This week on Dezeen, BIG unveiled its plans for a Bhutanese metropolis to be linked by “livable bridges” and we continued our assessment of 2023.
Danish studio BIG’s masterplan for a 1,000 sq. kilometer improvement will embody a global airport and a hydroelectric dam incorporating a temple.
It will likely be organized round quite a few rivers crossed by “livable bridges”.
In Italy, it has been introduced that architect and educational Carlo Ratti would be the curator of the subsequent Venice Structure Biennale, to be held in 2025.
Ratti is the founding father of the structure and innovation studio Carlo Ratti Associati and the director of the Senseable Metropolis Lab on the Massachusetts Institute of Know-how (MIT).
This week we have additionally continued our assessment of 2023. As a part of our roundup of highlights from the previous yr, Dezeen’s design and setting editor Jennifer Hahn has rounded up 10 of essentially the most vital materials improvements, together with poisonous earth bricks and a printer 3D for wool.
We additionally checked out 10 of the most popular automobile designs of 2023, together with Tesla’s Cybertruck and a muscle SUV from Rezvani Motors.
Learn the complete 2023 assessment right here.
In Saudi Arabia, Neom introduced the newest area to be constructed as a part of the mega-project within the northwest of the nation. Referred to as Utamo, the occasion area is to be designed by Spanish studio Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura.
Additionally within the nation, Populous has unveiled its design for a neon-lit esports enviornment that’s deliberate as a part of the Qiddiya leisure megaproject.
In different structure information, Australian studio Fraser & Companions has unveiled its design for the world’s tallest hybrid timber tower.
Designed to be inbuilt Perth, the almost 190m tall residential tower would change into the world’s tallest timber hybrid housing if accomplished.
We additionally defined England’s new biodiversity internet acquire guidelines this week.
Articles editor Nat Barker takes a have a look at the brand new planning laws, which goals to spice up biodiversity within the improvement challenge, and can come into impact in January.
In style initiatives this week included a concrete vacation residence surrounded by bushes in rural Thailand, a lantern-like glass pavilion on the College of Oxford and a minimalist residence in Malta.
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