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Foster + Partners unveils design for Hangzhou centre around “leafy spine”

November 2, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

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”. It will

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Foster + Partners unveils design for Hangzhou centre around “leafy spine”

November 2, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

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”. It will

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Ten Cold War US embassies that embody America’s 20th-century “victorious exuberance”

November 2, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Embassies designed for the United States by Walter Gropius and Eero Saarinen feature in this roundup based on David B Peterson’s book US Embassies of the Cold War: The Architecture of Democracy, Diplomacy and Defense. “These mid-century modern embassies were built as a billboard for democracy,” Peterson told Dezeen. “By the end of world war two, neoclassicism

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Ten Cold War US embassies that embody America’s 20th-century “victorious exuberance”

November 2, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Embassies designed for the United States by Walter Gropius and Eero Saarinen feature in this roundup based on David B Peterson’s book US Embassies of the Cold War: The Architecture of Democracy, Diplomacy and Defense. “These mid-century modern embassies were built as a billboard for democracy,” Peterson told Dezeen. “By the end of world war two, neoclassicism

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“How we respond to disasters tells us a lot about our future”

November 2, 2023 Cameron Sinclair 0

The world urgently needs architects and designers to start prioritising humanitarian projects, writes Cameron Sinclair as part of our Designing for Disaster series. What is humanity? From the Latin word “humanitas” we find the definition “human nature” and, within that, our unique and innate ability to love, have compassion and be creative. If you look

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