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The Yuandang Pedestrian Bridge is a 586-meter hybrid bridge that combines the surrounding landscape with the infrastructure.

IoT can enable a public intervention to analyze emotive language in real-time from Twitter and project it back to the installation through colorful displays.

Let us admit that we all are curious about the metaverse and the future it is offering to pursue all the buzz created since Mark Zuckerberg announced it in October 2021.

The UAE Pavilion, designed by Santiago Calatrava, highlights the UAE’s history and aspirations through its mesmerizing architecture. It is located in the center of the World Expo 2020 exhibition site in Dubai. By an impression from the majestic falcon, the country’s national bird, the building spreads 28 moveable wings in a symphony to represent the UAE’s strength and legacy. The whole pavilion is surrounded by culturally significant trees and provides a calm and tranquil environment for visitors.

Taiyuan Botanical Garden was initiated to fulfill the desire of transforming a former coal-mining area into a landscape park that functions not only as an essential model for landscape design but also provides access and information about natural ecosystems by including a building infrastructure that can be used for research.

Russian Pavilion benefits from three main concepts of “Opportunity, Mobility, and Sustainability” to divide the exhibition realm into different zones.

Zhengzhou Metro line-7 station’s interior was designed by MASK Architects in collaboration with Shenzhen-based Jiang & Associates Design (J&A)

3D-printed architecture has recently lent support to architecture by offering the new creative potential of efficiently eliminating the time-consuming and labor-intensive model-making procedures, increasing the sense of discovery throughout the design process, and expanding the frequency and complexity of the iterative process digital models into the actual physical artifact. Workflows seem to be more simplified. Research, concept design, and detail studies can all happen simultaneously, resulting in improved communication both internally and outside now.

“Gantry Crane,” the winner of the Cuntan International Cruise Center design competition, is a project designed by MAD architects collaborating with the China Academy of Building Research (CASR) by an impression from the giant orange gantry cranes of the freight terminal. These cranes look like surrealist aliens, providing insight into designing a futuristic city.

Kengo Kuma and Associates provide a student center at the entrance of the Tokyo Institute of Technology, named Hisao & Hiroko Taki Plaza. The project is a partially underground structure hidden with wooden bleachers. The reason behind this approach is to preserve views of the campus clock tower that is Tokyo’s oldest building and the landmark of the campus. Indeed, the project aims to serve as the new landmark student center inspired by the clock tower.