As a certified National Economic and Technological Development Zone in China, the Chengdu Science and Technology Industry Incubation Park had a planning area of 330,000 square meters. The park is positioned as a platform to help foster the growth of "health-tech" companies. One of its strategies... View full entry

Located in the heart of Guangzhou's bio-tech district, HENN is developing the Medview Regenerative Medicine Innovation Center, a hybrid office and laboratory building set to function as a headquarters and communication center, as well as a development and production platform for start-ups. ... View full entry

Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron and Canadian architects Quadrangle have been selected by Kroonenberg Groep and ProWinko to design a new mixed-use tower in Toronto.  In the north-south orientation, the tower has a 3:1 ratio, creating a thin volume. A linear core at the western facade has been... View full entry

Located on the campus of China Resources University, a private educational institution in Shenzhen, the design of Studio Link-Arc's China Resources Archive Library is composed of a dual program. At 9,000 square meters, the building's function serves as an archive for the university and holds all... View full entry

A sizable Gehry Partners-designed mixed-use complex planned for a corner site in Santa Monica, California is making its way through the city's approval process.  Urbanize.la reports that an preliminary environmental impact report for the project was recently published detailing the... View full entry

Global architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) has broken ground on Platform 16, a new 1.2 million-square-foot office and commercial complex slated for a site next door to Google's forthcoming Transit-oriented village in Downtown San Jose, California.  According to a press release published... View full entry

Plans to turn the old Vallco Shopping Mall in Cupertino into a giant mixed-use development were met with much push back from community members, The Mercury News reports. But now the development, which will consist of 2,402 apartments, 400,000 square feet of retail, and 1.8 million square feet... View full entry

A new mixed-use development in Shenzhen, China designed by the Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) ambitiously pushes the "traditional boundaries between building and the urban context."  OMA's CMG Qianhai Global Trade Center project is described as a compressed "Micro City" that the... View full entry

The New York Times takes a look at the potential impact the coronavirus pandemic could have on the future of transit-oriented development in the United States. Transit use has fallen drastically during the lockdown period, while many high-profile figures, including New York Governor Andrew Cuomo... View full entry

Following the successful passage of a ballot initiative on Super Tuesday, the town of Newton, Massachusetts is moving forward with a proposed 23-acre community development plan that could bring up to 800 new housing units to the site of a former strip mall.  View of the proposed Northland... View full entry

London- and Los Angeles-based architects Hawkins\Brown Architects have unveiled plans for 1000 Seward, a fanciful 10-story office complex in Los Angeles's Hollywood Studio District.  The mid-rise, mixed-use tower, Urbanize.LA reports, is being developed by The Post Group and Plus... View full entry

In recent years, thanks to advances in material specification, graphic appliqué, and building technologies, large, anonymous buildings around the country have been converted into canvases for designers and artists through new experiments in facade design. Oakland-based architecture practice... View full entry

Mumbai-based White Red Architects have been selected to design and deliver two new mixed-use towers located on the Western Express Highway in Mumbai, India. The new development will include residential, commercial space, offices, four cinema screens, and a roof-top cafe. One tower will contain the... View full entry

Zaha Hadid Architects' 67-hectare “Unicorn Island” masterplan in Chengdu is slowly beginning to take shape with the near-completion of its first building, a start-up exhibition and conference center.  The masterplan's catchy name “Unicorn Island” might make it sound like some sort of... View full entry

A recently unveiled mixed-use complex located at 80-100 Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn envisioned by Alloy Development aims to embrace the coming era of sustainable building design.  How? As New York YIMBY reports, the sizable, multi-building development is designed to bring a double-dose... View full entry