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"Is Mercury Tower a saviour or symptom of Malta's urban fate?"

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Renzo Piano's Valletta City Gate project , completed in 2015, changed the way the island's capital evolved at both a granular, everyday level, as well as steering its cultural trajectory. But that building had a different program – a house for parliament and a newly designed public realm that gatewayed the city.

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Infrastructuring Nature: Appropriating the Industrial Ruins of New York City

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However, in our contemporary technologically driven world, nature increasingly appears as a fragile entity that is itself in need of infrastructure support.” Finally, in 2006, West 8 won the competition for creating a masterplan that transforms the island into a public destination and landmark.

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Chile Architecture News: Buildings Designs

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11 Sep 2021 La Fabrica , Santiago Design: Foster + Partners image courtesy of architects practice La Fabrica Sustainable Masterplan, Santiago Marking the practice’s first project in Chile, designs for a new masterplan for La Fabrica have been revealed.

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Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands Architects

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Fulham Wharf Masterplan , London, England picture © Cityscape Fulham Wharf Development Design for a 3.2 Hanover Square Masterplan , London, England, UK picture from architect Hanover Square This architectural design is for one of the West End’s largest development sites at Hanover Square to be granted planning permission.

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GES 2 House of Culture, Moscow

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House of Contemporary Culture, Moscow Historical Power Station, Russian Architecture Images. When thinking about what kind of building would be perfect to create a space for contemporary culture, a power station comes to mind immediately! Design year(s): from 2015 to 2016. Contemporary Moscow Buildings. 3 Jan 2022.

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Estonia Architecture News: Estonian Buildings

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Contemporary Building Developments in the Baltic States – New Built Environment Updates. Contemporary Estonia Architectural News. More contemporary Estonia Architecture News on e-architect soon. Wood Works Estonian Contemporary Architecture. Old City Harbour Masterplan 2030 competition , Kadriorg, Port of Tallinn.

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MVRDV wins competition to design nature-inspired Oasis Towers in Nanjing

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To enable this growth, in 2015 the government formed the Jiangbei New Area, expanding Nanjing to the west across the Yangtze River. The project spans two adjacent blocks on the edge of the Jiangbei Financial District masterplan. The Chinese metropolis of Nanjing is growing rapidly. Image © Atchain. Source by MVRDV. Image © Atchain.

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