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Snøhetta launches national park regeneration project in Japan

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In a social media post , Snøhetta says: “Our masterplan will strengthen the relationship between earth, people, and nature, while beginning to heal and restore the scarred landscape to its original state of biodiversity and natural richness. ” The firm h.

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Foster + Partners unveils its first city masterplan in Vietnam

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British architecture practice Foster + Partners has revealed its masterplan design for a new 117.4-hectare hectare city in Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam, that will include residential neighbourhoods, education, medical and leisure facilities. Design aims to "create a holistic, sustainable masterplan for the future".

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Urban Alchemy: 7 Magnificent New Masterplans Shaking Up City Skylines

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From growing vibrant new commercial hubs to the redevelopment of former industrial sites and the sensitive regeneration of heritage neighborhoods, these masterplans are an exercise in reinvention. An extensive new masterplan is now overhauling this historically significant quarter and establishing a new cultural district for the city.

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Grozny masterplanning competition, Chechen Republic

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We will contribute to the process by transforming Grozny into a financial, trading and industrial hub, by forging partnerships with the Middle Eastern countries, and by adopting and amplifying the best practices in good governance, education, recrea-tion and agriculture sectors”.

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BIG designs Mindfulness City in Bhutan connected by "inhabitable bridges"

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Danish architecture studio BIG has unveiled its masterplan for a 1,000-square-kilometre development in Bhutan that will include an international airport and a hydroelectric dam incorporating a temple. Each of the bridges was designed to be combined with cultural, educational, recreational and infrastructure functions.

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Zamboni student housing by TECO + partners

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It joins a social scenario characterized by changing lifestyles, changing forms of coexistence, where the new living models become an important aspect of students’ education, inserting them in a system of relations and contributing strongly to their social growth. The light, which is reflected u.

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Team KCAP wins Keflavík Airport Area Strategic Masterplan competition

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With an integrated vision that links an ambitious economic development concept to sustainable urban design, landscape, and mobility strategies, Team KCAP won the international competition for the Keflavík Airport Area Strategic Masterplan in Iceland. Source by KCAP.