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

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This focus optimizes the use of space, fosters a sense of community and often incorporates sustainable and innovative design principles to make the “city within a city” a cohesive and harmonious environment. Passersby are also welcome to enjoy these inviting spaces, contributing to a vibrant and integrated urban environment.

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The Line, the largest part of Saudi Arabia’s ambitious NEOM project, looks like a total fantasy

Archinect

According to the Saudi government, The Line will “embody how urban communities will be in the future in an environment free from roads, cars, and emissions.” Image courtesy of NEOM The Line comes complete with a high-speed rail system capable of transporting riders from end to end in the development within 20 minutes.

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Advertecture: 7 Stylistic Spaces Blending Branding with the Built Environment

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The built environment can be an integral part of this strategy. From a bustling stock exchange, a dynamic head office and a flagship store to an electric car charging station and a scientific symposium, discover how these seven outstanding projects, celebrated at the 11 th A+Awards , are fusing branding and the built environment.

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Future Bound | ReImagining Transportation

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Future Bound, ReImagining Transportation a challenge to visualize the transport infrastructure of a city set in 2100. We have already imagined multiple versions of futuristic cities and their modes of transport from the 70s till now in novels, movies and video games. Fig: 1 – Urban transport (Credits-Joey Kyber).

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Adding a Touch of Dutch to Eugene’s Streets

SW Oregon Architect

The corresponding impact upon the morphology of urban environments and streetscapes in the Netherlands is profound. cities are to become more sustainable, but helping people understand why prioritizing healthier modes of transportation and development patterns has proven challenging. A radical paradigm shift is necessary if U.S.

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IMK Architects Develops Sustainable Natural Holistic Environment for IIT Bombay Student Housing

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Architizer: What inspired the initial concept for your design? Rahul Kadri: Research shows that humans have an innate affinity with the natural world – a concept known as biophilia – and that the presence or absence of the elements of nature within our homes, offices, or schools, has a direct and measurable impact on our health and wellbeing.

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Foster + Partners designs sweeping terminal for "air taxi services" in Dubai

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British architecture studio Foster + Partners has unveiled a concept for a vertiport terminal in Dubai that will accommodate "air taxi services" and encompass a curved, overhanging roof. The two companies plan to "develop the network of vertiports for air taxi services by 2026," the studio said.