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Lake|Flato and ICON open the doors to the future of 3D-printed housing with ‘House Zero,’ pushing the boundaries of energy-efficient and sustainable residential design

House Zero by Lake|Flato

House Zero, designed by Lake|Flato Architects in collaboration with ICON, is a pioneering 3D-printed residence located in Austin, Texas, serves as a demonstration project for ICON’s proprietary concrete wall printing system, the home integrates advanced construction technology with sustainable design principles.

Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism

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RIOS has curated the fourth Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism that not only showcases architectural and urban innovations but also facilitates a meaningful dialogue among designers, policymakers, and the public

Led by Katherine Harvey of the interdisciplinary design studio RIOS, the fourth Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism carries forward this legacy by focusing on resilience and adaptability in the face of rapid urbanization and environmental challenges.

Olympic Village 2024

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Paris 2024 inaugurates Dominique Perrault’s visionary Olympic Village masterplan that will host more than 17.000 people from all over the world during the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Situated in the Seine-Saint-Denis district of the city of Paris, the Olympic Village has been thoughtfully designed by Dominique Perrault and his design team to blend with the existing urban landscape along the riverbanks, combining residential and office spaces, extending over an area of 119,000 square meters and having 2,400 housing units.

Darling Park

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Henning Larsen Architects and Architectus design a vibrant foreshore mixed-use neighborhood connecting Sydney Harbour to the commercial core of the city’s central business district

Created as a welcoming urban monument, Henning Larsen Architects, Architectus, and McGregor Coxall, the Lighthouse at Darling Park is a combination of two scales: the city scale, where the tower joins the skyline, and the village scale, where people flow seamlessly between Sydney’s central business district (CBD) and the waterfront of Cockle Bay Wharf.

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An environmentally sustainable addition to the 40-acre waterfront campus of Expedia Group, The Beach by Surfacedesign transforms the bayside into a public place for gathering and safe bike transit

Surfacedesign’s design for The Beach at Expedia Group (with campus buildings designed by ZGF and Aidlin Darling Design) sculpts the topography of the waterfront site into a public waterfront for bikers and pedestrians along Elliott Bay in Seattle.

Msheireb Downtown Doha Phase 4

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Shaping Doha’s city center, HOK re-envisions the future of the Qatari capital by taking its cues from past and present

American architecture practice HOK, appointed by Msheireb Properties, redesigns downtown Doha and revives Qatar’s architectural language by melding history with modernity.

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Marvel creates a comprehensive vision for the expansion of the public spaces of Union Square to continue its image as a world-class destination

Enhancing pedestrian accessibility, Marvel along with Union Square Partnership has revealed a much-anticipated transformative vision for the Union Square–14th Street District of Manhattan with widened sidewalks and a refreshed and expanded Union Square Park to the north.

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Conceived as a paradigm for urban living, Heatherwick Studio’s Azabudai Hills is constructed as a city-in-a-city after over three decades of planning

Situated in the Minato City of Tokyo, Azabudai Hills is Thomas Heatherwick’s first district and a culmination of a thirty-year-long regeneration process commissioned by Mori Building Company.

Ahmed Hossam Saafan

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Resulting from a process of community participation to create a safe environment, this urban renewal project by Ahmed Hossam Saafan transforms the street into a vibrant environment

Transforming the streets of the Magdy El Khouly neighborhood in Cairo, Magdy El Khouly Street Rehab is a community-driven urban renewal project coordinated by Ahmed Hossam Saafan for Dawar for Arts and Development and the Dutch Embassy in Cairo.

MIND

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The ‘beginning of a new city’ and a paradigm for what urban space can become, Mario Cucinella Architect’s urban development project for Milan proposes new ways of living together, working, gathering, and moving

Situated between Rho and Milan, MIND is an urban development project designed by MCA-Mario Cucinella Architects together with LAND for Lendlease that will become a new paradigm of urban space that gives precedence to pedestrians and slower movement, dissolves the boundary between indoor and outdoor, and gives space for innovation, living, and working to coexist.

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