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Västerås Travel Center by BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group

aasarchitecture

The building celebrates movement and creates a welcoming, warm and transparent mobility hub that will become an important social and economic node redefining the city’s infrastructure and landscape. Image © BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group The landscape unites across the railway and is shaped by flow.

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Charting the Future of Downtown Baltimore

Community Architect Daily

The environment is missing the level of activity you would expect in a dense urban setting, all of which is the inevitable result of decades of economic decline. Looking forward, the DPoB housing analysis estimates that the downtown area should be able to absorb an additional 1,250 units annually over the next five years.

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Competitions: Open Call: "Lights In Forest" GuangShan Child-friendly B&B Competition

Bustler

This competition not only aims to redefine accommodations but also seeks to shape the future of living in this scenic region, fostering an environment where children can chase their dreams amidst the captivating landscapes and rich cultural heritage of GuangShan.

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Cast Away 2.0 | Winter Retreat

ArchiDiaries

winter retreat, a challenge to design a wellness retreat in an extreme environment of the snow-capped mountains. percent annually, more than twice as fast as normal tourism, and this percentage is estimated to rise by 2022. . Emotional, physical, and spiritual factors play a huge role in our connection with the environment.

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As Above So Far | Urban Subterranean

ArchiDiaries

The design aims at providing a space that would act as a park/public square, but underground while maintaining the surface landscape. Man and animals alike have exploited the protective properties of land and soil long before recorded history, developing simple means of dealing with harsh climates and hostile environments on surfaces.

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"There are a lot of dangerous myths" about sustainability says Norman Foster

Deezen

Foster + Partners was one of only two of the country's top 10 largest studios that declined to endorse a RIBA sustainability report backed by nearly 250 built environment organisations. So if you're creating where there was asphalt, instead, you're creating landscape greenery. You're encouraging biodiversity.

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The Long Game

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Landscape architects are working with the U.S. Which is kind of the Engineering With Nature approach, to let the landscape do the work.”. Landscape architects are playing a growing role in that negotiation. Army Corps of Engineers and building new networks through the Engineering With Nature program. By Jared Brey.