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Cooper Robertson will develop master plan for a campus expansion at the University of Maryland, College Park

Archinect

As part of their contract, the firm will deliver “flexible, data-driven, and inclusive comprehensive planning framework that will guide strategic growth and development” at the 1,340-acre campus. The firm has also completed simi.

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NASA funds ICON to develop lunar 3D-printing construction technology

Deezen

Space agency NASA has awarded construction company ICON a $57 million contract to develop 3D-printing technology to build roads, launchpads and homes on the moon 's surface. The contract, worth $57.2 Pushing this development forward with our commercial partners will create the capabilities we need for future missions.".

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James Corner Field Operations selected to lead master plan design for Cleveland lakefront

Archinect

It was reported that following this announcement, legislation was introduced to consider a contract that wouldn’t exceed $500,000 for the planning stage. The design team will evaluate the potential for enhanced lakefront connections, public spaces, amenities, and economic development.

Contract 237
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Future Bound | ReImagining Transportation

ArchiDiaries

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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Goodyear to design airless tyres for future lunar vehicle

Deezen

Tyre-maker Goodyear has announced it will join aerospace company Lockheed Martin and car manufacturer General Motors to develop a vehicle for NASA 's next lunar landing, set for 2025. Goodyear will develop an advanced version of its airless tyres for the lunar mobility vehicle, which will need to withstand extended use in extreme conditions.

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The Rise and Fall of Baltimore's HarborPlace

Community Architect

Traces of San Francisco's Ghirardelli Square, Boston's Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market, promoted by a visionary developer, designed by a Harvard Dean of architecture, nearly defeated in a referendum, those are the ingredients that made Baltimore's HarborPlace a model for urban waterfronts around the world nearly half a century ago.

Contract 111
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Killa Design's Museum of the Future opens in Dubai

Deezen

Built for the Dubai Future Foundation , the seven-storey building contains a combination of exhibits dedicated to the future and workshops for testing and developing emerging technology. Developer: North25. It stands alongside Dubai's elevated train line. Internally the spaces have no columns. Architect: Killa Design.