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Elon Musk’s Boring Company receives go-ahead to start DC to NYC Hyperloop tunnel

February 20, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

Entrepreneur Elon Musk has been given written permission to begin digging a transportation tunnel in Washington DC, which could eventually facilitate a 29-minute journey between the capital and New York City. Musk’s infrastructure firm The Boring Company now has the paperwork to start work on a Hyperloop transport link in the US Northeast, after receiving

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OMA unveils plans for coloured glass courthouse in Lille

February 20, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Dutch firm OMA has revealed its design for a six-sided courthouse in Lille, France, which will features sheer facades of coloured glass. Commissioned by the Ministry of Justice, the Palais de Justice will play host to Lille’s high and district courts. It will be situated west of the city centre, a short distance from a historic fortress.

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Apple staff “physically hurt” by walking into glass walls at Foster-designed campus

February 19, 2018 Jessica Mairs 0

Emergency services have treated Apple staff for injuries caused by walking into glazed walls at the company’s new Foster + Partners-designed Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, according to reports. The $5 billion (£3.6 billion) campus features numerous glass walls, which are being misjudged by users of building causing collisions and resulting in several people receiving medical

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Apple staff “physically hurt” by walking into glass walls at Foster-designed campus

February 19, 2018 Jessica Mairs 0

Emergency services have treated Apple staff for injuries caused by walking into glazed walls at the company’s new Foster + Partners-designed Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, according to reports. The $5 billion (£3.6 billion) campus features numerous glass walls, which are being misjudged by users of building causing collisions and resulting in several people receiving medical

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World’s tallest timber tower proposed for Tokyo

February 19, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Japanese timber company Sumitomo Forestry has revealed plans for the world’s tallest wooden building in Tokyo, a 350-metre skyscraper that would also be the country’s highest. Sumitomo Forestry, the lumber arm of one of Japan’s largest corporations, is proposing the 70-storey hybrid timber skyscraper to mark the company’s 350th anniversary in 2041. Named W350, the ambitious

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World’s tallest timber tower proposed for Tokyo

February 19, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Japanese timber company Sumitomo Forestry has revealed plans for the world’s tallest wooden building in Tokyo, a 350-metre skyscraper that would also be the country’s highest. Sumitomo Forestry, the lumber arm of one of Japan’s largest corporations, is proposing the 70-storey hybrid timber skyscraper to mark the company’s 350th anniversary in 2041. Named W350, the ambitious

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David Adjaye’s spy museum opens in New York

February 16, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

British architect David Adjaye has completed work on New York’s museum dedicated to espionage, which invites its first visitors to become spies this weekend. Opening today, the interactive Spyscape museum occupies a renovated 60,000-square-foot (5,574-square-metre) building on West 55th Street in Midtown Manhattan, just two blocks away from MoMA. Adjaye’s firm consulted former members of renowned

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UK Construction Week bans “inappropriate” outfits after showgirl backlash

February 16, 2018 Jessica Mairs 0

UK Construction Week is introducing new equality guidelines following the outcry against the use of promotional models wearing Vegas showgirl outfits at last year’s event. Media 10, a publisher and the organiser of the annual trade show, has released a code of conduct for exhibitors “setting the standard” for equality and diversity in the industry. The move comes after Dezeen revealed

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Dubai tower with golden lattice spire named world’s tallest hotel

February 16, 2018 India Block 0

A 356.5-metre skyscraper topped with swimming pools and a golden latticed roof in Dubai has won the title of the world’s tallest hotel. Developed by the Al Attar Group on a plot measuring 30 square metres, the Gevora Hotel stretches almost a quarter of a mile into the air. The Guinness Book of World Records ratified its claim

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Zaha Hadid’s One Thousand Museum tower tops out in Miami

February 15, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

More images have been released to show the luxury amenities that will available to residents of Zaha Hadid’s One Thousand Museum tower in Miami, which has reached its full height. The 62-storey residential skyscraper – one of the late architect’s last buildings – has topped out at 700 feet (210 metres) high. With a curving structural

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