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Stockholm Wood City: Masterplanning The World’s Largest Timber Construction Project

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Despite the phrase finding its way into common architectural and design parlance, one look at most metropolitan areas today tells us how far the concept still has to go before we can claim mainstream adoption in practice. This is fascinating, but it’s Wood City’s fundamental raison d’être that really intrigues.

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Designing with Purpose: Ecem Irem Kilinc on Growth, Collaboration, and Contextual Innovation at RMJM

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Combining my knowledge in building technologies, gained through the Architectural Engineering program at Politecnico di Milano, with the design skills I developed through past experiences, I now contribute to our projects at a more advanced level. A strong concept is important, but if it is too complex or costly to build, its impact is lost.

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MVRDV unveils residential high-rises for Tencent smart city in Shenzhen

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Dutch studio MVRDV has revealed a series of residential high-rises arranged around courtyards in Shenzhen 's Qianhai bay, which will form part of a smart city development by technology company Tencent. MVRDV designed Tencent 5 as a social and green development that provides housing to employees working in the city.

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Team KCAP wins Keflavík Airport Area Strategic Masterplan competition

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With an integrated vision that links an ambitious economic development concept to sustainable urban design, landscape, and mobility strategies, Team KCAP won the international competition for the Keflavík Airport Area Strategic Masterplan in Iceland. Corridor Landscape. Source by KCAP.

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Team KCAP wins Keflavík Airport Area Strategic Masterplan competition

aasarchitecture

With an integrated vision that links an ambitious economic development concept to sustainable urban design, landscape, and mobility strategies, Team KCAP won the international competition for the Keflavík Airport Area Strategic Masterplan in Iceland. Corridor Landscape. Source by KCAP.

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Hassell designs inflatable moon base for the European Space Agency

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Images is by Hassell Hassell added that the fact that the moon base masterplan is scalable means it's also more sustainable. It follows another concept for inflatable moon buildings, the Moon Village by architect studio SOM. Satellite panels would be brought from Earth and installed at even intervals.

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3XN and Itten+Brechbühl design mass-timber campus for Swiss university

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The masterplan and building are both designed around the concepts of sustainability and serendipity," said 3XN senior partner Jan Ammundsen. Spatially, both the masterplan and the main building are designed so that people will meet each other, creating a vibrant and lively community feeling.".