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Page Southerland Page integrates "past and future" at Texas Capitol Complex

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"We hope this project will enhance urban spaces in the city, contributing to the State of Texas' and Austin's unique, vibrant identity." The Texas Capitol Complex was designed by Page Southerland Page Phase 1 – which is estimated as a $600 million investment – opened in 2022.

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BIG and Samoo unveil design for "flood-proof" floating city Oceanix Busan

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Oceanix Busan will be a first-of-its-kind floating development in South Korea. It says Oceanix Busan – which expands urban development into the ocean with habitation built on floating platforms – is sustainable, resilient and flood-proof. Each neighbourhood will draw food from its own urban agriculture projects.

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School of Visual Arts presents 10 senior thesis interior design projects

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Made By Water by Will Huanyo Kuang "Environmental pollution driven by unregulated carbon emissions contributes to oceanic warming, and urban development without ecosystem sensitivity destroys natural aquatic habitats. "To million Americans age 65 and older live with Alzheimer's and 73 per cent of that demographic are 75 or older.

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Henning Larsen wins competition to transform Kurfürstendamm 231

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Collaboration is key to creating an open framework for a vibrant urban development. Maximized green space, improved microclimates, material reuse and timber construction will ensure significant reductions in the carbon footprint of the development. The new biotope area factor is estimated at 0.4

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Sustainability and liveability claims of Saudi 170-kilometre city are "naive" say experts

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"There would be so many physical and environmental phenomena that would have to be dealt with to achieve the incredible minimal and singular character that the renderings propose," said Marshall Brown, director of the Princeton Urban Imagination Center and an associate professor of architecture at Princeton University.

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Urban Terrarium: Only Architect-Landscape Architect Collaboration Can Truly Delivery Biodiversity

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Cast your vote today > It’s another big moment for the environment and our self-made struggle to coexist with and within it. A minimum of 10% improvement on current environmental and habitat health must now be included in any property development plans. Architizer is thrilled to reveal the 12th Annual A+Awards Finalists.

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"By focusing so much on carbon reduction we are neglecting other areas where our industry causes harm"

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Infrastructure and the built environment are responsible for 29 per cent of threatened species, according to the World Economic Forum. Forty-four per cent of global GDP in cities is estimated to be at risk of disruption from nature loss. First, we must make the built environment more compact.