Prison clad in perforated weathering steel has pastel-coloured sports court
Local Architecture Network has built a minimum security prison with a perforated metal facade of weathering steel in Nanterre that has a sports court in pastel hues. More
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Renzo Piano's Kansai airport has a mile-long high-tech terminal
Next in our high-tech architecture series is Renzo Piano's Kansai International Airport, which was built on an artificial island in Osaka Bay. More
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Stansted Airport "challenged all the rules of terminal design"
Norman Foster's studio turned the typical airport layout upside down with its 1991 Stansted Airport, which saw the high-tech architecture style applied to aviation for the first time. More
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Zaha Hadid Architects unveils plans for high-speed train station in Tallinn
Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed visuals for a multimodal Ülemiste terminal in Tallinn, Estonia, which will form part of the Rail Baltica high-speed rail network. More
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Sidewalk Labs advances plans for Toronto smart city
Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs is moving forward with its ambition to create a smart neighbourhood in Toronto, after addressing a number of "critical issues" in its initial scheme. More
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Christopher Herwig photographs opulent details of Soviet-era metro stations
The Soviet Metro Stations photography series by Christopher Herwig documents the most unusual details of the Soviet-era metro network built between the 1930s and 1980s. More
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Zaha Hadid Architects and Cox Architecture reveal visuals of Sydney airport
Zaha Hadid Architects and Cox Architecture have unveiled the design of an airport in Sydney that is modelled on traditional Australian architecture and natural landscapes.
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Five smart cities that are being proposed in North America
From a smart forest in Mexico to a Nevada desert city powered by blockchain, a wave of smart cities are being proposed in North America. Here are five examples from the continent that hint at the shape of future neighbourhoods. More
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Stefano Boeri unveils Smart Forest City covered in 7.5 million plants for Mexico
Italian architect Stefano Boeri has unveiled plans to create a forested smart city near Cancun, Mexico, that is designed to be a "pioneer" of more eco-efficient developments. More
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Dialog cantilevers wooden bridge over river valley in Edmonton
Architecture firm Dialog has built a wooden pedestrian bridge, glass elevator and a tiny railway into a sloping terrain in Canada to lead from downtown Edmonton to the North Saskatchewan River Valley. More
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Public Works builds waste-to-energy Power Plant(s)! to showcase fossil fuel alternative
Public Works has built a water-heating system powered by compost that warms a bench at the Oslo Architecture Triennale to demonstrate the potential of the system. More
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Zaha Hadid Architects' giant starfish-shaped airport opens in Beijing
Zaha Hadid Architects has completed its five-pronged terminal building at Beijing Daxing International Airport, which is one of the largest airports in the world. More
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Weathering steel PedX bridge connects Northeastern University campus with science block
Architecture firm Payette has created a pedestrian bridge at Northeastern University in Boston with tall metal walls and slender glazed openings that offer a glimpse of passing trains. More
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World's largest bicycle park built below Utrecht train station
Ector Hoogstad Architecten has completed a three-storey bicycle park to store 12,656 bikes below Utrecht Central Station in the Netherlands. More
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London Underground's waste heat to warm hundreds of homes
Waste heat from one of the London Underground's tube lines will be used to warm over a thousand homes in the UK capital from this winter. More
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Colourful metal canopies shade a market in rural Niger by Atelier Masomi
Architecture studio Atelier Masomi has built a market in Dandaji, Niger, using colourful recycled-metal canopies to attract vendors and help grow the local economy. More
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Elbow Shadow bridge in Serbia by ARCVS will double as an office and hotel
ARCVS has revealed visuals of a two-storey bridge in Novi Sad, Serbia, which will span the River Danube and include a hotel and office building. More
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360-degree images reveal inside Zaha Hadid Architects' Beijing Daxing International Airport
Chinese media organisation CGTN has released 360-degree photography that shows the interiors of Zaha Hadid Architects' airport terminal building in Beijing, which is set to open next month. More
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India approves Mumbai-Pune hyperloop in bid to build world's first system
The government of the Indian state of Maharashtra has approved Virgin Hyperloop One's plans to develop a high-speed line between Mumbai and Pune, which could become the world's first hyperloop. More
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Cody Dock Rolling Bridge set to revive former industrial site in east London
Architectural designer Thomas Randall-Page has revealed visuals of a rolling bridge for Cody Dock in east London that can be manually rotated to allow boats to pass beneath it. More
