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Berberis Boathouse / Wimshurst Pelleriti

October 25, 2018 Rayen Sagredo 0

Wimshurst Pelleriti has recently completed a new boathouse which lifts a 14 ft speedboat out of the water and stores it ready for a quick launch. Unusually, perhaps uniquely, the boat is stored in the specially designed eaves from where it is mechanically lowered 15 ft into the water, releasing the area below the boat for storage.  

World’s first 3D-printed steel bridge unveiled at Dutch Design Week

October 22, 2018 Gunseli Yalcinkaya 0

Dutch robotics company MX3D has completed the 3D printing of a steel bridge, which will be installed across a canal in Amsterdam next year. Designer Joris Laarman worked with the robotic manufacturing technology start-up to build the 12-metre-long pedestrian bridge, which is being previewed at Dutch Design Week between 20 and 28 October. First proposed in 2015, the structure has been

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Habitech Architects imitates mountains with sewage works in Taiwan

October 20, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

A trio of dome-shaped structures enclose the Taoyuan Sewage Treatment Project in northern Taiwan, designed by Habitech Architects to resemble mountains, complete with a waterfall and fish pond. Taipei-based Habitech Architects designed the complex to provide offices and an ecological education centre for a sewage plant located north of Taoyuan. The domes unite the different facilities. Constructed from modular steel frames with

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Visitor Center of the Grand-Canal in Hangzhou / The Architectural Design& Research Institute of Zhejiang University

October 17, 2018 舒岳康 - SHU Yuekang 0

The tourism complex of the Grand-Canal in Hangzhou is one of the most important commercial complexes in the north part of Hangzhou, and the gateway of the Grand-Canal travel route. This project is to design the visitor center. Located on the heart of the masterplan, the visitor center aims to be “a strong anchor point” to connect the entire cultural development with the urban grain.

Urban Nouveau wants to save Stockholm’s Gamla Lidingöbron bridge by building homes in it

October 12, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Swedish studio Urban Nouveau is offering an alternative to the demolition of a 1920s bridge in Stockholm – transform it by adding apartments and a linear park. Urban Nouveau has designed the scheme in response to Lidingö Municipality’s plans to tear down the Gamla Lidingöbron bridge, which links the Swedish capital to the island of Lidingö, and

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Plans to overhaul New York’s JFK airport updated

October 10, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

The governor of New York has released more details of plans to transform John F Kennedy International Airport in Queens into one of the “finest in the world”. Governor Andrew Cuomo revealed the updates for his JFK Vision Plan – including new design details, renderings and a timeframe for completion – on 4 October 2018.

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In Progress: Kaohsiung Station / Mecanoo

October 10, 2018 María Francisca González 0

The new Kaohsiung Station is the crowning achievement of the massive Kaohsiung Metropolitan Area Underground Railway Project, which includes seven subterranean stations along a 9.75 km railway tunnel. It will be a true transportation hub integrating train, metro, local and intercity bus services, taxi and bicycle.