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Zaha Hadid Architects designs conjoined towers for Naples masterplan

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Two sweeping towers will form the centrepiece of Napoli Porta Est, a masterplan developed by British studio Zaha Hadid Architects to regenerate industrial areas in eastern Naples , Italy. The post Zaha Hadid Architects designs conjoined towers for Naples masterplan appeared first on Dezeen.

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Elon Musk's Boring Company to build transport tunnel "like a wormhole" in Dubai

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Elon Musk 's infrastructure firm The Boring Company has been given the green light on the Dubai Loop, a 17-kilometre transport tunnel under Dubai that will link the city with speeds of up to 100 miles per hour. A number of large-scale transport and masterplan projects have recently been approved in Dubai. It features a 1.83-kilometre

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Dubai to be transformed into pedestrian-friendly city with two-kilometre elevated walkway

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Dubai ruler Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has approved the Dubai Walk masterplan to add 6,500 kilometres of pedestrian walkways to the city, including an elevated air-conditioned looped path. The masterplan aims to build 3,300 kilometres of new paths and renovate 2,300 kilometres of existing walkways by 2040.

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Kengo Kuma completes Saint-Denis Pleyel Station in northern Paris

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Built by Kengo Kuma and Associates as part of the Grand Paris Express – a new transport system made up of rapid transit lines – the station serves as an interchange between four metro lines and is expected to accommodate 250,000 daily passengers.

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Foster + Partners unveils masterplan for rebuilding Antakya post-earthquake

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British architecture studio Foster + Partners has revealed its masterplan to rebuild Antakya, Turkey , following the Turkey-Syria earthquakes last year. The practice plans to maintain the surviving structures and create an efficient road hierarchy that encourages public transport, pedestrians and cyclists.

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Manchester United stadium "one of the most exciting projects in the world" says Norman Foster

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It was designed for the Manchester United football club As part of the wider masterplan, the architect's eponymous studioFoster + Partners will improve pedestrian routes and public transport in the area, with a train station forming the start of a main route towards the stadium. "We

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Foster + Partners unveils 100,000-seat stadium for Manchester United

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The outward-looking stadium will be the beating heart of a new sustainable district, which is completely walkable, served by public transport, and endowed by nature," he continued. "It It is a mixed-use miniature city of the future driving a new wave of growth and creating a global destination that Mancunians can be proud of."