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Beijing Chang’an Huijing Twin Towers Renovation by CLOU

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Originally built in 2005 for South Korea’s LG Group, the landmark twin towers that characterize the Yong’anli stretch of Beijing’s Chang’An Avenue were purchased in 2020 by GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund and held by Grandjoy. The towers will be upgraded to become a new international Grade A office complex. Image © CLOU. Image © CLOU.

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Ten buildings that became embroiled in legal battles

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Following protests from community groups, the court had decided that a permit for the building to climb to 52 floors should not have been issued as it exceeded the zoning limit. Construction continued through the dispute, however, and in March 2021 the court decision was reversed.

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Climate Chaos Is Killing a Historic Urban Forest

Landscape Architecture Magazine

The guild first worked with Andropogon 25 years ago, when two of Andropogon’s founders, Carol Franklin and Leslie Sauer, led a restoration plan for Olmsted Woods with civil engineers at Cahill Associates, after an ecological assessment of the site in 1997 by Biohabitats urged immediate action to protect it. and Meliora Design.

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Digi-Tech Factory, City College Norwich

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Each of these different zones are clearly demarcated with a cohesive palette of materials to reduce visual clutter whilst aiding wayfinding, with bollards in aluminium and cycle racks in stainless steel. Coffey Architects – [link] is an award-winning architecture practice founded by Phil Coffey in 2005 and based in London.

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