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Vision for Gaza 2035 with cities built “from scratch” revealed online

May 28, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

A document published online reportedly shows Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to redevelop Gaza into a regional hub with connections to Neom in Saudi Arabia. Netanyahu revealed his Gaza 2035 vision earlier this month, according to reports in the Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post and broadcaster Al Jazeera. The plans were outlined in a widely

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Vision for Gaza 2035 with cities built “from scratch” revealed online

May 28, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

A document published online reportedly shows Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to redevelop Gaza into a regional hub with connections to Neom in Saudi Arabia. Netanyahu revealed his Gaza 2035 vision earlier this month, according to reports in the Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post and broadcaster Al Jazeera. The plans were outlined in a widely

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Vision for Gaza 2035 with cities built “from scratch” revealed online

May 28, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

A document published online reportedly shows Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to redevelop Gaza into a regional hub with connections to Neom in Saudi Arabia. Netanyahu revealed his Gaza 2035 vision earlier this month, according to reports in the Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post and broadcaster Al Jazeera. The plans were outlined in a widely

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Inuce designs Mountain Church of Julong as “more than just a place of worship”

May 27, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Architecture studio Inuce has created a church in the town of Julong near Quanzhou, China, which evokes the form of a biblical ark resting on a rock. Located at the foot of a mountain surrounded by forest and with views across the town, the Mountain Church of Julong references both the form and representation of

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Studio Libeskind unveils social housing that feels “like home” in Brooklyn

May 24, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Architecture firm Studio Libeskind has completed The Atrium at Sumner Houses, an affordable housing block with 190 apartments for seniors in Brooklyn, New York. Located at the centre of the New York City Housing Authority’s (NYCHA) Sumner Houses campus, the 11-storey block is wrapped around a full-height central atrium that gives the building its name.

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Saudi Arabia authorised “lethal force” for Neom land clearance reports BBC

May 9, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Saudi forces were cleared to use “lethal force” to remove those resisting relocation to make way for The Line mega city as part of Neom in Saudi Arabia, according to a report by UK media organisation the BBC. Speaking to the BBC, Colonel Rabih Alenezi said that he was part of the team ordered to

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Prince William “continuing his father’s work” with Ben Pentreath-designed housing development

May 1, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The Duchy of Cornwall has submitted plans for a 2,500-home development in Faversham, UK, designed by Ben Pentreath, which will be the first major development led by Prince William. Designed by Pentreath in collaboration with landscape architect Kim Wilkie, the South East Faversham development will be organised around “ancient footpaths and landscape patterns” and contain

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This week a modernist home was demolished by actor Chris Pratt

April 27, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

This week on Dezeen, conservation group Docomomo responded to news that actor Chris Pratt had demolished a modernist house in LA designed by architect Craig Ellwood. In response to the demolition, Docomomo US executive director Liz Waytkus told Dezeen that unprotected modernist houses in the US are at risk of demolition as the land they

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Lesley Lokko and Marina Tabassum named world’s most influential architects

April 19, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Architects Lesley Lokko and Marina Tabassum have been named on the list of the 100 most influential people of 2024 by Time magazine. The architects are included alongside world leaders, artists and sports stars in the annually published list of people the US magazine judges as the world’s most influential. Called a “force of nature”

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Shigeru Ban unveils Paper Log House at Philip Johnson’s Glass House

April 17, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has created a pavilion from paper tubes, wood and milk crates to mark the 75th anniversary of US architect Philip Johnson’s Glass House in Connecticut, USA. Created in collaboration with students from New York university Cooper Union, the 13.5 foot by 13.5 foot (10 meter by 10 metre) structure was built

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