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Stockholm Wood City: Masterplanning The World’s Largest Timber Construction Project

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Trying to understand the vast scale and processes of masterplanning means considering not only the large area slated for development, but also the vast numbers of in-house and external professionals involved. That’s a tough goal — 2030 is not that far away, and so we needed to have an increased focus on sustainability.

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Grozny masterplanning competition, Chechen Republic

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The action is supported by the Govern-ment of the Chechen Republic, Grozny Mayor Office and DOM.RF, a Russian federal government program operator for sustainable urban development. The site covers 360 square kilometers and includes both the city and the municipal okrug. The Prize Pool is 20 Million Ruble. The agency was founded in 1997.

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ORG Engages in Sustainable Planning and Develops the D4PV Project Constructing Marine Multifunctional Landscape Infrastructures

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The D4PV project is therefore in addition to a conceptual masterplan for MMLIs in the North Sea, it is a generic toolbox that can be used co-creatively for the creation of multifunctional marine landscape infrastructures around the world. How important was sustainability as a design criteria as you worked on this project? .

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Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) wins competition to design the Jinghe New City Culture & Art Centre

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The centre’s design intertwines with the city’s existing urban masterplan to connect the new multimedia library to the north of Jinghe Avenue with the new performing arts theatre, multi-function halls, studios and exhibition galleries to the south via elevated courtyards, gardens and paths that span the avenue’s eight lanes of traffic below.

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Twelve architecture projects by students at Manchester School of Architecture

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Also included is a wind farm that provides sustainable electricity and a care facility for women experiencing birth trauma that integrates nature into its design. They formed proto practices to showcase their business acumen, often reaching beyond the 'traditional; model of practice.

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Zaha Hadid Architects wins Jinghe New City Culture & Art Centre competition

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RBS Regulation and technical consultant: ??????????????? Echoing the meandering valleys carved by the Jinghe River through the mountains and landscapes of Shaanxi province, the Jinghe New City Culture & Art Centre is located within the Jinghe Bay Academician Science & Technology Innovation district of the city.

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Competitions: Call for ENTRIES – Croatia Inspireli Competition for students is open

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COMPETITION ASSIGNMENT “Design an example of the socially and environmentally sustainable year-round holiday resort of the 21st century!” The masterplan is divided into 8 zones in accordance with land use, specific standards and regulations.