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New Directions: 7 Ways Contemporary Architects Are Shaking Up Traditional Transport Spaces

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Yet, in deft hands, transportation structures can transcend this hazy realm of the in-between to become meaningful destinations in their own right. As well as celebrating the immediate landscape, the design emphasizes the socio-historic roots of this transportation method too.

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The Central Mexican Hot Springs Site That’s Run Like a Local Co-Op

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The site runs under the ejido system, meaning it’s owned and operated by members of the local community, similar to a co-op. The ejido system is connected to buen vivir , or good living, a concept and practice based on a Latin American Indigenous philosophy that emphasizes communal well-being and harmony. All rights reserved.

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Considering the Quayside failure as proof futuristic Smart Cities may be a thing of the past

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Smart city technology should do things like shorten commute times, speed the construction of affordable housing, improve the efficiency of public transit, and reduce carbon emissions by making building technology more efficient and providing less polluting transportation alternatives to the car.

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"London's lowest whole-life carbon high-rise" by Foster + Partners receives planning approval

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Located on a two-acre brownfield site in London 's Bankside, 18 Blackfriars Road will contain two residential blocks and a 45-storey office skyscraper. Foster + Partners plans to increase biodiversity on the site by 150 per cent through various methods, including planting around one hundred trees.

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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.

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OASys Concept at Kona Kai Resort, San Diego

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OASys Concept at Kona Kai Resort and Spa, San Diego Building, California Architecture Photos. OASys Concept at Kona Kai Resort and Spa in San Diego. OASys Concept at Kona Kai Resort and Spa. OASys Concept at Kona Kai Resort and Spa – Building Information. Site area: TBD. Status: Concept. Dec 27, 2021.

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Surreal Sites: 8 Rural Retreats Set in New Zealand’s Cinematic Landscape

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The design concept, however, is as much stylistic as polemical. In line with this objective, the architecture firm Bonnifait + Giesen: Atelierworkshop prefabricated large sections of the modules before transporting them onsite, thereby avoiding the need to cut mature trees close by. By Herbst Architects , Coromandel, New Zealand.

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