On Aug 1st, the Chicago Architectural Club and the Chicago Humanities Festival launched UNION STATION 2020, an international design ideas competition for the conversion of Chicago’s Union Station into a high-speed rail hub, regional market, and meeting place.

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On January 13th, Rem Koolhaas of OMA unveiled his plan to create a ring of windmills, which will ultimately provide as much energy as the oil in the Persian Gulf now.

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‘This innovative public exhibition showcased sustainable design excellence and environmental innovations in 6 Houses made from clay, concrete, timber, steel, cardboard, and glass and 2 creative responses that showcase sustainable gardens.

Futuristic use of LED lighting as the norm in the timber House of the Future.’

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This beautiful building, located in Costa Rica, was designed by Gianni Botsford Architects.

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This outstanding building is designed by Cadaval & Solà-Morales. It is located in Oaxana, Mexico.

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This Children’s Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation is located in  Hokkaido, Japan. It is designed by the Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto.

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Vienna architects Delugan Meissl have completed work on the new Porsche Museum in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, Germany.

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On January 23 the Lord Mayor of Hamburg Ole von Beust and the architect Pierre de Meuron presented the Hamburg Philharmonic Hall. Curious to find out more, some six hundred visitors were enticed to the ‘e-werk’ site. Once again the visitors’ huge response was an indication of the fascination and enthusiasm the Hamburg Philharmonic Hall is conjuring up, far beyond the city of Hamburg as well.

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