Shenzhen Bay Square Waterfront: MAD

Shenzhen Bay Square Waterfront by MAD Architects

MAD Architects, led by Ma Yansong, wins 2 international competitions to develop Shenzhen Bay Square. The winning masterplan and architectural design create an ambitious urban development project with a vibrant cultural complex.

Huntonstranda in Gjøvik, Oppland

Huntonstranda in Gjovik

URBAN POWER recently won the new competition of Huntonstranda in Norway. The development includes a future culture house and climate adaptation provided by a resilient park stretch along the shore of Lake Mjøsa.

Fengpu Avenue Master Plan, Fengxian New City

Fengpu Avenue Master Plan, Fengxian New City

Integration, health, wellness and sustainability are the key elements guiding Woods Bagot’s concept master plan for an 8.62-kilometre stretch of Fengpu Avenue – an important pioneer development axis in Shanghai’s Fengxian New City.

Canada Water Masterplan in Southwark

Canada Water office building by Allies and Morrison

Masterplan by Allies and Morrison for £4 billion regeneration of Canada Water submitted for planning. The 21 hectare scheme for developer British Land is the largest single-owned development in London. 40 new buildings are proposed.

Shellharbour Club Building, Illawarra

Shellharbour Club Building, Illawarra

$74m development masterplan of the Shellharbour Club on NSW’s south coast, designed by Buchan Group, Architects. It was established in 1956 and attracts more than 530,000 people a year.

REM Concept for Montreal Cityscape

REM Architectural and Landscape Concept for Montreal Cityscape

Award-winning firms Lemay, Perkins+Will and Bisson Fortin will design an integrated, sustainable system of light-rail train stations, woven into urban, industrial and natural landscapes, as part of NouvLR General Partnership’s recently won contract for the 67-kilometre network.

Wetenschapspark Arenberg Masterplan

Wetenschapspark Arenberg Masterplan

KCAP updates masterplan Science Park Arenberg in Leuven, Belgium. At the Wetenschapspark in Heverlee the university KU Leuven offers space for companies in biotechnology, the ICT sector and mechatronics.

Oslo Airport City in Norway: OAC Development

Oslo Airport City in Norway

Norwegian practices Haptic Architects and Nordic – Office of Architecture have unveiled their winning designs for the masterplan of Oslo Airport City (OAC), a new model for a sustainable smart city located adjacent to Oslo Airport.

Dubai World Expo Masterplan, UAE

Dubai Expo Masterplan

Dubai World Expo Masterplan, UAE, design by HOK / Populous – HOK led the design team that developed the master plan for the Expo, which is expected to draw more than 25 million visitors from October 2020 through April 2021.

The 1,082-acre (438-hectare) Expo site is on the southwestern edge of Dubai in Jebel Ali, near Dubai’s new Al Maktoum International Airport and Jebel Ali Port.

Dubai Design District Masterplan – d3

Dubai Design District Masterplan - d3

Following the delivery of phase 1 of its masterplan, Dubai Design District (d3) has revealed development plans for a dedicated Creative Community which will cover around 1,000,000 square feet within d3.

HALO Kilmarnock Masterplan, East Ayrshire urban park

HALO Kilmarnock building facades

HALO Kilmarnock by architects Keppie Design is located on former Johnnie Walker bottling plant site: a multi-faceted brownfield regeneration with an innovative urban park plus dynamic commercial, educational, cultural, leisure and lifestyle quarter.

Oslo Bispevika Development Norway

Oslo Bispevika Development

Scandinavia is currently the centre of attention on the global stage as the world goes mad for its clean, minimalistic aesthetic and interesting lifestyle trends such as hygge. However, Norway and Oslo in particular seems to be at the hub of it all.