SOM tops Kansas City airport with giant timber-clad canopy
International architecture studio SOM has completed a terminal for Kansas City International Airport that features a large wood-clad canopy. More
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Urb proposes 93-kilometre cycling highway "to make Dubai the most connected city on earth"
Architecture studio Urb has proposed creating The Loop as a covered highway for cyclists and pedestrians that would wrap around Dubai. More
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MAD designs feather-like terminal for Changchun airport in China
A floating feather was the visual reference for the airport terminal that Chinese architecture studio MAD is designing in the city of Changchun, Jilin province, China. More
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Kaleidoscopic substation in London "celebrates the spirit of the local community"
UK architecture studio IF–DO and artist Lakwena have wrapped an electrical substation in Brent Cross, London, in an artwork informed by rotating billboards. More
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Opposite Office designs "dystopian" wall to protect National Congress of Brazil from rioters
Provocative architecture studio Opposite Office has designed the Castillo Congresso wall to encircle Brasília's National Congress and turn the Oscar Niemeyer-designed building into a "fortress to protect democracy". More
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NASA funds ICON to develop lunar 3D-printing construction technology
Space agency NASA has awarded construction company ICON a $57 million contract to develop 3D-printing technology to build roads, launchpads and homes on the moon's surface. More
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Herzog & de Meuron unveils plans to add two towers to Liverpool Street station
Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has revealed its plan to overhaul London's Liverpool Street station, which includes the addition of two towers above the railway terminus. More
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Solar panels to cover all large car parks in France under new mandate
The French Senate has approved a bill requiring all large parking lots across France to be topped with solar canopies in the next six years, which are predicted to generate as much energy as 10 nuclear reactors. More
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Sam Crawford Architects models Bara Bridge on curving shape of eels
Fins of anodised aluminium fan outwards towards the water at this bridge in Sydney's Centennial Park, designed by local practice Sam Crawford Architects to evoke the shimmering appearance of eels. More
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Half Company designs Halfgrid transport network that combines cable cars with AI
A network of autonomous cable cars transports people and goods around a city in this concept developed by transport design studio Half Company. More
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Agrivoltaic solar farms offer "shocking" benefits beyond producing energy
Next-gen solar parks that enable energy and food production as well as water conservation to work in synergy on the same plot can help to solve solar's growing land-use issue, according to the researchers making them a reality. More
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Atelier38 reworks furniture store into home for Czech Radio
Architecture studio Atelier38 has converted a former furniture store in Olomouc, Czech Republic, into a broadcast centre arranged around a light-filled atrium. More
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KPF and Heatherwick Studio aim to "redefine what a terminal can be" with Singapore airport design
Architecture practices Kohn Pedersen Fox and Heatherwick Studio have revealed the first render of Changi Airport's Terminal 5, which will be the latest addition to the Singapore airport. More
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Nine municipal buildings in North America that reject bland utilitarianism
A sculptural transit garage in Alberta, a Studio Gang-designed fire station in Brooklyn and a massive sculptural salt warehouse in Manhattan are included in this roundup of visually striking North American municipal architecture. More
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ZN Era proposes encircling Burj Khalifa with an elevated "continuous metropolis"
Architecture studio ZN Era has envisioned a skyscraper called Downtown Circle, which would be built around the Burj Khalifa in downtown Dubai. More
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Wulf Architekten creates perforated metal fire station in Germany
A lightweight upper storey clad in perforated metal is elevated on timber beams above a concrete podium at this fire station in Straubenhardt, Germany, designed by local practice Wulf Architekten. More
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Norway to inspect timber bridges after 10-year-old glulam crossing collapses
A 10-year-old timber-and-steel bridge in Norway has collapsed into a river while vehicles crossed, causing two drivers to require a dramatic rescue. More
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Crosson Architects creates stealthy lifeguard tower on remote New Zealand beach
Local studio Crosson Architects used dark-coloured concrete to help the circular Te Pae lifeguard tower blend in with its setting on a remote black-sand beach near Auckland, New Zealand. More
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Soft light fills Iowa municipal building by Neumann Monson Architects
Polycarbonate walls and a row of tall window boxes bring diffused sunlight into the Iowa City Public Works building by US firm Neumann Monson Architects. More
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Revival is a concept for a demountable and scalable school in Ukraine
Ukrainian architecture studio Zikzak has designed a collapsible, modular school building that aims to restore infrastructure that was destroyed as a result of the Ukraine War. More
