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Designs of world's largest soccer stadium with distinct tented roof in Morocco unveiled

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The stadium will inhabit a 100-hectare site in the town of El Mansouria, which is about 24 miles north of Casablanca. Image: Populous The structure’s design draws inspiration from a traditional Moroccan social gathering known as a moussem. This is evident through the stadium structure being situated beneath a grand tented roof.

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Atelier Bow-Wow’s first U.S. home features a large ‘umbrella’ roof in the Sierra Nevadas

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Located at the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas in California, the Mountain House sits as a “meticulously designed and thoughtfully crafted residential structure” in sixty acres of forest, according to the property’s realtors, Sotheby's.

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World's first 100% bio-based 3D printed home unveiled at the University of Maine

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The home, developed by the university’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC), measures 600 square feet and features walls, floors, and a roof made of 3D printed wood fibers and bio-resins. The house itself is also fully recyclable.

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Zaha Hadid Architects' XRL Topside Development construction reaches roof level in Hong Kong

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million square feet of civic, office, and retail spaces above the existing train station, includes two pairs of towers connecting with a large landscaped central plaza area and a sculptural pavilion, each designed to resemble flower pedals and located at either end of the site. The project, which adds 3.2

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LMN completes overhaul of Buxton Center to connect with history and ecology of Pacific Northwest’s Bainbridge Island

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Image credit: Lara Swimmer Image credit: Lara Swimmer Visitors to the center are greeted by a new two-story lobby enclosed by a wood and glass curtain wall, responding to the site’s woodland context. “We took advantage of the scale and tectonic identity of the original structure.

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Zaha Hadid Architects inaugurates Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre in southern China

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All five buildings at the site are supported by just 22 columns that were fabricated off-site in two varieties. Additional public spaces were also created at the site thanks to the careful p.

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andblack designs prefabricated preschool with a distinctive undulating roof

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It follows the site’s topography, ascending towards the new extension. This site arrangement provided the architects an opportunity to develop something unique for the institution. Image: Vinay Panjwani A sunken courtyard connects the two buildings.

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