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World’s tallest ice tower built with the shape of a flamenco dress

January 23, 2018 India Block 0

A record-breaking 31-metre-high ice tower has been installed at the annual winter festival in Harbin, China, featuring a shape inspired by the flounces of a flamenco dancer’s dress. Students from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and Summa College, both from the Netherlands, and the Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) worked together to build the tower for the

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World’s tallest ice tower built with the shape of a flamenco dress

January 23, 2018 India Block 0

A record-breaking 31-metre-high ice tower has been installed at the annual winter festival in Harbin, China, featuring a shape inspired by the flounces of a flamenco dancer’s dress. Students from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and Summa College, both from the Netherlands, and the Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) worked together to build the tower for the

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Sou Fujimoto designs tower with wavy canopies and verdant balconies for new development in Nice

January 22, 2018 India Block 0

A tower with undulating, tree-covered canopies by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto forms part of this competition-winning €275 masterplan for a new neighbourhood in Nice, France. French firm Lambert Lénack led a team that includes architects Sou Fujimoto, Cino Zucchi, Chartier Dalix, Laisné Roussel, Anouk Matecki and Roland Carta, and landscape architect Alain Faragou, to win the competition to design the

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Pair of London skyscrapers by Zaha Hadid Architects split opinion

January 19, 2018 India Block 0

Zaha Hadid Architects’ plans for two soaring skyscrapers at Vauxhall Cross could be the firm’s first foray into a mixed-use project in London, but the design is proving controversial. The architecture firm submitted plans for the two towers, measuring 185 and 151 metres respectively, at the end of 2017. The architects claim the scheme could

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Pair of London skyscrapers by Zaha Hadid Architects split opinion

January 19, 2018 India Block 0

Zaha Hadid Architects’ plans for two soaring skyscrapers at Vauxhall Cross could be the firm’s first foray into a mixed-use project in London, but the design is proving controversial. The architecture firm submitted plans for the two towers, measuring 185 and 151 metres respectively, at the end of 2017. The architects claim the scheme could

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World’s longest glass-bottomed suspension bridge has an intentional wobble

January 19, 2018 India Block 0

A deliberate sway is designed to unnerve visitors to this 488-metre-long bridge in China’s Hebei province, which has an entirely glazed walkway so they can also admire the 218-metre drop. The Hongyagu suspension bridge spans the gap between two cliffs in the Hongyagu Scenic Area. Made of 1,077 panels of 4-centimetre-thick glass and supported by cables that weigh

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World’s longest glass-bottomed suspension bridge has an intentional wobble

January 19, 2018 India Block 0

A deliberate sway is designed to unnerve visitors to this 488-metre-long bridge in China’s Hebei province, which has an entirely glazed walkway so they can also admire the 218-metre drop. The Hongyagu suspension bridge spans the gap between two cliffs in the Hongyagu Scenic Area. Made of 1,077 panels of 4-centimetre-thick glass and supported by cables that weigh

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Fire-risk tower residents told to pay £2 million to replace Grenfell-style cladding

January 18, 2018 India Block 0

Residents of a high-rise housing block in London’s Croydon have been told they must pay to replace the building’s cladding, which was found to be flammable in a review following the Grenfell Tower fire. Cladding on the Citiscape complex in the south London town failed final system combustibility testing by the Building Research Establishment in August 2017, prompting the

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Fire-risk tower residents told to pay £2 million to replace Grenfell-style cladding

January 18, 2018 India Block 0

Residents of a high-rise housing block in London’s Croydon have been told they must pay to replace the building’s cladding, which was found to be flammable in a review following the Grenfell Tower fire. Cladding on the Citiscape complex in the south London town failed final system combustibility testing by the Building Research Establishment in August 2017, prompting the

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Pine-wrapped beach house on Chile’s coast has panoramic ocean views

January 18, 2018 India Block 0

A beach house wrapped in a pavilion of slatted pine wood on the coast of Chile by LAND Arquitectos has uninterrupted views of the South Pacific.  The Chilean architecture studio was commissioned to create a home that made the most of its location in Punta de Lobos on the South Pacific Coast. Casa Casi Cubo

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