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Taller Capital practises "retroactive infrastructure" for linear park in Mexico

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Twenty metres wide, the structure allows for easy pedestrian use and features recreation areas strewn about its length for use by the local community, and the studio estimates it will serve more than 20,000 individuals who live alongside it.

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

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The Texas Capitol Complex was designed by Page Southerland Page Phase 1 – which is estimated as a $600 million investment – opened in 2022. The map denotes near-term developments in orange and long-term developments in the lighter peach shade. & Elec.

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

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It also casts in sharp relief a historic oversight on the part of everyone involved in urban development and the built environment. Although estimates vary widely, the metropolitan region is now believed to be home to more than 17 million people, making this an extreme primate city — far dwarfing all others in the country.

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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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Forty-four per cent of global GDP in cities is estimated to be at risk of disruption from nature loss. Higher-density urban development will free up land for agriculture and nature. It can also reduce urban sprawl, which destroys wildlife habitats and flora and fauna. It will benefit people, too.

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Chao Phraya Sky Park, Bangkok

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Shortly after completion of its structure, political wrangling put the project on hold, and a Government decision eventually confirmed that the sky train would not be coming. As part of their on-site investigation, the architect team needed to estimate all dimensions and to experience then as if they were walking on the amputated structure.

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

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Dezeen asked urban planning and design experts about how such a structure might actually work. "It The power of urban planning and design to determine exactly how a city gets built is limited, Brown added, particularly to the extent suggested in the visuals released by the Saudi government. Is it feasible as a city?

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Cracking the code of affordable housing

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MFPRO+ Blog Mixed-Use Affordable Housing Senior Living Design Apartments Designers Architects New Project Portfolios A wave of residential projects rising across the country is meeting an insatiable demand, given the estimated shortage of 7.3 million homes that are accessible to low-income renters.

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