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BVN tops Sydney's brutalist Sirius building with copper-pod extensions

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Barriers were removed between the site and The Rocks district where it resides. At street level, shops and a through-site pedestrian path decorated with historic artefacts were added. Revitalising built infrastructure, instead of resorting to demolition, is crucial for sustainable urban development," said Rossington. "By

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Kongjian Yu wins 2023 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander award

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Yu's work has been influenced by the devastation that monsoons caused to cities in China, and in 2014 the government adopted his sponge city concept as a "guiding theory" for future urban development. Yu also founded the department for landscape architecture at Peking University and still leads the program there.

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Tiny Homes Offer A Solution to the Rising Number of Unhoused Seniors

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According to a recent Streetlight News story , the Department of Housing and Urban Development found that in 2023, one-quarter of unsheltered people across the country were over the age of 55. And the number of unhoused seniors in several cities is expected to nearly triple by 2030 compared to 2017 levels.

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Copenhagen's industrial harbour is being developed into a recreational hub

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The development will also provide space for events, introduce nature to the site and make the area cleaner and friendlier. A recent development is a floating community centre developed in the area of Nordhavn. It was completed in 2017 by Danish architecture practice Cobe. Image by Daniel Rasmussen.

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Estonia Architecture News: Estonian Buildings

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This will be preceded at 12 o’clock by tours at the competition site led by Tartu city architect and his team. The site is located in Tammiste, a village in Tori Parish, Pärnu County in south-western Estonia and it was used to build a drumlin, which was subsequently covered in flora to fit in with the surrounding scenery.

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Lost Masterpieces: 6 Iconic Buildings That Met the Wrecking Ball

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Despite preservation campaigns and protests, the structure’s owners, the Pennsylvania Railroad, embarked on a three-year demolition plan in 1963 and rented out the air rights to the site. Just days later, the Hall of Nations was reduced to rubble on 24 April 2017. Erected in its place was Madison Square Garden.

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40+ Most Trending Small Office Building Design Ideas

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This site was constructed on a 35-year-old temple. Year: 2017 The GLF Construction Corporation had wisely chosen the location for its headquarters. This building is located above a fire station, and the whole site is surrounded by water. They built Architecture & design Studio for themselves.

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