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Dubai Mangroves by URB

aasarchitecture

This initiative aims to integrate ecological preservation with urban development, enhancing Dubai’s coastline with a vision of planting more than 100 million mangrove trees over 72 kilometers. The project is spearheaded by URB, the same masterminds of the Dubai Reefs Project and The Loop in Dubai.

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Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet: R

SW Oregon Architect

By preserving its architectural heritage and integrating it into a modern urban development, we would be able to celebrate the Romania Building’s past while embracing the future. With luck, the Romania Building will be fully restored and again be the captivating presence along Franklin Boulevard it once was.

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Living Breakwaters coastal defence system wins Obel Award 2023

Deezen

The structures are under construction on the coast of Staten Island Living Breakwaters was initially developed by Scape for Rebuild by Design – a competition held by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

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News: ACSA and Buell Center select 2024 winners of Course Development Prize in Architecture, Climate Change, and Society

Bustler

This proposal is the first of a multi-year, research studio that will explore how earth-based construction (compressed earth block) might be leveraged for sustainable urban development (housing) in the Phoenix metropolitan region. In the research seminar students begin with fieldwork, dialogue, drawing, and mapping.

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The Future of Architecture: BioDiverCities and Nature-based Solutions (NbS)

Architizer

” This report presents a vision of a nature-positive urban development that addresses climate challenges and ensures that all urban activities have a positive environmental impact by 2030. Design by Redland-scape. Photos by Rungkit Charoenwat.

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Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base Expansion Project // Shanghai TIANHUA Urban Planning & Design Co., Ltd.

Architizer

Shanghai TIANHUA Urban Planning & Design Co., Since Chengdu, one of the fastest growing cities in the world, has been facing a huge conflict between wildlife protection and urban development, Panda Base expansion project needs a sustainable framework that generates win-win for ecology and development.

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Honghu Park Water Purification Station, Shenzhen

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NODE designed the restored surface landscape on top of the water purification facility, and the underground offices at the northern end. Honghu Park Water Purification Station in Shenzhen, China – Building Information Design Team: NODE Architecture & Urbanism (NODE) – [link] Design time: 2017.Nov-2021.Mar