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Green thinking in Abu Dhabi
February 14th, 2008 by Dave@LGUK
I have a nice, eco-friendly end to the week - according to the BBC, building work has started in Abu Dhabi on Masdar ("the source" in Arabic and meant here as a reference to the sun/solar energy), the world's first zero-carbon, and zero-waste, car-free city.
Designed by Norman Foster of London architects Foster & Partners, Masdar City will cost $22bn, take eight years to build and be home to around 50,000 people.
Sounding reminiscent of something from Blade Runner, it will be powered predominantly by solar energy and residents will travel in pods set on magnetic tracks. According to Evelyn Lee...
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London’s 2012 Olympic Stadium
November 8th, 2007 by Dave@LGUK
The design of the London Olympic stadium has been revealed. It will be an 80,000 seat stadium of which 55,000 of those seats will be demountable making way for a 25,000 seat athletic stadium when the games have finished. This seems to be the focus of the design - creating a spectacular stadium for the event but very much taking into account the purpose of the stadium after the main event has finished.
A fairly revolutionary approach to stadium building, and a refreshing move away from the tendency with stadium building for each one to out do the next in terms...
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