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New photos detail possible construction of second Taiwanese Apple retail store Construction of Apple’s second retail store in Taiwan may be well underway, new photos show. The country’s first official Apple store opened in the Taipei 101 skyscraper last June with 130 employees. Images documenting the construction of Taipei’s massive Far Eastern Xinyi Shopping Mall posted on the Taiwan City Forum depict a sleek, low-profile structure located on a highly visible lot directly in front of the towering new mall. With curved glass walls, a polished, gently sloping roof nearly identical in style to Apple Michigan Avenue, and an interior...

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Aquatics Center Construction On Schedule There are fewer than 750 days until the opening ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympic Games and Tokyo organizers say all is going according to plan construction-wise. The newly constructed venues, including the Olympic Aquatics Center, are 20-40% complete and on schedule, organizers said after a media tour this week. Media toured the Canoe Slalom Course, Sea Forest Waterway, Ariake Arena, Olympic Aquatics Center, all in Koto Ward, and the Olympic Village in Chuo Ward. All those venues as well as the Seaside Park Hockey Stadium (Ota Ward), Dream Island Archery Field...

Lewis Arts complex receives industry awards for redevelopment, construction Two wings of the Wallace Dance Building and Theater in the Lewis Arts complex soar toward the sky as seen from the plaza below. Photo by Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications Princeton University’s Lewis Arts complex, which opened in October 2017, received two industry awards this month for its redevelopment focus and for construction of a cultural building. Karen Jezierny (center), director of public affairs at Princeton University, accepts the NJBIA New Good Neighbor Award at a July 17 ceremony at the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, New Jersey. Also pictured: NJBIA...

david chipperfield architects completes amorepacific headquarters in seoul after eight years of design and construction, the new headquarters of amorepacific, korea’s largest beauty company, is complete. designed by david chipperfield architects, the 30-storey cube-shaped building broke ground in central seoul in 2014, and provides a place of work for 7,000 people. meanwhile, three roof gardens, on the 5th, 11th, and 17th floors, serve as external areas that offer views over the city and the mountains in the distance. the project broke ground in 2014 image © noshe | main image © laurian ghinitoiu     the site, which has been...

the world cup stadiums that have had the biggest impact on cities and sport Once every four years, summer isn’t about the beach, ice cream or the unbearable humidity in the NYC subways. every day, you’re transported across the world to watch the most important sporting event: the FIFA world cup. the tournament is impossible to experience without emotion, memories of being with friends, family and experiencing the heat and joy that only sport can bring. the focal point of the world cup — which provides all viewers with memories that will last a lifetime — are the massive colosseums...