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London’s first 3D zebra crossing encourages drivers to slow down

March 24, 2019 Gunseli Yalcinkaya 0
3D zebra crossing in Westminister, London

The first 3D zebra crossing in the UK has been painted on a road in north-west London in an effort to improve road safety in the area.  The striped crossing appears to be floating above the road, creating an optical illusion that is visible to oncoming drivers from both directions. The aim is for the crossing

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Hong Kong government plans £60 billion artificial island to solve “serious” land shortage

March 20, 2019 India Block 0
Lantau Tomorrow Vision: Hong Kong government plans £60 billion artificial island

Hong Kong’s government has unveiled a £60 billion infrastructure project to address its land shortage by building one of the world’s largest artificial islands. Called Lantau Tomorrow Vision, the 1,000 hectares of reclaimed land near the island of Lantau would be enough space for 260,000 homes, said government officials. If it goes ahead it would surpass

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East Parking Building of Sanya Phoenix International Airport / Jing Studio

March 19, 2019 舒岳康 - SHU Yuekang 0

The project is located at the eastern end of the airport area, with a main road to the north, a internal road to the south, and facing the new-build complex building to the west,the  T3 terminal building to the south. The tusk is to solve the current traffic congestion as well as to expand parking spaces. Due to the growing traffic pressure, the complex building and the parking building are urgently demanded.

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The Ilan and Asaf Ramon International Airport / Amir Mann-Ami Shinar Architects + Moshe Zur Architects

March 18, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

The Ilan and Asaf Ramon International Airport was designed by Amir Mann-Ami Shinar Architects and Planners in partnership with Moshe Zur Architects. The Airport, servicing the Red Sea resort city of Eilat and surrounding region, was commissioned by the Israel Airport Authority (IAA) and was handled from A to Z by the architects in their role as Design Managers. Located in Timna, it is Israel’s first civil airport built from scratch (“greenfield”).

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Summer stage at Kastav – Crekvina / Nenad Fabijanić

March 17, 2019 Andreas Luco 0

The rebuild design of the internal and external areas at the site Crekvina – Kastav is based on and inspired by archaeological remains of the baroque Jesuit Church of Holy Mary i.e. fragments of the wall and apsis of the never fully built and completed church. Its exact construction date has never been known and according to different sources it varies from the beginning to the end of the 18th century; it was built at the site of the previously demolished, considerably smaller Church of Holy Mary.

Photos reveal world’s tallest indoor waterfall inside Moshe Safdie’s Singapore airport terminal

March 12, 2019 India Block 0
World’s tallest indoor waterfall in Moshe Safdie's Changi airport

Moshe Safdie’s 40-metre-tall Rain Vortex – the world’s tallest indoor waterfall – is the centrepiece of Singapore’s soon-to-open Jewel Changi Airport. The waterfall pours down seven stories from an oculus in the glass domed roof of the Safdie Architects-designed airport, which is scheduled to open on 17 April. Engineer Buro Happold designed the glass and steel

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The Midtown Viaduct offers pedestrian link between NYC’s Hudson Yards and Penn Station

March 8, 2019 Dan Howarth 0
Midtown Viaduct by DXA Studio

New York firm DXA Studio has designed a conceptual bridge that would connect the city’s new Hudson Yards neighbourhood with the Moynihan Train Hall extension to Penn Station above the streets. Dubbed The Midtown Viaduct, the complex steel structure would branch from the northern portion of the High Line elevated park, and connect to nearby

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Frankston Station / Genton

March 6, 2019 Andreas Luco 0

Frankston Station is a gateway to the Mornington Peninsula and the primary transport hub for the centre of Frankston. The project forms part of the Victorian State Government’s circa $6.9b. Level Crossing Removal project and was delivered by the North Western Program Alliance, with construction overseen by the Level Crossing Removal Authority. The Frankston Station project delivers the Office of the Victorian Government Architect competition brief that called for a building that could both satisfy the requirements of a functioning station and improve amenity for commuters.