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Saudi Arabia unveils plans for octagonal floating port city in Neom Saudi Arabia has revealed plans to build the Oxagon port and logistics hub, which would be the "world's largest floating structure", as part of the Neom development. Set to be one of 10 regions within the Neom development in the northeast of Saudi Arabia, Oxagon will become a port city on the Red Sea, designed to take advantage of shipping travelling through the Suez Canal. Oxagon will be an octagonal floating port city The city will act as a port and logistics hub for the wider Neom project – a renewable energy-powered...

The Vortices - Shenzhen Opera House by LUKSTUDIO Project name: The Vortices - Shenzhen Opera House Architecture firm: LUKSTUDIO Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China Tools used: Autodesk Revit, SketchUp, AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D Principal architect: Christina Luk Design team: Munyee Ng, Edoardo Nieri, Andrei Smolik, Dong Wu, Weifeng Yu, Yicheng Zhang Collaborators: Visualization: Infinite Vision Technology Co. Ltd Built area: Site area: 17.5 hectares Design year: 2020 Completion year: Budget: Client: Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality Status: Concept - Design Typology: Cultural › Opera House A cultural destination Shenzhen, a city that was a fishing village...

OCEANIUMS, A Biomimetic Generation of Floating and Sustainable Stadiums, by Vincent Callebaut Architectures Project name: OCEANIUMS Architecture firm: Vincent Callebaut Architectures Location: Factional Tools used: Principal architect: Vincent Callebaut Design team: Collaborators: Visualization: Built area: Site area: Design year: 2022 Completion year: Budget: Client: Status: Concept - Design Typology: Sport › Stadium Vincent Callebaut Architectures: Rather than perpetually building new stadiums for each new World Cup and Olympic Games, we propose to build cultural and sports hubs intended for nomadism at sea. Half boat, half stadium, these low-carbon community hubs would navigate thanks to renewable energies by using solar radiation...

Elemental references "double condition of castles" for cylindrical home in Mexico Chilean studio Elemental has created a round concrete house called Casa del Tec outside of Monterrey, Mexico that is the prize of a raffle that funds higher education at the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey. Completed in 2022 in San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, the three-storey textured reinforced concrete shell serves as a shell for the 600 square-metre home. Elemental designed a cylindrical home in Mexico "We have always been struck by the double condition of castles," Elemental said. "They are fortresses turned inwards, protecting something inside that we...

What is an energy-efficient air conditioner? If we tell you that you can save money and take care of the environment while having an air conditioner at home, would you believe us? Well, the truth is that it is possible, if you choose an energy-efficient air conditioner. You can find energy-efficient appliances including air conditioners in almost all their forms. It may be a higher investment at the beginning compared to a regular air conditioner, however the long-term savings can make up for it. What is energy efficiency? Energy efficiency refers to the optimization of resources to achieve a goal....