White Arkitekter develops maternity unit concept for hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo
White Arkitekter has created a concept for a new mother and baby health unit at the Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. More
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Snøhetta and Heatherwick Studio unveil designs for Sidewalk Labs' Toronto neighbourhood
Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs has tapped Thomas Heatherwick's studio and architecture firm Snøhetta to develop proposals for the smart, mass-timber city that the company is developing on Toronto's waterfront. More
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SOM breaks ground on Alárò City in Nigeria
Construction has begun on Alárò City, which is being masterplanned by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, as an extension to Lagos in southwest Nigeria. More
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BIG proposes gondola for its Oakland A's ballpark redesign
BIG has unveiled an expansive cable-car system with two transit hubs to be built in Oakland, as part of the architecture studio's plans for a new baseball stadium in the California city. More
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World's longest 3D-printed concrete bridge opens in Shanghai
A team led by professor Xu Weiguo at the Tsinghua University School of Architecture in Beijing has 3D-printed a 26.3-metre-long concrete bridge, which they claim is the world's longest. More
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Volvo creates Living Seawall to combat pollution and promote biodiversity
Volvo has installed an environmentally friendly seawall along the coast of Sydney's harbour that aims to improve biodiversity and water quality in the area. More
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New World Design proposes golden fence around Trump's Mar-A-Lago resort
Architecture studio New World Design has launched a crowdfunding campaign to build a golden picket fence around US president Donald Trump's compound in Palm Beach, Florida, to highlight the absurdity of his plans for the Mexico border wall. More
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Foster, Calatrava and SOM on shortlist for new Chicago O'Hare airport terminal
Five teams of architects are in the running to redesign Chicago's O'Hare international airport, with Foster + Partners and Santiago Calatrava among the list of firms participating in the competition. More
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"Boston City Hall is the frog waiting to wake up as a prince"
As the brutalist Boston City Hall celebrates its 50th birthday, Aaron Betsky reflects on the building's history as a monument to social democracy, and wonders if proposed updates will bring it a happily ever after. More
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Urban Power to extend Danish coast with tech hub on nine artificial islands
Urban Power has unveiled its plans for nine artificial islands, named Holmene, which will be a sustainable tech hub off the coast of Hvidovre, Copenhagen. More
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Steel-slat prototype for Trump's Mexican border wall can be sliced by saw
A prototype of the "beautiful" Steel Slat Barrier that Donald Trump plans to build along the US border with Mexico can be cut using a saw, leaked imagery reveals. More
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Trump's "beautiful" Steel Slat Barrier for Mexican border lampooned by designers
US president Donald Trump has tweeted details of the design for the proposed $5 billion wall along the Mexican border, prompting ridicule from designers. More
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Elon Musk gives first look at Boring Company tunnel
Elon Musk has driven a Tesla through his Boring Company's test tunnel in Los Angeles County, in the first public demonstration of what he hopes will form a congestion-beating new subterranean transport solution. More
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Renzo Piano unveils design for new Genoa bridge following disaster
Italian architect Renzo Piano has designed a €202 million bridge for his hometown of Genoa, after the old bridge collapsed in a storm. More
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Arching rooftop walkway and garden tops West Kowloon Station in Hong Kong
People are invited to climb the curved, plant-covered roof of the new train station in West Kowloon, Hong Kong, designed by Andrew Bromberg at Aedas. More
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White Arkitekter designs water tower with wave shape for Sweden
Undulating concrete panels will form the facade of VÅGA, a large water tower planned for a hilltop in Varberg, Sweden, to create the impression of a wave rolling across the landscape. More
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Zaha Hadid Architects and A-Lab to design stations on Oslo's new metro line
Two stations inspired by glacial landscapes are being designed by architecture studios Zaha Hadid Architects and A-Lab for a new metro line in the Norwegian capital. More
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Jean-Paul Viguier completes high-security Banque de France building
French architect Jean-Paul Viguier chose white perforated metal to clad the three monolithic volumes of a secure cash-processing centre for a bank in Paris.
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Timber arches support wavy roof of Mactan Cebu International Airport in the Philippines
Rolling waves inspired the undulating timber roof of this airport on the island of Cebu, designed by Integrated Design Associates as a "symbolic gateway to the Philippines". More
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Undulating roof crowns Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners' Hong Kong bridge immigration building
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and Aedas have completed the Passenger Clearance Building to house immigration facilities for passengers and goods entering Hong Kong. More
