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World’s first 3D-printed concrete bridge opens in the Netherlands

October 27, 2017 India Block 0

The first 3D-printed concrete bridge has been completed in the Netherlands as a crossing for cyclists, but construction company BAM Infra claims it could take the weight of 40 lorries. Made from pre-fabricated concrete blocks 3D-printed by robots, the 8-metre-long bridge forms part of a new ring-road being constructed around Gemert in the Dutch province of Brabant. The

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World’s first 3D-printed concrete bridge opens in the Netherlands

October 27, 2017 India Block 0

The first 3D-printed concrete bridge has been completed in the Netherlands as a crossing for cyclists, but construction company BAM Infra claims it could take the weight of 40 lorries. Made from pre-fabricated concrete blocks 3D-printed by robots, the 8-metre-long bridge forms part of a new ring-road being constructed around Gemert in the Dutch province of Brabant. The

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Saudi Arabia to invest $500 billion in fully automated city spanning three countries

October 27, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Robots may outnumber humans in a new pioneering city billed by Saudi Arabia as “a new blueprint for sustainable life”, which would be entirely powered by renewable energy, and served by driverless vehicles and vertical farms. The city called Neom is to span an area of 26,500 square kilometres, stretching across the borders of northwest Saudi Arabia into Jordan and

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Foster reveals botanic sculpture garden for Florida’s Norton Museum of Art

October 26, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Foster + Partners has unveiled plans to surround its extension to the Norton Museum of Art in Florida’s West Palm Beach with a subtropical garden, to provide “outdoor galleries” for sculptures. The British firm, led by architect Norman Foster, will create its first public garden as part of the renovation and extension of the museum on

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Barry Diller launches “one last attempt” to revive Heatherwick’s Pier 55 for New York

October 25, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Media mogul Barry Diller is making a last-ditch effort to build Thomas Heatherwick’s “treasure island” park on the Hudson River, despite abandoning the plans last month. Diller issued a statement today outlining his revived enthusiasm for Pier 55, after announcing he was cancelling it on 13 September 2017. “I’m going to make one last attempt

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Barry Diller launches “one last attempt” to revive Heatherwick’s Pier 55 for New York

October 25, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Media mogul Barry Diller is making a last-ditch effort to build Thomas Heatherwick’s “treasure island” park on the Hudson River, despite abandoning the plans last month. Diller issued a statement today outlining his revived enthusiasm for Pier 55, after announcing he was cancelling it on 13 September 2017. “I’m going to make one last attempt

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Barry Diller launches “one last attempt” to revive Heatherwick’s Pier 55 for New York

October 25, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Media mogul Barry Diller is making a last-ditch effort to build Thomas Heatherwick’s “treasure island” park on the Hudson River, despite abandoning the plans last month. Diller issued a statement today outlining his revived enthusiasm for Pier 55, after announcing he was cancelling it on 13 September 2017. “I’m going to make one last attempt

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Meganom gains permission for skinny supertall skyscraper in Manhattan

October 25, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

The tallest building designed by a Russian architecture firm for the US, which will hold apartments like “shelves in the air”, has gained planning approval. Moscow-based Meganom received the go-ahead to build the 262 Fifth Avenue tower in New York’s Nomad district from the city’s Department of Buildings yesterday. First unveiled earlier this year, the skinny skyscraper

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Meganom gains permission for skinny supertall skyscraper in Manhattan

October 25, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

The tallest building designed by a Russian architecture firm for the US, which will hold apartments like “shelves in the air”, has gained planning approval. Moscow-based Meganom received the go-ahead to build the 262 Fifth Avenue tower in New York’s Nomad district from the city’s Department of Buildings yesterday. First unveiled earlier this year, the skinny skyscraper

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Meganom gains permission for skinny supertall skyscraper in Manhattan

October 25, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

The tallest building designed by a Russian architecture firm for the US, which will hold apartments like “shelves in the air”, has gained planning approval. Moscow-based Meganom received the go-ahead to build the 262 Fifth Avenue tower in New York’s Nomad district from the city’s Department of Buildings yesterday. First unveiled earlier this year, the skinny skyscraper

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