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'Turning skyscrapers into batteries': SOM unveils energy storage prototypes partnership

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Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill has announced a new partnership with the Swiss energy storage company Energy Vault Holdings that will produce a series of prototype designs for deployable structures and vertical energy storage units up to 1,000 meters (3,280 feet).

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Webuild and Carlo Ratti propose replacement for Baltimore’s collapsed Key Bridge following tragedy

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Today, the Webuild group advanced a proposal designed in collaboration with architect and MIT professor Carlo Ratti and French structural engineer Michel Virlogeux for a new bridge in Baltimore that would replace the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge.

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OPCW Centre for Chemistry and Technology by Ector Hoogstad Architects

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On Friday May 12th Dutch King Willem-Alexander officially opened the doors to OPCW’s new Centre for Chemistry and Technology in The Netherlands. The new Centre for Chemistry and Technology (ChemTech Centre) is designed to facilitate OPCW’s work processes and conduct activities according to strict protocols and safety standards.

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Rice University by SOM new engineering and science building opens

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O’Connor Building for Engineering and Science is now open. ” The design activates the adjacent Engineering Quad and extends the vitality of campus into the building, where a five-story central atrium creates a hub of activity, connecting to seminar rooms, break areas, and informal gathering spaces. Source by SOM.

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Wisdome Stockholm by Elding Oscarson

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Extension of the National Swedish Museum of Technology, housing a visualization dome, a spherical space where visualization technology achieves an immersive audiovisual experience, along with a café and an exhibition hall. Photo © Mikael Olsson In all technological leaps, research that pushes boundaries have been pivotal.

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HOK unveils Major League Soccer's first fully electric stadium in Queens

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HOK has unveiled designs for the Major League Soccer's first fully electric stadium in Queens "Our design team has created a sustainable, technology-driven experience and integrated the stadium into the context of a future district," HOK principal and senior project designer Rashed Singaby told Dezeen.

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Tokyo Institute of Technology Hisao & Hiroko Taki Plaza by Kengo Kuma and Associates

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Located at the entrance of the Tokyo Institute of Technology Ookayama Campus, we designed a “platform” to house student activity. To maintain a clear vista of the clocktower, a prominent landmark for the campus, most of the building sits underground.