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Opus 5 architectes complete a cultural center in Brie that mediates its ‘in-between’ site between rural and urban, enhancing the project’s materiality by linking it to the history and memory of the place

CHESSY // Pôle culturel des Tournelles (Chessy Cultural Center) by Opus 5 Architectes includes spaces for musicals, theatre, dance, with two extensions that aim to restore the initial ambiance of the farm and its general morphology organized around the main central courtyard.

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From plastic waste to transformed space: Cidade Quintal creates a shining example of circular soci-design practice, activating the community to promote awareness and mobilize lasting change from which everyone can benefit

Cabral Lookout in the Morro do Quadro neighborhood of Vitória is a colorful, multi-functional lookout point for the region and its residents designed by Cidade Quintal, a socio-spatial organization that transforms spaces through catalyzing communities.

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With ‘Walks’ and ‘Oases,’ Brooks + Scarpa’s Urban Plan for 41st Street in Miami illustrates how minimal architectural interventions can have a transformative impact on public space

Brooks + Scarpa reveals its urban regeneration plan for 41st Street in downtown Miami Beach, turning the vehicle-heavy street into a pedestrian-friendly, low-impact, sustainable space in the bustling city.

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napp studio turns a ubiquitous piece of urban furniture into a versatile, mobile, and modular system for resting, chatting, playing, and dining

Designed by napp studio, 'Branching Benches' series for Oi! allows for an evolving design that can cater to different contexts and occasions within different Hong Kong communities.

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Exemplary for new ways to live and work in dense, urban city centers, this co-living and co-working project by PichArchitect/Pich-Aquilera draws on traditional material techniques and architectural typologies to close a small gap in the Ensanche neighborhood of Barcelona

Employing passive energy strategies and using materials with the least environmental impact, the Lepanto Project by Felipe Pich-Aguilera PichArchitects/Pich-Aguilera provides a new concept for living and working together in a dense, urban context such as this one in Barcelona.

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A ‘feasible utopia’ and catalyst for new projects and ideas, CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati’s Master Plan for the bid for Expo 2030 in Rome includes the world’s largest urban solar farm and explores new concepts in energy-sharing

International design and innovation office CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati, together with architect Italo Rota and urbanist Richard Burdett and LAND, has unveiled the master plan for Rome’s bid to host the World Expo in 2030 under the theme “People and Territories, Together: Urban Regeneration, Inclusion, and Innovation.”

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OMA has won the competition for the transformation of Museo Egizio in Turin proposing a public cultural space for all, complete with a new courtyard, openings, and ‘urban rooms’ that connect the museum back to the rest of the city

In collaboration with local architects Andrea Tabocchini Architecture and T-Studio, David Gianotten and Andreas Karavanas of OMA have won the competition to transform the Museum Egizio with a series of connected "urban rooms" weaving through the existing museum, connecting it to Turin’s urban fabric, and restoring the public nature of the historically civic space.

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An alliance between urbanity and nature, contemporaneity and the past, Cino Zucchi Architetti’s design to transform the Cavallerizza Reale in Turin is set to become a research and culture laboratory in dialogue with the city

Cino Zucchi Architetti's winning proposal for the renovation of Cavallerizza Reale in Turin aims to revitalize a vital part of the city's historical center by transforming the existing complex into a new cultural hub for the community.

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Want to live in a former airport? Berlin is set to repurpose its former Tegel Airport and redevelop the entire area into an innovative research and residential park

Led by Tegel Projekt GmbH, the new master plan for Berlin’s former airport in the north of the city will become Berlin TXL — the Urban Tech Republic, a residential development and research park for urban technologies.

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Repurposing existing elements and making the lightest impact on the landscape, this residence by Janet Bloomberg of KUBE harmonizes indoor with outdoor and reimagines the suburban house for an urban family

Janet Bloomberg of KUBE architecture rethinks the suburban residence with SUB-urban, a home for an urban family that consciously combines materials with technical efficiency and merges the indoor with the outdoor.

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