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"The best climate activist is a good urban planner"

Deezen

To support this effort to densify and revitalise the city's neighbourhoods, Vancouver also created an innovative "empty home tax" that has reduced vacant properties by 22 per cent since 2017 and has generated revenue to support infill development and affordable housing initiatives.

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Infrastructuring Nature: Appropriating the Industrial Ruins of New York City

Architizer

” New York has been the melting pot for architectural experimentation and innovation as well as the home to many industrial settings and infrastructures that are no longer operative. 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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Living in a Post-Iconic World: Architecture in the Age of Localized Design

Architizer

Recently, I came across an article that criticizes, in the most innovative way, the use of the word “iconic” in architectural practice. Foster & Partners were responsible for designing the primary masterplan of the project, while the design firm Sasaki was appointed to redesign the metropolitan park. Start your entry.

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What Kéré Architecture’s Renderings Reveal About the Firm’s Design Process

Architizer

Innovative uses of local resources and participatory design methods allow them to work beyond the boundaries of most established design practices and shed dominant norms. The aim is the integration of a structure into an existing landscape that places innovation at its fore. Waterfront of the Niamey Nyala Masterplan.

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Haikou Jiangdong Huandao Experimental School named best building at Dezeen Awards China 2023

Deezen

The Haikou Jiangdong Huandao Experimental School with its bold primary colours won architecture project of the year Other winners include architecture practice RSHP for its masterplan featuring buildings connected by sky gardens and Vari Design for its black box-building in a bustling commercial area in Yuzhong.

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Vitra "willing to take risks" over changing products' appearance to improve sustainability, says CEO Nora Fehlbaum

Deezen

Swiss furniture brand Vitra will prioritise reducing the environmental impact of its existing lines through material innovation, CEO Nora Fehlbaum tells Dezeen in this interview. The first Circle Store opened in Amsterdam in 2017 in response to questions from customers about second-hand Vitra products, with a second in Brussels.

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Made to Fly: 6 Airport Terminals Taking Design to New Heights

Architizer

Venice Marco Polo Airport: Terminal Refurbishment and Extension One Works , Venice, Italy Designed as a gateway project for Venice and a landmark terminal, this renovation and expansion project was also complete alongside the Marco Polo airport masterplan by One Works. The first phase of the expansion project was complete in 2017.