Civil, Architecture & Construction.

Denmark-based Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) with Hijjas Architects & Planners & Ramboll Group has announced the lead masterplan design for the Penang South Islands (PSI) project.  It involves the development of three man-made islands under the Penang South Reclamation (PSR) project. The project is selected as winner by the Penang State Government as international competition to design a masterplan for Peneng South Islands. The project provides a vast land reclamation which includes Penangites with approximately 4.6 Km of public beaches, 600 acres of parks and a 25 Km waterfront also connecting by autonomous transport network. Each island is modelled to form a lilypad which will be composed of mixed-use districts. The Laguna, BiodiverCity's westernmost island is an oasis for ecological living, organized around a central marina. Eight smaller islands form a miniature archiopelago. The masterplan proposal - BiodiverCity - supports the Penang 2030 vision with a clear focu...

Small Island Developing States Building Resilience and Climate Action  Courtesy of ARUP Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are vulnerable to a range of shocks and stresses, and are particularly affected by climatic change. Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are a group of small island countries that tend to share similar sustainable development challenges, including small but growing populations, limited resources, remoteness, susceptibility to natural disasters, vulnerability to external shocks, excessive dependence on international trade, and fragile environments. Courtesy of ARUP Their growth and development held back by high communication, energy, transportation costs, irregular international transport volumes, disproportionately, expensive public administration and infrastructure due to their small size, and little to no opportunity to create economies to scale. Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are on the front line of global cli...

Istanbul New Airport Courtesy of iGA Architects:  Grimshaw Architects, Haptic Architects, Nordic Architects Location:  Istanbul, Turkey Client:  Cengiz-kolin- Limak-Mapa-Kalyon Consortium   Project Area:  1,400,000 m 2 Concept Design:  Grimshaw, Nordic Office of Architecture, Haptic Architects   Design & Development Architect:  Scott Brownrigg  Programme & Project Management:  ARUP Courtesy of Haptic Architects By the edge of the Black Sea, 35 km outside Istanbul, lies Istanbul Airport. Nordic and partners developed the concept design of the mind blowing airport, featuring the largest terminal in the world with the capacity to cater for 90 million passengers per year. This will increase to over 150 million passengers once fully complete. Terminal 1 of the Istanbul New Airport will be the world's largest airport terminal under one roof, with a gross floor area close to one million square m...