AERIAL FUTURES: Urban Constellations, NYC

TWA Hotel at JFK Airport New York

A short film looks at complex interface between city and its airports, created on the occasion of the AERIAL FUTURES: Urban Constellations think tank in New York City: it asks how these fragmented constellations can be reimagined more holistically.

Hyperloop Pods and Portals in Dubai UAE

Hyperloop Pods and Portals in Dubai

BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group unveils design for autonomous transportation system and world’s first Hyperloop pods and portals in Dubai, UAE just as Hyperloop One inks major deal with Dubai Roads and Transport Authority.

Hyperloop Suburb by Louise Braverman

Virgin Hyperloop One

Lately there’s a lot of talk about hyperloops, but few of these ideas seem to go beyond the infrastructure itself, asking how this unprecedented closing of distance will affect the way we live: Hyperloop Suburb by Louise Braverman.

IJbaan Cable Car by UNStudio in Amsterdam

IJbaan Cable Car by UNStudio in Amsterdam

The IJbaan is a grassroots “Amsterdammer” citizens’ initiative, snowballing from a crowdfunding campaign led by Bas Dekker and Willem Wessels started in 2015 and now supported by the Municipality of Amsterdam. Its goal is to create a new connection across the IJ by the 750th anniversary of Amsterdam in 2025.

Gothenburg Cable Car: The Gondola Project

Gothenburg Cable Car: The Gondola Project by UNStudio

UNStudio’s design selected as winning entry in competition for Gothenburg cable car. Proposals submitted by BIG, WilkensonEyre, White Arkitekter & Diller, Scofidio+Renfro. Kjellgren Kaminsky are the local architects, Knippers Helbig are structure + engineering advisors.

Birmingham New Street Station building reopening

Birmingham Architect - Birmingham New Street Station building reopening

Design: AZPML. Her Majesty The Queen reopens redeveloped Birmingham New Street station. Occupying an important position in the city and handling a large amount of traffic this building provides the first impression of Birmingham to a large influx of visitors to the Midlands.

Nordpark Cable Railway: Zaha Hadid Innsbruck

Hungerburg Station Innsbruck building

Hungerburg funicular railway design by Zaha Hadid Architects – four new stations and a cable-stayed suspension bridge over a river – celebrates its 10th anniversary. “These stations are the global benchmark for the use of double-curvature glass in construction” said the architect.

Ocean Terminal Extension in Hong Kong, Kowloon

Ocean Terminal Extension

A new gateway for thousands of international cruise liner passengers, the extension to the Ocean Terminal in Harbour City, Hong Kong has opened to the public. The Ocean Terminal Extension was designed by Foster + Partners.

Peckham Observatory in London

Peckham Observatory in London

Design: Cooke Fawcett. The acclaimed young practice Cooke Fawcett has created a spectacular new viewing gallery and kiosk for Bold Tendencies, the arts space on the top of the now famous multi-storey car park in Peckham.

Guangzhou East Railway Station Shenzhen

Guangzhou East Railway Station

Design: Architectural design and Research Institute of SCUT. Winning the bid for Asia Game 2010 offered Guangzhou an opportunity to “upgrade the landmark”. What we decided to do was to optimize the environment with elements of artificial landscape, in order to gradually repair the public spaces.

Afragola Station in Napoli by Zaha Hadid

Afragola Station in Napoli

Design: Zaha Hadid Architects. The new rail station at Napoli Afragola is designed as one of southern Italy’s key interchange stations serving four high speed intercity lines, three inter-regional lines and a local commuter line.

Hyperloop One Global Challenge: Northern Arc

Hyperloop One Global Challenge: Northern Arc | www.e-architect.com

Ryder Architecture and Arup unveil the Northern Arc proposal in Hyperloop One Global Design Challenge. It was revealed as one of nine shortlisted routes spanning the continent as part of Hyperloop One’s global challenge, at it’s Vision for Europe summit in Amsterdam.

Gateway One Shekou Shenzhen Building

Gateway One Shekou in Shenzhen landscape

Design: SPARK Architects. Gateway One Shekou project to this mail. It is a 71,600-sqm mixed-use development and transportation hub for China Merchants and already opens for business now