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Deep Dive: Unearthing the Potential of Underground Development

Architizer

Underground construction has traditionally been associated with transportation infrastructure, storage facilities and utility tunnels. Consider the possibilities of expanding underground development to encompass a broader range of building typologies. Architects: Want to have your project featured? Shanghai, China.

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Competitions: Call for Entries : DUBAI 2100 Ideas Competition by Creathlon

Bustler

Its contemporary high-rise architecture, comprising glass, steel, and concrete, has set new benchmarks in urban design and architecture, earning global recognition for its world-record-breaking developments. Dubai is also committed to promoting social cohesion and tolerance, home to people from over 200 different nationalities.

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Stockholm Wood City: The World’s Largest Wooden City

Santa Cruz Architect

Swedish urban developer Atrium Ljungberg has initiated Stockholm Wood City, anticipated to be the world’s largest urban wooden construction project. Using wood also means quiet construction sites and reduces the number of heavy transports during the construction period.

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Norman Foster to launch UN sustainability declaration for architects

Deezen

In a way, it's a condensation of the Sustainable Development Goals , which were also developed by the United Nations.". The United Nations is increasingly focusing on the built environment as a key sector that is causing climate change, alongside more well-known culprits like transport and energy.

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Competitions: Call for Entries : DUBAI 2100 Ideas Competition by Creathlon

Bustler

Its contemporary high-rise architecture, comprising glass, steel, and concrete, has set new benchmarks in urban design and architecture, earning global recognition for its world-record-breaking developments. Dubai is also committed to promoting social cohesion and tolerance, home to people from over 200 different nationalities.

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Where Modern Urbanism Went Wrong (and 6 Ways To Get It Back on Track)

Architizer

One approach is the implementation of traffic calming measures, such as road narrowing, chicanes, speed bumps and pedestrian zones, which reduce vehicle speeds and improve safety. This separation can lead to a host of urban issues, including increased traffic, environmental degradation and a lack of sense of community.

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Twelve architecture projects by students at Manchester School of Architecture

Deezen

Students revisit a previous studio project in the context of the ARB's guidance on Fire and Life Safety, Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability to demonstrate how, on reflection, they could improve it with their enhanced professional studies knowledge.

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