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NBBJ will lead the redevelopment of Paul Rudolph’s Hurley Building at Boston Government Center

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Hurley Building at the Boston Government Service Center. NBBJ will add two glazed towers to the site directly on top of Rudolph’s Hurley Building, while Beyer Blinder Belle is on tap for the interior renovations of the extant structure.

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Shanghai Municipal Government launches global awards programme for urban design

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Promotion: China's Ministry of Natural Resources and Shanghai Municipal Government have launched two competitions and an awards programme calling architects to submit projects that aim to transform Shanghai. The competitions aim to transform the urban landscape of Shanghai. The photography is courtesy of Shanghai Municipal Government.

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ERDOS MUSEUM by MAD Architects

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Located on a site that until recently was nothing but Gobi Desert, the Municipality of Erdos was determined to create a new city, kilometers away from the current city. This ordered plan fulfilled the wishes of the government, but showed no real consideration for the city’s residents.

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Onomichi City Office by Nikken Sekkei is a new site to see by NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD

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Used as a setting for many literary works and movies, the area’s scenery has more recently been recognized as a Japan Heritage Site. Onomichi City Office is more than a government office building. The first and second floors and the rooftop have terraces with a view of the garden-like landscape.

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UNESCO urges UK not to proceed with Stonehenge tunnels project

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The A303 redevelopment proposal had originally garnered the attention of preservation advocates beginning in 2017 and eventually yielded a favorable ruling from the UK High Court in 2021, the same year UNESCO first threatened to add the site to its list of World Heritage in Danger. In a statement, the project manager for the overhaul said.

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BIG's ‘Mindfulness City’ concept seeks to deliver new forms of prosperity to southern Bhutan

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‘Mindfulness City’ is a multifaceted economic hub designed by the firm’s Landscape and Urban Design Team to coincide with sustainability principles and the pioneering Gross National Happiness Index (GNH) concept that has been championed by King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and the Bhutanese government since 2008.

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NBBJ set to add two towers to Paul Rudolph's brutalist Boston Government Services Center

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The state government of Massachusetts has unveiled plans by architecture studio NBBJ to redevelop the brutalist Hurley Building in Boston and add a pair of high-rises to the Paul Rudolph -designed 1970s structure. Renders released by the government show two glazed towers, one rectangular in form and the other with rounded corners.