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Australia to Showcase World’s Tallest Vertical Garden
The US$2-billion Southbank by Beulah Tower in Melbourne, Australia will soon become the tallest vertical garden in the world after completion. According to Architecture & Design’s report, the project is developed by Beulah and designed by UNStudio and Cox Architecture. On track to become Australia’s tallest tower at 365 metres high, Southbank by Beulah will […]
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World’s Longest Undersea Rail Tunnel Back on Track
The world’s longest undersea railway tunnel project worth over US$17 billion connecting Finland to Estonia appears to be back on track after the Estonian government rejected it due to environmental, economic and safety concerns last year, according to Bloomberg on 26 January The railway will be over 100 kilometres long, mostly spanning under the sea. […]
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China Building World’s Largest Electric River Cruise Ship
Chinese firm, Wuxi Saisiyi Electric Technology, is currently building an electric river cruise ship, named the Yangtze River Three Gorges 1, which is poised to become the world’s largest of its kind after completion. According to insideevs, the project was announced in December and will be launched in July and enter service in November 2021. […]
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Contracts Awarded on US$2.4bn Singapore-Malaysia Shuttle
Japanese contractor Penta-Ocean Construction has been awarded a US$676m civil engineering package for the 4km Johor Bahru–Singapore Rapid Transit System being built to connect Singapore and Malaysia by the Singapore Land Transit Authority (LTA) Penta-Ocean will handle tunneling work, and will build the Singapore terminus of Woodlands North station and the Malaysia terminus at Bukit […]
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Thailand to complete “largest rail station in Southeast Asia” next year
Thailand has announced plans to complete construction in 2021 on the biggest rail station in Southeast Asia. Designed to overcome Bangkok’s traffic gridlock and assist Thailand become a regional transportation hub, Bang Sue Grand Station will replace Hua Lamphong, as the capital’s main station After work began in 2013, the 520 hectare station will be […]
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Plan floated for Island Mosaic in Penang, Malaysia
A team of Danish and Malaysian architects and engineers has won a competition to design a masterplan for a 1,800-hectare artificial island development on Penang in the Malaccan strait in Malaysia. The BiodiverCity project will feature villages for 16,000 residents along 25km of waterfront, 4.6km of public beaches and 240ha of parks. Homes will be […]
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26 Companies Compete to Develop Indonesian Airport
With the Indonesian government planning to transform Lombok Airport to drive the tourism business on the island as a second choice to Bali, 26 companies have expressed interest in bidding to develop and operate the new airport. The US$700-million project has attracted world-leading contractors such as Bechtel and Vinci (the latter which has developed Cambodia’s […]
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Thailand Offers Residency Via Condo Purchase System
In a process approved at the end of November, Thailand is to offer residency visas to foreigners purchasing condos or apartments in a bid to shore up the declining real estate sector and shift completed stock for two years starting in 2021. According to Somchai Soongswang, president of Thailand Privilege Card, buyers will be given […]
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French Architect Proposes World’s Tallest Carbon Sink Tower in New York
French architecture firm Rescubika has recently proposed an over 730-metre-tall carbon sink tower in Manhattan called Mandragora. If built, the project will become the world’s tallest environmentally friendly skyscraper, covered in over 10,000 plants and absorbing more CO2 than it releases. With a design inspired by the mandrake plant, Mandragora goes beyond being carbon-neutral but […]
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Construction on Vietnam’s Largest Airport Project to Begin Next Month
The US$4 billion Long Thanh International Airport project, Vietnam’s largest airport, will break ground next month, according to VnExpress. Located about 40km east of Ho Chi Minh City in Dong Nai province, the airport will be built on an area of 1,800 hectares. The first phase includes the construction of a 75-metre wide, 4-kilometre long […]
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