In October, Dubai’s massive new airport—World Central Airport Dubai—cleared its first commercial flight. It’s expected to become the world’s busiest airport, but, with plenty of other contenders quickly taking shape in Asia and the Middle East, it’s going to have some stiff competition. Welcome to the mega-airport boom.
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When natural disasters hit, one of the first relief supplies to arrive is clean, bottled drinking water. But soon the empty bottles could be put to good use, too—in the form of this new style of disaster housing.
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Oh, my. Our most beautiful items this week really run the gamut. From stadiums shaped like vagianas, to crazy digital fabrication, to a beautiful futuristic speedboats, we’re really going for it this time around. Enjoy some of our favorite posts from the worlds of art, architecture, and design in the past week:
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A new public toilet in Ichihara, designed by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, gives visitors a little extra space to contemplate nature, when nature calls. [Architizer]
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Tall buildings are economic bellwethers: Evidence suggests they tend to rise just before recessions
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De Rotterdam, a massive tower designed by Rotterdam darling Rem Koolhaas, has opened. It is the city’s largest building—a little bit of Manhattan, in Rotterdam. It’s also, in an odd way, a tribute to the original World Trade Center.
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This week, the internet’s collective chortling
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The so-called "Roominaroom" project by London-based architects atmos studio won a 2013 UK Wood Award yesterday for its extraordinary level of craftsmanship—from computer-milled, cut, and fitted ornamental oak beams to precision joinery—for a renovated flat in the city.
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Gizmodo EIC Geoff Manaugh and U.K. architects Smout Allen tapped an unlikely source to help create their new exhibition
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China’s grim (and growing) air pollution problems cast some pretty dark shadows on the country’s urban hubs, which often look like they’ve been photographed using a "muddy water" filter. That makes these crisp and sunny pics of the Huaxin Business Center in Shanghai’s Xuhui District all the more surprising.
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