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Globale Snapshots

Wichtige Projekte, die man im Auge behalten sollte, aufkommende Chancen, die es zu verfolgen gilt, und innovative Entwicklungen, die Inspiration für die architektonische Praxis weltweit bieten.

Tokyo’s Kanda invites children to redesign public space

NTT Urban Development uses Minecraft to introduce children to urban design, linking digital participation with wider efforts to improve public space in Tokyo

Barcelona turns 100 shops into architecture galleries

Aparadors d'Arquitectura displayed models from 70 practices across ten districts, connecting architectural communications with neighbourhood commerce and everyday public life

Curitiba uses public incentives to bring city-centre buildings back into use

Brazilian city Curitiba has received 47 proposals representing approximately US$53 million in potential investment, as a new programme offers financial incentives to transform underused buildings and reactivate commercial spaces in its historic centre

Oman’s Urban October sets out a national project pipeline

Twenty agreements spanning new cities, regional housing and tourism show how Oman is bringing developers and designers into its urban development programme

Puebla’s Patio Efímero opens up historic courtyards

Now in its seventh and final edition, Patio Efímero brings together property owners, architects and artists to temporarily open Puebla’s historic courtyards to the public, exploring how contemporary art and architecture can encourage new uses for existing heritage spaces

Guggenheim Abu Dhabi turns its architecture into content

After two decades in development, Frank Gehry’s 84,000m² museum is entering its final delivery phase, with its design story forming part of the opening programme

A small museum brings China’s ancient city wall into everyday public life

Qing Studio has designed a 330-square-metre archaeological pavilion in Jingzhou that protects centuries of history while reconnecting the historic city wall with its surrounding public spaces

Ghent turns the city’s waste into a material for its design museum

More than 82,000 bricks made from local waste now form the façade of Design Museum Gent’s new wing, taking a circular material developed specifically for the project from experiment to permanent civic architecture

Accra warehouse becomes AFI’s permanent home

Lesley Lokko’s African Futures Institute has adapted a former tile warehouse into a flexible base for architectural education, research and public life

Tijuana rethinks public sports infrastructure as an urban landscape

A 60,000-square-metre sports and recreation complex by Border Arquitectos brings playing fields, pedestrian routes and gathering spaces together, showing how recreational infrastructure can serve a wider civic purpose

Vancouver asks architects to help shape the rules for building taller

An international ideas competition is feeding directly into Vancouver’s review of its Higher Buildings Policy, giving architects and planners an opportunity to influence how the city approaches height, density and public benefit

New York prepares to rebuild Coney Island’s historic boardwalk

New York has opened procurement for the US$1+ billion reconstruction of Coney Island’s 2.4-mile boardwalk, creating a major opportunity spanning landscape, public space, coastal resilience and architecture

South Africa builds a US$210m tourism project pipeline

Fifteen tourism developments spanning heritage, hospitality, cultural infrastructure and new visitor attractions are being presented to investors as South Africa looks to turn growing tourism demand into new projects.

Bilbao Fine Arts Museum builds above its past

Foster + Partners and Luis María Uriarte expand Bilbao’s historic museum by building above its existing architecture while keeping the institution in use

Uzbekistan builds a new generation of cultural landmarks

The opening of Tashkent’s Centre for Contemporary Arts is part of wider investment in museums, heritage and creative infrastructure that is bringing international architects into Uzbekistan

Mubadala and TARAF explore Al Reem waterfront district

A proposed 10-plot masterplan pairs sovereign investment with private development, placing pedestrian connections and public space at the centre of the brief

Limassol opens €25.5m arts centre competition

An international competition links a potential design commission with plans for cultural infrastructure shaped around artists’ working needs

Gerhard Richter turns his art into a Doha pavilion

Commissioned by Qatar Museums, the permanent pavilion brings artist-led architecture into Doha’s public realm, timed to launch alongside a new international arts quadrennial

Royal Victoria Dock tests a floating housing future

Haptic Architects and Gort Scott are leading a feasibility study to establish whether a floating residential community can be delivered in east London.

Yong Ding pavilion offers route into UIA 2029

An open competition for a 200m² Beijing pavilion offers young architects prize money, a commission and potential access to a wider international programme