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UNStudio debuts K.Wah G72 mixed-use development in Nanjing

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UNStudio has just unveiled plans for another new mixed-use development project in the Chinese city of Nanjing. It aims to be a benchmark for newly integrated urban developments in Nanjing, across the country, and beyond.”

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Heatherwick Studio unveils updated designs for 1700 Alberni development in Vancouver

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An update to one of the most significant projects in a spate of recent high-profile Canadian luxury residential developments as Heatherwick Studio has unveiled its upgraded designs for the 1700 Alberni towers complex. The revised proposal follows community feedback taken from Vancouver’s Shape Your City public web forum.

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Hypostyle: Contemporary Interpretations of an Ancient Concept

ArchDaily

Defined as rows of columns that support a roof, this solution has developed in different cultures in different periods of time, which can explain the variety of materials, shapes, sizes and distances between the columns that can be found around the world. Famous examples of the use of this concept are Great Hypostyle Hall (c.

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Adaptive Reuse as a Strategy for Sustainable Urban Development and Regeneration

ArchDaily

Inserting new activities within an existing framework is increasingly becoming a defining aspect of contemporary architecture, as the need for sustainable alternatives to building anew turns more urgent.

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Exploring Linear Brick Aesthetics in Contemporary Architecture

ArchDaily

In addition to these qualities, the use of bricks in contemporary architecture is distinguished by experimenting with placement, orientation, and material textures, as well as embracing minimalistic design principles focused on simple and clean lines. Read more »

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Does AI Correlate Materiality with Contemporary Architecture? An Experiment with Six Building Materials

ArchDaily

A contemporary building immersed in a built environment. In this context, while the debate persists in the architectural community about whether AI can process architectural concepts, this article explores how it interprets materials to develop these visual representations. This building is made of (material). Image via DALL.E

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Oxford Corner Mixed-Use Development, Sydney, NSW

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In recent times, the traditional retail centre of Oxford Street has been in decline in the face of competition from new shopping malls, with many vacant shops, and is in need of revitalisation and destination developments to draw people back to the area. The site presented many streetscape challenges.