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Building Bridges: How Architects Are Ripping Up the Rulebook on Water Treatment Facility Architecture

Architizer

This departure involves incorporating green spaces, employing architectural features for visual enhancement, embracing eco-friendly technologies and challenging the conventional perception of these constructions. The Administration and Maintenance buildings are LEED Silver certified.

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Stockholm Wood City: The World’s Largest Wooden City

Santa Cruz Architect

Swedish urban developer Atrium Ljungberg has initiated Stockholm Wood City, anticipated to be the world’s largest urban wooden construction project. Stockholm Wood City At 62 acres (250,000 square meters) the project is thus the world’s largest known urban construction project in wood.

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Sultan Haitham City by SOM Oman’s first ever Smart City

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Located in Al-Seeb, in the western part of the capital Muscat, Sultan Haitham City is the first project within a larger programme that Oman’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning is currently undertaking to implement a paradigm shift in the country’s urban development. million square meters.

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Red Dunes Playtopia, Guanggang New Town, Guangzhou

e-architect

Children’s activity facilities seamlessly merge with the natural environment, forming a cohesive space. By leveraging cutting-edge digital design and construction technologies, XISUI Design leads in digital transformation and explores new design possibilities.

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6 Ways Residential Architecture Can Impact Your Health

Architizer

Beyond mere aesthetics, certain architectural qualities are crucial in shaping our living environments and influencing our physical, mental and emotional well-being. Designing for morning sunlight entry for example, will offer softer illumination, reducing overheating and glare, resulting in a comfortable living environment.

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Norman Foster to launch UN sustainability declaration for architects

Deezen

The United Nations has written a set of "principles for sustainable and inclusive urban design and architecture" for architects to sign up to called the San Marino Declaration, which architect Norman Foster is set to launch. In a way, it's a condensation of the Sustainable Development Goals , which were also developed by the United Nations.".

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Tokyo Cross Park Vision by PLP Architecture

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Crossover 1 – Uniting natural life and urban life The Tokyo Cross Park envisions the growth of the capital’s green space, outwards from the Imperial Palace and Hibiya Park into the urban districts of the city. Image © PLP Architecture. Image © PLP Architecture. Image © PLP Architecture.