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This week proposals for a doughnut skyscraper to encircle the Burj Khalifa in Dubai were revealed and land artist Michael Heizer completed his monumental concrete sculpture in the Nevada desert.

 

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ZN Era proposes encircling Burj Khalifa with an elevated "continuous metropolis"

ZN Era proposes encircling Burj Khalifa with an elevated "continuous metropolis"

Architecture studio ZN Era has envisioned a skyscraper to be 550-metres tall and 3,000 metres in circumference, encircling the Burj Khalifa in downtown Dubai.

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Michael Heizer completes monumental City sculpture in Nevada desert

Michael Heizer completes monumental City sculpture in Nevada desert

American land artist Michael Heizer has completed City, a monumental sculpture made of earthen mounds and concrete in the Nevada desert that took more than 50 years to construct.

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High-tech structural engineer Tony Hunt dies aged 90

High-tech structural engineer Tony Hunt dies aged 90

High-tech pioneer Tony Hunt, who engineered buildings including the Sainsbury Centre, Waterloo station and Hopkins House, has passed away aged 90.

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"If we want a new materiality we have to reimagine our relationship with the world"

"If we want a new materiality we have to reimagine our relationship with the world"

Promotion Architects Joseph Grima and Vo Trong Nghia met at the 2022 Living Cities Forum in Melbourne, Australia to discuss the construction industry's material use in a world of finite resources.

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Billions of bird deaths due to the "simple indifference" of architects says PETA

Billions of bird deaths due to the "simple indifference" of architects says PETA

Architects could "easily" prevent billions of bird deaths a year caused by collisions with glazed and mirrored buildings, says Jared Goodman of animal rights organisation PETA in this exclusive interview.

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BIG unveils plans for "an entire city in one building" in Esbjerg

BIG unveils plans for "an entire city in one building"

Danish architecture studio BIG has unveiled visuals of Masterplan Esbjerg Strand, a proposal for an education-focused campus and innovation hub surrounded by water in Jutland, Denmark.

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Russian shelling destroys constructivist landmark in Ukraine

Russian shelling destroys constructivist landmark in Ukraine

The constructivist Railway Workers Palace of Culture in Kharkiv is the latest culturally significant building in Ukraine to have been severely damaged by the Russian invasion.

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Wildfires influence design of Campout House in northern California

Wildfires influence design of Campout House in northern California

Non-combustible materials form the exterior of a cabin near Lake Tahoe that was designed by US studio Faulkner Architects to serve as a "base camp" for an active family.

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Duravit develops Martian toilet to be "as simple and comfortable as possible"

Duravit develops Martian toilet to be "as simple and comfortable as possible"

Bathroom company Duravit has designed a toilet that could be used in future homes on Mars and installed it at the prototype Martian House in Bristol, UK.

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Olaniyi Studio creates "living" footwear designed to decay

Olaniyi Studio creates "living" footwear designed to decay

Architect Yussef Agbo-Ola of environmental design practice Olaniyi Studio has created a series of shoes made from biomaterials, which are designed to curl up like plants when they decay.

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KKAA YTAA creates concrete-block home overlooking Japanese national park

KKAA YTAA creates concrete-block home overlooking Japanese national park

Architecture studio KKAA YTAA has used exposed concrete blocks to create a simple holiday home in Japan's Ise-Shima National Park, featuring four walls, a pitched wooden roof and rectangular openings.

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Muda Architects models Tianfu Museum of Chinese Medicine on yin-yang symbol

Muda Architects models Tianfu Museum of Chinese Medicine on yin-yang symbol

Chinese studio Muda Architects has revealed its design of a museum in Chengdu that will be dedicated to the history of Chinese medicine and arranged in the shape of the yin-yang symbol.

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