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

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C40 Cities director of urban planning and design Hélène Chartier argued she would not "want to live in a place where it's so narrow", while architect Winy Maas said he "would love to live in such a kind of environment". The Line has been touted as a sustainable alternative to conventional city design.

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Dubai Urban Tech District by URB

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It will also be home to venture capitals to provide the fuel for entrepreneurs, thus empowering a unique collaborative urban tech eco system. Urban Tech will be at the core of all future cities. The global urban tech market is estimated to be $158 billion dollars, which is expected to grow rapidly in the next decade.

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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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Copenhagen's industrial harbour is being developed into a recreational hub

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Next year, the harbour and its many urban projects will play a central role when the UIA World Congress of Architects takes place from 2 to 6 July. When we invite 10,000 international guests to Copenhagen for the World Congress next summer, it is also to showcase the urban development and our unique harbour sites.

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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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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.