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SHoP’s supertall skyscraper 9 DeKalb becomes tallest building in Brooklyn

July 9, 2021 India Block 0
9 DeKalb by SHoP Architects becomes Brooklyn's tallest building

A 73-storey supertall skyscraper designed by SHoP Architects that is currently under construction has become the tallest building in Brooklyn, New York. Called 9 DeKalb, the tower reached 721 feet (220 metres) last week, the JDS Development Group announced on Instagram.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by JDS Development Group

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Visual shows supertall skyscraper designed by OMA for New York’s Billionaire’s Row

July 8, 2021 India Block 0
OMA supertall

A render produced by architecture firm OMA depicts a new supertall skyscraper proposed for 41-47 West 57th Street on New York’s Billionaire’s Row. The mixed-use high-rise, which is at the centre of the visual, would be 1,100 feet high (335 metres) and overlook Central Park in Midtown Manhattan, local pro-development publication YIMBY reported. Plans submitted

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Elon Musk submits bid to build beach tunnel transport system in Florida

July 8, 2021 India Block 0
Boring Company tunnel

Fort Lauderdale has voted to approve a proposal from Elon Musk’s tunnelling firm Boring Company to build an underground transit loop connecting the downtown part of the Florida city to its beachfront. Fort Lauderdale’s mayor Dean J Trantalis tweeted on 7 July that city officials had accepted the proposal from the Boring Company to undertake

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Diller Scofidio + Renfro builds looping steel Park Union Bridge in Colorado

July 7, 2021 India Block 0

Architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro has built the 250-foot-long Park Union Bridge in Colorado Springs that connects to the US Olympic and Paralympic Museum. The bridge connects the museum celebrating America’s Olympic and Paralympic athletes, also designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, to the America the Beautiful Park in Colorado. Park Union Bridge is

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Eight American houses that are perfect for a Fourth of July pool party

July 4, 2021 India Block 0
Swimming pool of Viewfinder House in Truckee, California, by Faulkner Architects

To celebrate Independence Day we’ve rounded up eight American houses with amazing swimming pools to dream about hosting a Fourth of July party at. Edwin Residence in Los Angeles, California by Heusch Beverly Hills architecture office Heusch renovated this mid-century house above Mulholland Drive in the Santa Monica Mountains. The architects demolished an existing living

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Ross Barney Architects designs public park for city in Arkansas

July 2, 2021 India Block 0
Railyard in Arkansas

Railyard is a colourful public park by Chicago-based practice Ross Barney Architects straddling the railway line running through the city of Rogers in Arkansas. The five-acre park was designed as a series of plazas connected by walkways with sheltered benches, along with a children’s playground and a pavilion for live events. Ross Barney Architects designed

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Five buildings by famous 20th-century architects realised decades after their deaths

June 30, 2021 India Block 0
Mies van der Rohe building at Indiana University

As a building by Mies van der Rohe nears completion in Indiana, we explore five buildings by renowned 20th-century architects such as Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright that weren’t built until years after they died. Baghdad Gymnasium in Baghdad, Iraq, by Le Corbusier When French architect Le Corbusier, one of the 20th-century’s most influential

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Giant seashell features in Toronto’s delayed Winter Stations 2021

June 29, 2021 India Block 0
WInter Stations 2021 in Toronto

Four pavilions including a giant seashell and a colourful archway have opened in Toronto as part of the coronavirus-delayed annual Winter Stations event. Opening late due to delays caused by a coronavirus lockdown, the Winter Stations have been built in the city rather than the usual spot of Woodbine Beach on Lake Ontario. Four competition-winning designs have been realised

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Report on collapsed Miami building warned of “abundant cracking” in its concrete

June 28, 2021 India Block 0

Engineers warned of “major structural damage” to the concrete of the Champlain Towers South condominium in Miami, which collapsed last week leaving 10 people dead and 150 missing. A 2018 report on the condition of the 136-unit residential building in the town of Surfside, Florida, noted that deterioration in the concrete would “expand exponentially” unless

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Richard Meier retires and studio rebrands as Meier Partners three years after sexual harassment allegations

June 28, 2021 India Block 0
Richard Meier portrait

Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Meier has retired and his name has been removed from the studio he founded, three years after accusations of sexual harassment were made against him. The 86-year-old architect will still be available to consult with clients upon request, his studio confirmed in an announcement on 23 June. Richard Meier & Partners

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