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Singapore’s Condo Scene: Building Towards a Futuristic Skyline

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With its jaw-dropping architectural marvels and a skyline that paints the picture of a futuristic metropolis, Singapore is making waves in the global real estate and construction sector. Local and foreign investors in the city-state continue to view its real estate market as robust, resilient, and offering promising returns.

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Five key projects by architect and Dezeen Awards judge Francine Houben

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Houben is the founding partner and creative director of Dutch architecture studio Mecanoo, which has completed numerous cultural, civic and residential projects around the world. She is currently overseeing a diverse range of projects spanning cultural, educational, residential, and urban developments.

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Chinese architects facing nightmare working conditions amid real-estate crisis

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Spiralling developer debt and stalling projects After a long period of booming urban development, China's property industry is in turmoil, with developers struggling under spiralling debt and construction projects grinding to a halt. Photo by Simbaxu.

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K64 Keflavík Airport Area Masterplan by KCAP wins the 2023 The Plan Award

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On the southern edge of the airport, Ásbrú is thought to become a campus-like area, fostering aviation activities and R&D, start-up programmes, light industries and most of all an ambitious residential densification, that turns the former NATO settlement into a neighbourhood in its own right, a modern take on the cosy, lively village.

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Sweden’s Timber Dream: The World’s Largest Wooden City Awaits

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The Vision of Stockholm Wood City source: pinterest.com The brainchild of Danish studio Henning Larsen and Swedish firm White Arkitekter, Stockholm Wood City represents a revolutionary leap in urban development. It’s a significant investment, but it’s also a powerful statement on the future of urban development.

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Wafra Living by AGi architects

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Behind the lattice are the five cores, which connect the residential floors. Passive design techniques and innovative materials are used to maximize thermal insulation and minimize light consumption, also enhancing ventilation of the building, avoiding the “heat-island” effect that occurs in this type of urban development.

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Lafayette and KCAP win Green masterplan for Tours airport area

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This land offers Tours Métropole the opportunity to rethink the entire airport area, and to include it in the urban renewal process yet under way in the north-east of the city. A new tramway has initiated a partial regeneration of the urban fabric, but it cannot succeed to improve the cohesion and sustainability of the area on its own.