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World’s Largest Archaeological Museum Set to Open in November

Tutankhamun’s Full Treasure Collection Goes on Display This November!

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Yagmur Baydır
August 25, 2025

🌍 The latest in architecture and design, at a glance:

  • The Grand Egyptian Museum is set to become the world’s largest archaeological museum, housing over 100,000 artifacts just outside the Giza Pyramids.

  • Recreating Félix Candela explores how contemporary digital tools revive the iconic thin-shell concrete structures of the mid-century master.

  • Heatherwick Studio’s Soundscape brings a sculptural concert hall and performance park to Seoul’s Nodeul Island.

  • The Pujiang Viewing Platform by MVRDV offers panoramic river views in Chengdu through a spiraling timber structure designed for leisure and observation.

  • A Beginner’s Guide to Parametric Architecture introduces how designers use algorithms and data to shape adaptive, performance-driven buildings in today’s digital age.

  • The Xi’an CCBD project transforms a major Chinese business district with a mixed-use complex that fuses green spaces, retail, and public connectivity.

  • Zaha Hadid Architects’ Masarycka Building redefines a central Prague district with a curving glass façade and dynamic commercial interiors.

  • Waste as Design reframes discarded materials as catalysts for innovation, advocating sustainable strategies in architecture and urbanism.

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See you next edition,
Parametric Architecture

World’s Largest Archaeological Museum Set to Open in November

Recreating Félix Candela: CEMEX Showcases Folding Concrete Technique

Heatherwick’s Soundscape Transforms Nodeul Island into a Metallic Floating Petal Garden

How to Start Designing a Parametric Building: A Beginner’s Guide

New! Dynamic Design with AI: From Ideation to Animation

This workshop explores AI-powered design workflows, focusing on concept development, spatial logic, visualization, and animation. The event is scheduled for October 18 & 19, 2025.

Body Architecture 4.0

This workshop explores the integration of computational design and AI to create innovative, body-centric designs. The workshop is scheduled for September 27 & 28, 2025.

Heatherwick Studio’s Xi’an CCBD: A Cultural & Commercial Landmark

Pujiang Viewing Platform: A Sustainable Timber Pavilion in Chengdu’s Hills

Waste as Design: Recreating with Ocean Plastics and Textile Scrap

10 Landmark Buildings by David Chipperfield Architects

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