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TCL comment: Harnessing the power of design to transform cities
Scott Adams, TCL Director, comments on the power of good urban design and landscape architecture.
Project
How long is the bridge between nature and architecture? One kilometre, says Junya Ishigami
At Zaishui Art Museum in Ritzhao, Shandong Province, the Japanese architect has recontextualised the connection between architecture, nature and water.
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From birdsong to crashing waves: The sound and vision of Vivid Sydney 2023
As Vivid Sydney wraps for another sensational year, Gillian Serisier spoke with Mandylights lighting designer Tom Wightwick, one of the incredible minds behind recent light events including Sydney World Pride (Opening Ceremony, Domain Dance Party, Rainbow Republic), Poem of the Eternal City (a major theatrical production in Uzbekistan) and this year’s Vivid.
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Sam Crawford Architects designs an eel-shaped pedestrian bridge
The sustainably built Bara Bridge replaces a decaying pedestrian bridge and connects the park to a new light rail station, broader pedestrian/cycle networks and surrounding suburbs.
NSW
One year in Bundanon: A retrospective on The Bridge and Art Museum by Kerstin Thompson Architects, part one
Kerstin Thompson Architects’ work at Bundanon recently marked its one-year anniversary. Having garnered such international attention, and with Thompson having recently been awarded the AIA Gold Medal, it’s a fitting time for a mini-retrospective on this architectural success story.
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Chao Phraya Sky Park: From abandoned railway infrastructure to pedestrian bridge
Left forgotten against the dense metropolis landscape of Bangkok, the abandoned rail infrastructure now connects people and the city in another existence.
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Bara Bridge: The gateway with the swollen belly of an eel
Linking the nearby light rail with Centennial Park, Sam Crawford Architects has designed a symbolically rich bridge that is also striking in form and materiality. It draws on Indigenous history and architectural archetypes to sit with natural ease on the site.
CPD
Held together by function and aesthetics: tensile mesh barriers and facades
These high performance structural materials focus on function but their sailing heritage hints at more than a passing care for design aesthetics. Our CPD Live session takes a closer look.
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This ribbon-like infrastructure is more than just a pedestrian bridge
Integrating connectivity, biodiversity, culture and ecology, this pedestrian bridge by the Melbourne-Shanghai-based firm, BAU, is a hybrid public destination for leisure and relaxation.
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Drift: How one pedestrian bridge enhances connectivity and improves neighbourhood
Designed by Volkan Alkanoglu, Drift is created to bridge a physical divide – a creek – between two halves of one neighbourhood and their respective park systems.
Ideas
Workplace design: Technology, well-being and empathy are key
Rosie Oliver, Design Leader of Woods Bagot Singapore, shares the team’s working process and the common thread for workplace design in the face of a pandemic.
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Reclaiming the Mountain
Designed by LOOK Architects and the Fuzhou Planning and Design Institute, the Fudao Connector in Fuzhou snakes through a lush bamboo forest like an iridescent ribbon. Felicia Toh reports for Cubes Indesign.