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MAST set to transform abandoned Milanese sand quarry into floating park

June 8, 2023 Rebecca Grove 0

Copenhagen-based architecture studio MAST has unveiled plans to create a park with floating buildings and islands called Centroparco in an abandoned sand quarry on the outskirts of Milan. Located at the centre of the Segrate district on the outskirts of Milan, the aim of the project is to bring together several neighbourhoods that were previously

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“The exterior walls will make an excellent canvas for Banksy” says commenter

June 7, 2023 Rebecca Grove 0

In this week’s comments update readers discussed a monolithic home in Mexico created as a haven for the residents and other top architecture and design stories. Occupying a corner plot, the house appears as a solid block with only a recessed doorway and garage breaking the solid white walls. “Pretty intense spaces” Readers were unsure

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“Finally some warm colours in this neoliberal dystopia” says commenter

May 24, 2023 Rebecca Grove 0

In this week’s comments update, readers discussed a block-long timber truss bridge that connects Manhattan’s High Line to the renovated Penn Station and other top architecture and design stories. The 300-foot (92-metre) long bridge is part of the Moynihan Connector, which connects Manhattan’s elevated High Line walkway to the Moynihan Train Hall transit hub. “A

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“Appropriate playground for future generations” says commenter

January 11, 2023 Rebecca Grove 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing New Zealand artist Mike Hewson’s public playground, which contains 24 massive rough-hewn bluestone boulders. Sat on what looks like furniture dolleys, the boulders were placed on Southbank Boulevard in Melbourne to create an open environment for children to climb and explore intuitively. Readers were mostly positive about

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Commenter thinks BIG’s Calgary skyscraper has “more a wine bottle than feminine shape”

November 23, 2022 Rebecca Grove 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing Danish architecture studio BIG’s 222-metre-high Telus Sky Tower in Calgary and other top architecture and design stories. The studio revealed photos of the skyscraper, which was completed in 2020, showing its twisted design that was created to signify the shift between the office and residential programs of

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Timber bridge offer visitors 360-degree views of Belgian heathland and forest

November 11, 2022 Rebecca Grove 0

Architecture studios Maat-Ontwerpers and Bart Lens have created a cycle path called Cycling Through the Heathland as part of a tourism cycling network through the Belgium province of Limburg. Located in the Hoge Kempen National Park, the cycle path cuts through the Mechelse Heide heathland – one of the largest areas of heathland in Flanders.

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“Thor’s Hammer flattens another 13-storey parking ramp,” says commenter

November 2, 2022 Rebecca Grove 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing North Carolina architecture studio Duda Paine’s 405 Colorado office building in Austin and other top architecture and design stories. The architecture studio was commissioned to create a parking structure, but realised that the space could be better utilised with an office element on top and was given

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Studio Egret West unveils Manchester’s first city centre park for 100 years

September 30, 2022 Rebecca Grove 0

London-based Studio Egret West has designed Mayfield Park in Manchester, which is said to be the city’s first new central park in more than 100 years. The 6.5-acre park was created by the public-private Mayfield Partnership and opened to the public last week. It has been built as part of a neighbourhood containing 1,500 homes,

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“People should start living differently” says commenter

September 14, 2022 Rebecca Grove 0
"The design industry needs to imagine a world where we use less energy, full stop"

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing Kate Treggiden’s opinion piece on solar and renewable energy and other top architecture and design stories. Architects and designers have a huge part to play in the solar revolution, but they also need to find ways to reduce our energy consumption overall, wrote Making Design Circular founder

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“Humanity isn’t a guinea pig” says commenter

August 3, 2022 Rebecca Grove 0
Saudi Arabia reveals 170-kilometre-long mirrored skyscraper to house nine million people

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a video of The Line, a 500-metre-tall, mirror-clad skyscraper that was designed to house nine million people in Saudi Arabia and other top stories. The linear city, which will be 170 kilometres long and 200 metres wide, was launched by Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman

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