Posted January 11, 20241 yr looking ahead to 2024 in architecture — The new architecture set to shape the world in 2024 By Oscar Holland, CNN 7 minute read Published 11:13 AM EST, Wed January 10, 2024 CNN — The past year in architecture may be remembered for superlatives after India opened the world’s largest office building and Malaysia’s Merdeka 118 became the second tallest skyscraper ever constructed. But 2023 was also a year that celebrated subtlety, with a thoughtfully designed Chinese boarding school named World Building of the Year and British architect David Chipperfield awarded the Pritzker Prize — the field’s equivalent to a Nobel — for a career dedicated to understated cultural institutions. The year ahead will likely bring a similar mix of the bold and the beautiful. Here are 10 architectural projects set to shape the world in 2024: more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/10/style/new-buildings-architecture-2024/index.html EPIQ, Quito, Ecuador, Uribe Schwarzkopf/Bjarke Ingels
January 12, 20241 yr Author this monster is underway in athens, but wont be done this year — greeks are complaining about it — The £6.8bn luxury seaside complex turning ancient Athens into a 'mini-Dubai': Locals fear huge development featuring 650ft-towers, marina for mega yachts and casino will make city a 'playground for uber-rich' with 'all Greekness wiped out' By Andrew Young06:27 EST 12 Jan 2024 The sprawling complex is described as Europe's biggest real estate project Construction bosses believe Athens will be transformed by the neighbourhood But some local critics fear the 'tacky, mini Dubai-style resort' more: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12955397/The-6-8bn-luxury-seaside-complex-turning-ancient-Athens-mini-Dubai-Locals-fear-huge-development-featuring-650ft-towers-marina-mega-yachts-casino-make-city-playground-uber-rich-Greekness-wiped-out.html The sprawling complex of glass and concrete, described as Europe's biggest real estate project, is taking shape on 1,500 acres of the city's former Ellinikon international airport which closed in 2001 Hopes are high that the site, on an area three times the size of Monaco, will become the latest destination of choice for well-heeled tourists
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