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During an event at the NEOM exhibition in Venice on 20 May, Peter Cook expressed their opinion about the linear desert city that is currently under construction. They referred to the city as an “amazing absurdity” and stated that the proposed height of 500m was “stupid”.

Architect Kisho Kurokawa’s Nakagin Capsule Tower was demolished last year. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has purchased a Nakagin Capsule Tower capsule module.

Adobe is further leveraging Firefly AI by introducing a new feature, Generative Recolor AI, for Illustrator. It enables you to recolor artwork using simple text prompts to achieve color variations in seconds.

The ban on skyscrapers has been reinstated in Paris after facing backlash over the proposed Tour Triangle building designed by Herzog & de Meuron, which caused controversy.

The Jiaozi Park Financial and Business District in Chengdu now has a mixed-use complex that fills the last vacant site. Chengdu Jiaozi Courtyard Towers situated near the Tianfu International Finance Centre, the complex boasts three office towers and a conference center on a ring-shaped plinth.

HOK will expand the current program of the stadium by wrapping it in sinuous, reflective cladding and covering it in a see-through “membrane”. The team has referred to the design as the “Stadium of the Future.”

Heatherwick Studio unveiled the design of an exhibition hall on Shanghai’s West Bund waterfront. The building named ‘West Bund Orbit’ will serve as a landmark on the Huangpu riverbank and represent the future Financial Hub center in Xuhui District.

The Netherlands has as of late declared its cooperation in Expo 2025 in Osaka, Kansai, Japan, and the plan for the Netherlands Structure has been unveiled.

On June 7, 2023, IGY Marinas announced a partnership with NEOM to develop and operate the prestigious Sindalah marina. The port will have 86 berths for yachts up to 50 meters long and additional serviced offshore buoys for superyachts up to 180 meters long.

Located at the center of Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island Cultural District, Foster+Partnes unveiled Zayed National Museum in 2010. Its debut has been repeatedly postponed. Originally scheduled to open in 2012, the date has been pushed back to 2013, then 2021, and now 2025.