Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has designed Singapore’s new skyscraper, CapitaSprings, staying true to Singapore’s reputation as the “garden city,” adding 8361 m2 (90,000 sf) of landscaped area to the building with more than 80,000 plants.
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University of Nevada, Reno recently got a Large-Scale Laminar Soil Box System, an experimental facility for analyzing the complex interactions between structural systems, such as buildings and bridges, and the surrounding soil during an earthquake.
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The Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation (BWAF) revealed the names of the remaining four candidates for its awards, which celebrates women in leadership roles in architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC).
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Multidisciplinary design firm Cushing Terrell, while designing the company headquarters of software company AppFolio in Richardson, Texas, leaned into the romance of rustic Texas, combining it with the modern vibe of a technology hub, for a transformation focused on creating the best work environment for employees.
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Landau|Zinder, a partnership between two award-winning architects Michael Landau and Joshua Zinder—both having extensive experience in creating Judaic synagogues and facilities—has designed “an active, dynamic hub of Jewish life” in nearby Clinton, New Jersey, with the use of natural materials such as fieldstone, glass, and wood to harmonize with...
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Detroit-based construction company Walbridge has broken ground on Ford Motor Company’s $5.6 billion 1457-ha (3600-acre), environmentally friendly mega campus called BlueOval City, which will feature a new electric vehicle (EV) factory and a lithium-ion battery gigafactory in Stanton, Tennessee.
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BKSK Architects have proposed a multifamily housing for 55-plus-aged occupants in the well-connected heart of downtown Northampton, Massachusetts, which will be based on a structure built completely from mass timber.
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New York City’s capital construction project manager NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) has instated licensed architect Alison Landry, expert in the design-build approach of project delivery, in the newly created role of Associate Commissioner of Alternative Delivery to facilitate faster progress on the city’s construction projects.
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The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has certified the 86.6-m (284-ft), 25-story Ascent building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as the tallest mass timber structure in the world in two categories—the tallest timber building overall, and the World’s Tallest Timber-Concrete Hybrid Building.
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THE LINE, a vertically oriented urban development run entirely on renewable energy and built on a footprint of mere 34 km2 (13 mi2)—unveiled by the Saudi Kingdom as part of the ambitious NEOM city to be built on Red Sea shoreline—aims to revolutionize urban living.
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