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Adaptive Reuse as a Strategy for Sustainable Urban Development and Regeneration

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Image © Simon Menges “New ideas must use old buildings,” said Jane Jacobs in her seminal book The Death and Life of Great American Cities , championing the reuse of existing building stock as a means to catalyze positive change and foster diverse urban environments.

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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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'Ma Yansong: Landscapes in Motion' offers a 20-year exegesis on the future of cities

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The globe-spanning designs of MAD Architects are the subject of a new retrospective exhibition being staged at the Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning (MoCAUP) that promises viewers an interesting take on the relationship cities have with time, history, and nature.

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Copenhagen Architecture City Guide: 20 Projects to Discover in the 2023 UNESCO World Capital of Architecture

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The title further emphasizes the city’s position as a laboratory for innovative contemporary architecture and people-centered urban planning. In 1947, the “Five Finger Plan” was developed to guide urban development and expand the city along five main arteries. The major shift appeared in the 1960s. Read more »

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Building for Sustainability: 3 Main Themes Explored at the Time Space Existence Exhibition in Venice

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The 2023 installment was centered on the theme of sustainability in its various forms, encompassing subjects related to migration, digital building technologies and material research, future urban developments, and housing, bringing together architects, designers, artists, academics, and photographers from 52 different countries.

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Argentina Houses: Contemporary Villas

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Argentine Residential Developments: Contemporary South American Properties. Black House is a contemporary home designed on a typical small mountain terrain of Córdoba. The zone is in the full process of development and this modern home is located in a lot between party walls which haven’t been consolidated yet.

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News: 'Ma Yansong: Landscapes in Motion' offers a 20-year exegesis on the future of cities

Bustler

The globe-spanning designs of MAD Architects are the subject of a new retrospective exhibition being staged at the Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning (MoCAUP) that promises viewers an interesting take on the relationship cities have with time, history, and nature. Read the full post on Bustler