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Architecture Building Materials Interviews Office design skyscraper Sustainable designGroundbreaking supertall building prototype by Dialog highlights timber’s vast potential as main building material
Canadian architecture and multi-disciplinary practice Dialog has designed a hybrid mass timber tower prototype that promises to revolutionise tall buildings as we know them. The patent-pending design that can be used to produce hybrid…
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Architecture Interviews Landscape architecture Residential design skyscraper Sports Complex Sustainable design Urban designBen van Berkel: Urban density as we knew it will change but by 2050, 70% population will live in cities
While Mr Ben van Berkel (above; photo: Inga Powilleit) might be an architect by training, by way of this extensive work around the world, he can also be deemed a sociologist, anthropologist, urban planner,…
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Architecture Building Materials Competitions Education Interviews Public Institution skyscraper Sustainable designChris Lee of Serie Architects on the non-negotiable aspects of designing Asia’s first high-rise state courtrooms in Singapore, sustainability and competitions
What is common between Dubai’s Jameel Arts Centre and the new State Courts towers (above; photo: Finbarr Fallon) in Singapore? While the former is a poetic rendition of a solitary cultural institution sitting along…
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Architecture Building Materials skyscraper Sustainable design Urban designWeekly Round-up: Newsmakers in the world of design and architecture
Building sustainably is really about going back to the basics Socialist public housing concept by a Singaporean architect could transform urban living in dense cities This material is the future of buildings Charting Uzbekistan’s…
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Architecture Residential design skyscraper Sustainable design Urban designADDP Architects unveils sustainable high-rise twin towers overlooking conserved buildings in Singapore
Singapore-headquartered ADDP Architects has unveiled plans and renderings for its Avenue South Residences project, located in the upcoming Greater Southern Waterfront precinct that is touted to become one of the most sought-after live-work-play neighbourhoods…
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Architecture Leisure attraction Office design Retail design skyscraperZaha Hadid Architects wins competition to design Shanghai’s greenest building to date
Following a competition win, Zaha Hadid Architects has been commissioned to design and build the new Shanghai headquarters of the China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group (CECEP). The 218,000m² project is touted to be…