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Foster + Partners unveils design for Hangzhou centre around "leafy spine"

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Architecture studio Foster + Partners has revealed a masterplan for an urban centre near Hangzhou in China, which will be based around a skyscraper-flanked spine. Based in Yuhang, one of 10 urban districts in Hangzhou, the masterplan will be laid out around a central axis that the studio described as a "leafy spine".

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Zhuhai north area water purification plant Phase II and high-tech zone Sports Centre by Aedas

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Led by Aedas Executive Director Fiona Chen and Founder and Global Principal Designer Keith Griffiths, Aedas joint venture with Southwest Municipal Engineering Design & Research Institute of China won the design competition for Zhuhai North Area Water Purification Plant Phase II and Sports Centre in the High-tech Zone.

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Baltimore City and County Planning the Future: How they prepare their new Masterplans

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Baltimore County calls it Masterplan 2030 and its last version is from 2020. Baltimore County Masterplan logo Why those plans are so important Comprehensive Plans or Masterplans serve the purpose of planning the future of an entire jurisdiction for over ten years in all those areas required by State law.

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Foster + Partners wins competition to design a new centre for Hangzhou

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The masterplan creates a green and interconnected mixed-use quarter, at the heart of the Yuhang District. Bruno Moser, Head of Urban Design, Foster + Partners, said: “The masterplan is organised around a 2.5-kilometre kilometre central axis that runs the full length of the site, from north to south.

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Aux Entrepôts in Renens by KCAP

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As a direct neighbour to Lausanne, Switzerland’s fourth-largest city, with a population of around 140.000; Renens is seamlessly integrated into an extensive public transportation network of bus, metro, and railway systems, facilitating easy access from Lausanne’s city centre. Source by KCAP.

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Masterplan Lübeck Campus by Barcode Architects

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Axo Car parking zones are provided in dedicated mobility hubs on the edge of the campus where electric vehicles can also be charged. The state of Schleswig-Holstein, in which Lübeck is located, has the ambition to strongly stimulate the use of hydrogen as an energy source for transportation.

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MVRDV designs WärtZ district as "second city centre" for Zwolle

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Timber apartments will be raised above the old warehouse's roof The hall is the largest building in the masterplan and will host innovation startups, creative companies and educational facilities on the ground floor, while a residential structure will be raised above its roof.

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