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TRAMO / Selgascano + Andreu Carulla

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  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  466
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2023
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Ceramiques Est , Geopannel, Pyton, Sastres Paperers
  • Professionals: La Huertoteca

Eclipse Campus / UNStudio + HPP Architects

Eclipse Campus / UNStudio + HPP Architects - More Images+ 14

Düsseldorf, Germany

Atlantis The Royal / KPF

Atlantis The Royal / KPF - More Images+ 15

Leipzig Justice Center / kister scheithauer gross architekten und stadtplaner

Leipzig Justice Center / kister scheithauer gross architekten und stadtplaner - Exterior Photography, Extension, Facade, Cityscape
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Leipzig Justice Center / kister scheithauer gross architekten und stadtplaner - More Images+ 38

NeuHouse Apartment Building / Gewers Pudewill

NeuHouse Apartment Building / Gewers Pudewill - More Images+ 15

  • Architects: Gewers Pudewill
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  10500
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2020
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Hansgrohe, Bega, APE, BURCKHARDT, COMELIT, +3

Headoffice REWAG / Gewers Pudewill

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Poly Greenland Plaza / gmp Architects

Poly Greenland Plaza / gmp Architects - Exterior Photography, Office Buildings, Cityscape
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Poly Greenland Plaza / gmp Architects - More Images+ 14

  • Architects: gmp Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  177000
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2019
  • Professionals: WES

CentoNew / GEWERS PUDEWILL

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Rostock, Germany
  • Architects: GEWERS PUDEWILL
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  12200
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Tiger Drylac, Warema

Green Heart | Marina One Singapore / ingenhoven architects

Green Heart | Marina One Singapore / ingenhoven architects - More Images+ 15

50Hertz Headquarter Berlin / LOVE architecture and urbanism

50Hertz Headquarter Berlin  / LOVE architecture and urbanism - More Images+ 20

Oeconomicum / Ingenhoven Architects

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Düsseldorf, Germany

Quarter of Nations / Gerber Architekten

Quarter of Nations / Gerber Architekten - More Images+ 14

Boeselburg Council and Student Housing / Kresings GmbH

Boeselburg Council and Student Housing / Kresings GmbH - More Images+ 42

Münster, Germany

Lanserhof Tegernsee / ingenhoven architects

Lanserhof Tegernsee / ingenhoven architects - More Images+ 12

Who Will Design Our Smart Cities? (Hint: Not Architects)

Originally published by Metropolis Magazine as "Big Data, Big Questions", this article by Alex Marshall examines what is arguably the most important aspect of smart city design: not how they will be created, but who will create them. He finds that, though an apparently new phenomenon, smart cities are just like their forebears in that they are built primarily by political will, not microprocessors.

Not long ago, I bought a beetle-shaped piece of silicone and metal that slips into my pocket and keeps track of how much I walk. Called a Fitbit One, it’s essentially a glorified pedometer. The device’s shell is jammed with hard- and software that lets it talk to my computer and iPhone. It sends me attaboys! on its tiny screen and, most importantly, the gadget talks with my spouse’s Fitbit, which allows us to compete with each other.

The Fitbit is not on anyone’s list of smart-city phenomena, but I would argue for including it, because it’s changing my relationship with the streets I walk in New York City. It also illustrates the pervasiveness of smart technology, and its limitations. For all its coolness—and it is cool—my device is doing something digitally that had already been done well mechanically, and at a lower price. A lot of the smart-cities technology is like this—it’s changing how we do things, but often not what we do.

Read on for more about the changes brought about - or not brought about - by smart cities after the break

Im Zollhafen 22 / Gatermann + Schossig

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  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  7200
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2011

Capricorn House Medienhafen Düsseldorf / Gatermann + Schossig

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Centre for Photovoltaics and Renewable Energy / HENN

Centre for Photovoltaics and Renewable Energy / HENN - More Images+ 7

Munich, Germany
  • Architects: HENN
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  12420
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2013