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Florida passes condo safety bill in wake of Surfside collapse
A bill has been sent to Florida's governor that would require statewide recertification of condominiums over three stories tall, in response to the Surfside building collapse that killed 98 people.
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Longest pedestrian suspension bridge opens in Czech resort
DOLNI MORAVA, Czech Republic (AP) — A pedestrian suspension bridge that is the longest such construction in the world has opened at a mountain resort in the Czech Republic. The 721-meter (2,365-foot) -long bridge is built at an altitude of more than 1,100 meters (3,610 feet) above sea level.
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South Korea is building the world’s first self-sustaining “floating city”
The trio of pre-fabricated platforms will have a combined surface area of 15.5 acres and support the full range of urban infrastructure—apartment buildings, offices, energy grids, and hydroponic farms.
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13 Belgian brutalist gems
Unearthing some of the most striking and singular examples of Belgium's Brutalist movement, from sprawling social housing unit to private residential villa. Don’t mind the structural scaffolding, protective sheets and rain water buckets as, with everything remotely important to our national heritage, they tend to come with the package.
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Take a look inside China’s first Vertical Forest City
In pictures: Stefano Boeri's newest project has just been completed in Huanggang and the photos are beautiful.
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A 1990s Window Design Could Substantially Upgrade Urban Efficiency
The Department of Energy estimates that buildings use 75% of the United States' electricity.
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China's longest underwater highway tunnel opens
At a length of 10.79 kilometers (6.65 miles), the Taihu tunnel stretches under Lake Taihu in eastern China's Jiangsu Province, about 50 kilometers east of Shanghai.
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How are Rome's monuments still standing?
Nearly 2,000 years on, how are the Colosseum and the Pantheon still standing despite earthquakes, floods and military conflicts?
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BIG's floating city to be built in south korea as part of UN-backed plan
the south korean city of busan, UN-habitat and OCEANIX have signed a historic agreement to build the world’s first sustainable floating city prototype. the project is to be realized off the coast of busan, a city with 3.4 million residents.
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Walmart Billionaire Marc Lore Is Planning a $500 Billion “City of the Future”
While other billionaires are jockeying to get into space, Marc Lore has his eyes on planet Earth: The former Walmart exec has announced plans to create a new utopian city in the American desert, featuring self-driving cars and energy-efficient skyscrapers.
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Yemen's ancient, soaring skyscraper cities
Constructed using natural materials, Yemeni high-rises are superbly sustainable and perfectly suited to the hot and dry Arabian desert climate.
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Inside Tokyo's TINIEST Luxury Apartment
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Plans for $400-billion new city in the American desert unveiled
The cleanliness of Tokyo, the diversity of New York and the social services of Stockholm: Billionaire Marc Lore has outlined his vision for a 5-million-person "new city in America" and appointed a world-famous architect to design it.
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China’s ugliest buildings: contest to celebrate unsightly architecture begins
This year’s contenders include a violin-shaped church and a ‘welcome to hell’ glass bridge joining two mountains
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21st-century storms are overwhelming 20th-century cities
Infrastructure that wasn't built to handle warmer, wetter climate is increasingly risky.
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Billionaire hatches ambitious plan to create an entire new city in the US
American entrepreneur Marc Lore has revealed an incredibly ambitious plan to create a new city from scratch in the United States. Named Telosa, the project is designed by the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and, if built – which is by no means certain at this stage – would be located on an unoccupied site somewhere in the US, with the first residents moving in by 2030.
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BIG Unveils Massive Masterplan that Aims to be the Most Sustainable City in the World
Titled Telosa, the project aims to create a new city in America that sets a global standard for urban living and becomes a blueprint for future generations.
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World’s Largest Astronomy Museum Opens in Shanghai
The world’s largest astronomy museum has just opened in Shanghai, China. Designed by Ennead Architects, this contemporary cultural center acts as the new astronomy branch of the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum. This proposal for the Shanghai Astronomy Museum won the design competition for its dynamic form that represents the movement of celestial bodies which is made up of an oculus, an inverted dome, and a sphere...
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Houses Built Into Earth Might Be the Perfect Response to Global Warming
Houses built into the earth were all the rage during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Now, with global warming, they might be the ideal solution.
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The house that can withstand a cyclone: how traditional dwellings are making a comeback in Vanuatu
Since Cyclone Pam devastated Vanuatu, locals are returning to the saeklon haos, made from vines, palm fronds and grasses
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