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“Instagram-ready” Dubai Creek Footbridge to be built beside world’s tallest structure

March 18, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Dubai Creek Footbridge by IJP Architects and AKT II in Dubai, UAE

IJP Architects and structural engineer AKT II have unveiled visuals for a two-storey bridge that will be built beside Santiago Calatrava’s Dubai Creek Tower in the UAE. Named Dubai Creek Footbridge, it has been designed by IJP Architects and AKT II with a 145-metre-span over the man-made canal in Dubai Creek Harbour. It will be composed

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WOHA to transform Bangladesh rubbish dump into BRAC University campus

March 17, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

BRAC University Campus by WOHA for Dhaka, Bangladesh

WOHA has revealed its plans to overhaul a polluted wasteland in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to create a public park and facilities for BRAC University. The BRAC University campus will have a 13-storey building that will feature green walls and a giant photovoltaic roof canopy. Singapore architecture studio WOHA’s aim is to create “a liveable, tropical, and

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Tomoaki Uno Architects creates peaceful home to be “healing architecture”

March 16, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Ogimachi House by Tomoaki Uno Architects

Tomoaki Uno Architects has limited the material palette of this windowless Japanese house to cedar and cypress to offer its sick owner a pared-back and therapeutic home. Named Ogimachi House, the sky-lit dwelling in Nagoya was commissioned by a young client for his mother, who required a private and calming space to help her recover

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Henning Larsen designs Norwegian arctic museum as “cluster of glowing beacons”

March 13, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

The Arctic University Museum of Norway by Henning Larsen

Henning Larsen has revealed plans for The Arctic University Museum of Norway, which will evoke a cascade of glass beacons on the coast of Tromsø. The Arctic University Museum of Norway will contain a mix of cultural artefacts and natural history archives owned by University of Tromsø. While offering the university improved facilities, Henning Larsen’s

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MVRDV transforms old Taiwanese shopping centre into “lush lagoon”

March 12, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

The remnants of a shopping centre evoke concrete follies at Tainan Spring, a sunken park and public pool by MVRDV in southern Taiwan. Described by MVRDV as a “lush lagoon”, the project replaces the vacant China-Town Mall close to Tainan’s canal network and forms part of a wider masterplan to rejuvenate the area. It has

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Waste heat from London Underground begins warming capital’s homes

March 11, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Bunhill 2 Energy Centre in London, UK, designed by Ramboll and Cullinan Studio

The Bunhill 2 Energy Centre has started capturing excess heat from the London Underground to help warm over 1,000 buildings in the UK capital. A perforated red-metal pavilion by Cullinan Studio distinguishes the Bunhill 2 Energy Centre, which occupies the site of the disused City Road tube station that once formed part of the Northern

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Tom Hegen photographs the Netherlands’ glowing greenhouses

March 9, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Greenhouses photography series by Tom Hegen

Aerial photographer Tom Hegen has captured large greenhouses throughout the Netherlands from the air to raise questions about how “we feed the ever-growing world population”. Named the Greenhouse Series, the photographs documents the vast number of the LED-lit agricultural buildings in the country, which are used to feed more people while using less land than traditional farming. Each

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Formafantasma investigates impact of timber industry at Cambio exhibition

March 6, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Cambio by Formafantasma at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery

Formafantasma has curated a research-focused exhibition at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery in London, UK, which aims to unravel the global impact of the forestry industry. Entitled Cambio, the show sheds light on the legality and environmental impact of the extraction, production and distribution of wood to make products around the world. It is the third design

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Frank Gehry’s twisting Luma Arles tower nears completion in France

March 5, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Frank Gehry's tower at Luma Arles in France photographed by Atelier Vincent Hecht

Scaly aluminium cladding and projecting glass boxes wrap around Frank Gehry’s Luma Arles tower, which is nearing completion in the south of France. Revealed in new photos by Atelier Vincent Hecht, the twisting tower in the city of Arles has reached its full height of 56 metres ahead of its opening in spring. The structure

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Frank Gehry’s twisting Luma Arles tower nears completion in France

March 5, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Scaly aluminium cladding and projecting glass boxes wrap around Frank Gehry’s Luma Arles tower, which is nearing completion in the south of France. Revealed in new photos by Atelier Vincent Hecht, the twisting tower in the city of Arles has reached its full height of 56 metres ahead of its opening in spring. The structure

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