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Foster + Partners completes Apple’s first flagship store in India, a LEED Platinum building that incorporates finely crafted and locally sourced materials with lush greenery that stimulate the senses

Located in a new retail destination in Mumbai, Apple BKC is Apple’s first flagship store to open in India, designed by Foster + Partners drawing on Apple’s unique design approach for a design that fuses finely crafted elements and locally sourced materials.

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TOTO’s WASHLET balances water savings with hygiene and comfort, offering a clean and healthy living environment to the world

The WASHLET from TOTO integrates new features into its already successful smart toilet for a more sustainable and hygienic toilet.

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The recently opened terminal at Kansas City International Airport by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is thoughtfully designed to be ‘the most accessible terminal in the world’

Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill (SOM) have transformed passenger experience with its new terminal at Kansas City International Airport, based on an all-encompassing, sustainable design that uses local materials to create a terminal that is comfortable, convenient, and welcoming to all.

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India’s first net-positive energy campus by Edifice Consultants employs a range of sustainable design strategies for a building that is distinctly modern while paying homage to the past

Located in the Pragati Vihar district of New Delhi, Atal Akshaya Urja Bhawan by Edifice Consultants for India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (M.N.R.E) signifies a polemic shift from conventional government buildings in India as an exemplary precedent that embodies energy consciousness and demonstrates a new model of civic development.

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Complete with a two-acre sky garden full of native planting and areas for relaxation, the University Centre of Excellence by Foster + Partners minimizes its environmental impact to obtain LEED Platinum

Designed to support the teaching methods and ethos of the university, the DY Patil University Centre of Excellence by Foster + Partners has opened in Navi Mumbai.

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Creating a dialogue with the light of Milan, its sky, its compressed and dilated perspectives, and its new horizons, Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia / AF517 enriches a historic corner of the city with the redevelopment of an existing building

Located on the corner of Viale della Liberazione and Viale Melchiorre Gioia in Milan, The Corner involves the redevelopment of a property of the Generali Group dating from the 1970s by Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia / AF517.

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Ken Wai and Wei Li of Aedas provide a new sustainable mixed-use building complex for both its tenants and the wider community, offering views of the Suzhou Creek and public-accessible platforms

Shanghai EDGE by Ken Wai and Wei Li of Aedas for Shanghai Kaitong Wenan Construction Development is part of the Suhe plan, a major redevelopment aimed at transforming the northern riverfront of Suzhou Creek into a high-profile business and leisure destination.

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Weaving together a neighborhood and a park in a sustainable, next-generation mixed-use development, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture set new standards for commercial and retail buildings in the city

Golden Leaf Gardens by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture for China Overseas Land and Investment (COLI) is a landmark project designed to create a new neighborhood that functions as the center of the vibrant new Zhenru Central Business District in Shanghai.

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This high-rise apartment by BKSK Architects LLP will be more than an elegant addition to the city, boasting a sustainable design complete with solar water heating and biophilic design

Located in New York City’s Gramercy neighborhood, 200 East 21st Street by BKSK Architects LLP for Alfa Development carries a strong sense of responsibility to both the urban and natural environment.

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Kobi Karp Architecture & Interior Design transforms Miami’s historic Surf Club maintaining and incorporating the existing structure and creating a bold tension between historic details and clean modern lines

Along the Atlantic coast on Miami Beach, the famed 1920s Surf Club by architect Russel Pancoast has been converted into a Four Seasons Hotel and Residence by Kobi Karp Architecture & Interior Design Inc. with DeSimone consulting engineers.

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