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Zaha Hadid Architects push Dubai’s skyline into a new register with the Symphony Tower, a woven exoskeleton high-rise that turns Emirati craft into climate strategy. SOLARIS rolls out as the world’s first fully solar-powered autonomous motorcycle, hinting at a future where mobility draws its charge straight from the sun.

BIG’s design for the New Hamburg State Opera turns Baakenhöft’s waterfront into a gentle rising roofscape where public paths and performance spaces fold together into one fluid form. We’ve gathered Foster + Partners’ ten upcoming projects into a single list, tracing how the studio’s next wave of work engages global infrastructure and emerging technologies.

ETH Zurich unveils an AI-and-XR design co-pilot that hints at a future where architects co-create with computation as easily as with pencil and paper. Mercedes steps into gaming with an MSI-built laptop that brings automotive design sensibilities into high-performance hardware. And in Central Asia, RMJM’s Dushanbe Tower climbs skyward as a supertall signal of the region’s accelerating architectural ambitions.

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Symphony Tower by ZHA Brings Woven Exoskeleton Design to Dubai

SOLARIS: World’s First Fully Solar-Powered Autonomous Motorcycle

BIG Wins Competition for the New Hamburg State Opera

What is Foster + Partners Building Next: 10 Upcoming Projects

Designing Aspen – The Houses of Rowland+Broughton

ETH Zurich’s AI-Powered Co-Pilot Helps Restore Lausanne Cathedral

Mercedes-AMG Launches Its First Gaming Laptop in Partnership with MSI

RMJM Dushanbe Tower Sets a New Supertall Benchmark in Central Asia

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