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ZHA designs sustainable expansion to China's largest international exhibition center

Beijing's New China International Exhibition Center — the largest international exhibition center in China —...

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An urban farm tops a LEED Gold-targeted health education tower in Toronto

Global design practice Perkins and Will has raised the bar for sustainable campus design with the award-winning...

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MAD unveils solar-powered "Train Station in the Forest"

This summer, the Chinese city of Jiaxing will welcome an innovative transportation hub that will be topped with...

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Green terraces intersect a mixed-use tower in Shenzhen

In southeastern Shenzhen, Beijing-based architecture firm Clou Architects has completed Shenzhen Shuiwan 1979 Life...

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Chengdu Tianfu New Town Landscape blends tradition and modern living

International design firm MLA+ has unveiled designs for Chengdu Tianfu New Town Landscape, a proposal for a vibrant...

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Amazon unveils spiraling, tree-covered skyscraper for Arlington HQ2

Amazon has unveiled images of The Helix, a LEED Platinum-targeted, spiraling tower that will serve as the centerpiece...

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BREEAM-Excellent Le Monde Group HQ by Snøhetta opens in Paris

French media company Le Monde Group has recently welcomed its 1,600 employees into its new headquarters, a striking...

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A new LEED Gold civic center will reinvigorate downtown Long Beach

As part of Long Beach’s largest public-private partnership effort to date, international architecture firm SOM...

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This will be the world’s largest Passive House-certified office building

Boston’s Financial District will soon welcome the groundbreaking Winthrop Center, a year-round, mixed-use gathering...

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Bangkok’s Mega Park reimagines mega-malls as green community hubs

Thai architecture firm Architectkidd has flipped the script on the typical Southeast Asian shopping mall with its...

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Bradley Plaza Green Alley: a new park for an old LA neighborhood

As the need for safe outdoor space is more pressing than ever, the Bradley Plaza Green Alley project has opened...

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Architects envision a lush, solar-powered oasis to cool Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi’s Department of Municipalities and Transport (DMT) has named European architecture firm Mask Architects’...

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Architects propose a massive forest park to be the Green Lungs of Hanoi

Air pollution has become a major problem in Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam, that was ranked the seventh capital...

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Architects want to turn the Tiber River banks into a thriving piazza

In its ongoing efforts to introduce imaginative public spaces into cities, New York-based Ballman Khapalova has...

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Tartu turns a major street into a car-free haven for a month

For the entire month of July, the Estonian city of Tartu transformed one of its main streets in the heart of the...

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