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Winter Olympics: inside the ice ribbon ‒ the oval track for speed skating

Populous

Here’s the National Speed Skating Oval, Beijing’s spectacular ice rink seating 12,000 designed by Populous

# China (1027) # Sports complex (213) # Populous (12)

Beijing 2022 winter olympics - the 3 hubs where the games are being held

The aquatics water cube turns into the curling Ice Cube: here’s how china is reusing its venues from 2008

# China (1027) # Sports complex (213)

Alvisi Kirimoto is awarded the Nexum business centre project in Rome

Alvisi Kirimoto

Alvisi Kirimoto wins the Ares competition for the Nexum business centre in Rome, with an eco-friendly project attentive to people’s well-being

# Offices (965) # Alvisi Kirimoto (34)

How can landscape urbanism help us re-envision our cities?

We explore thoughts and visions from The Plan Journal’s section on landscape urbanism.

The House of Music opens in Budapest: turning architecture to sound

Sou Fujimoto Architects

Dedicated to the history of European music and designed by Sou Fujimoto Architects, Budapest’s new House of Music opens in City Park

# Hungary (19) # Theater - Auditorium (175) # ERCO (34) # Ideal Work (14) # Sou Fujimoto Architects

The ancient art of metalwork for beauty and avantgarde looks

C+S Architects | Louise Jones | Matt Livsey Hammond | Andrea Borri Architetti | Studio O

Venice, Paris, Astana, and many other cities are united by the art of metalwork. The Gonzato Group’s railings and entranceways stand out for their beauty and safety.

# Design (226) # C+S Architects # Louise Jones # Matt Livsey Hammond # Andrea Borri Architetti # Studio O # Gonzato Group

Architecture and the right to education

“Changing course, transforming education” is the theme of International Education Day 2022, an event intended to promote universities and schools with flexible, inviting spaces in harmony with the environment

# MCA - Mario Cucinella Architects (61) # Education (461) # SANAA Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa (13) # Diller Scofidio + Renfro (17) # Progetto CMR (32) # University campus (103) # Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia (28) # McCullough Mulvin Architects with Designplus Associates Services, Delhi # Beretta Associati

The new SIT headquarters in Padua: technology and sustainability

Giuseppe Tortato Architetti

Giuseppe Tortato Architetti has designed the new SIT headquarters in Padua, a complex that’s innovative, high-tech, and looks like a spaceship.

# Offices (965) # Giuseppe Tortato Architetti (18)

MilanoSesto: a preview of the ex-Falck industrial site being redeveloped as a super green district

Scandurra | Barreca & La Varra | Park Associati | Foster + Partners | ACPV Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel

With the development of Unione 0, the first private lot, work has now begun on the project. A preview of the ex-Falck industrial site being redeveloped as a super green district

# Italy (3161) # Masterplan (187) # Scandurra # Barreca & La Varra (29) # Park Associati (31) # Foster + Partners (28) # ACPV Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel (33)

Spazio Berlendis: a new home for contemporary art in a former venetian boat works

Caprioglio Architects

Located in the Cannaregio district, Venice, a boat works turned exhibition center. This is Spazio Berlendis, a new home for contemporary art by Caprioglio Architects studio

# Italy (3161) # Vimar (59) # Exhibition (438) # Ideal Work (14) # Caprioglio Architects

How are design professionals embracing change coming from the shared society?

Design strategies and public engagement are being redefined by new technologies for the architectural project of ‘the sharing society’

WilkinsonEyre cofounder Chris Wilkinson passes away at 76

Chris Wilkinson, cofounder of international architecture firm WilkinsonEyre, passed away on December 14 at the age of 76.

Lesley Lokko appointed curator of the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale

Lesley Lokko

Architect, educator, and writer, Lesley Lokko has been appointed director of the Venice Architecture Biennial 2023

# Design (226) # Lesley Lokko

Sustainable Landscapes

Sustainability from the point of view of The Plan Journal’s authors, suggesting how design can offer innovative solutions

THE PLAN 135 is out: a critical look at the architecture of today and the cities of tomorrow

THE PLAN 135 says goodbye to 2021. Paying tribute to the year that was and welcoming in the year that’s to come, this is a particularly featured-packed issue.

# Miralles Tagliabue EMBT (17) # Piuarch (17) # Izquierdo Lehmann Arquitectos # GEZA Architettura (20) # GLUCK+ # Stefano Boeri Architetti (11) # Patrik Schumacher # D’Arcy Jones Architects # OMA New York