, China | Jury Winner, 11th Annual A+Awards, Sustainable Landscape / Planning Project PLANNING 1. The five CIAM planning principles included: 1.

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Beijing Railway Station Interior Renovation, China

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The design tasks encompassed interior design, the reorganization of commercial and media areas, as well as lighting and the wayfinding system. The scope of the project included the Central Hall, the Fourth Waiting Room, and the Central Waiting Room. Beijing Railway Station was one of the top ten buildings in the capital in the 1950s.