Multiplex Moves Forward with University of Glasgow’s Research Hub

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Plans for a new £113m University of Glasgow, Scotland research hub have been given the green light by the city council. Multiplex will now proceed with full-scale building work on the scheme, after beginning piling works onsite earlier this month. The 17,000-square-meter research hub, designed by HOK Architects, will be the first building to be constructed on the 14-acre site of the former Western Infirmary, a teaching hospital in the city that closed down in 2015. Part of a wider £1bn campus development program, masterplanned by AECOM and 7N Architects, the hub will be a vibrant, collaborative facility at the … Read more

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STRABAG Subsidiary ZÜBLIN Receives Contract to Build Nuremberg School Center

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The Ed. Züblin AG, a subsidiary of the listed European construction group STRABAG SE, was commissioned to plan and implement the new construction of the Bertolt Brecht School in Nuremberg, Germany. The contract amount is € 108 million and the construction period is scheduled from November 2018 to November 2021. The cooperative school center consists of a municipal high school, a municipal secondary school and a state middle school. With its sports classes, the BBS is a so-called “partner school of competitive sports” and was awarded as the Elite School of Sports (German Olympic Sports Federation) and Elite School of … Read more

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World’s Tallest Statue Inaugurated by Prime Minister of India

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The world’s tallest statue, the Statue of Unity, was recently inaugurated in the Indian state of Gujarat with a ceremony officiated by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. At 182 meters (597 feet), the Statue of Unity is two times the height of the Statue of Liberty in New York City and surpasses the height of the world’s previous tallest statue—China’s Spring Temple Buddha­—by 29 meters (95 feet). The Statue of Unity depicts India’s first Deputy Prime Minister, the freedom fighter Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Sardar Patel is known for his leadership during India’s struggle for independence, as well as … Read more

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Construction Projects Planned, Ongoing by World’s Megacities Valued at $4.2 Trillion

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A total of 6,645 planned and ongoing construction projects by the world’s megacities, valued at $4.2 trillion and fueled by the increase in population, are sparking interest in residential and infrastructural developments, according to GlobalData, a data and analytics company. The United Nations predicts that, between 2016 and 2030, the percentage of the world’s population living in cities with at least a million inhabitants is likely to grow from 23 percent to 27 percent, and the number of megacities is projected to increase from 31 to 41. Following a recent assessment of project pipelines in major cities worldwide by GlobalData, … Read more

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An Intimate Look at Denmark’s New Noma Restaurant Village

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The award-winning restaurant noma worked with BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group to create its new home as a restaurant village just outside of Copenhagen’s city center. Situated between two lakes and within the community of Christiania in Denmark, the new noma is built on the site of a protected ex-military warehouse once used to store mines for the Royal Danish Navy. Imagined as an intimate culinary garden village, guests are welcomed to experience a new menu and philosophy that will redefine noma for years to come. Central to the design was the idea of dissolving the restaurant’s individual functions and organizing them … Read more

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