"Sand Castles (part II)" by Markel Redondo. Image Courtesy of Markel Redondo
The winners of the DJI Drone Photography Award have been announced, a competition calling for ideas to make creative use of drone photography, and to explore subject matters impossible to experience on foot. This year, the two winning projects consisted of a new perspective on Spain’s 3.4 million abandoned houses, and the documentation of salt production across Europe.
https://www.archdaily.com/892004/beauty-or-tragedy-aerial-imagery-of-spains-abandoned-housing-estates-wins-dji-drone-photography-awardNiall Patrick Walsh
ZHA’s brief will encompass the design and execution of new NMIA terminal building, an Air Traffic Control Tower, and associated access. The airport will be situated across Mumbai Harbor, connected to the city by a planned rail link, and access to national rail networks. ZHA's previous work in the airport sector includes the Beijing Daxing International Airport (pictured), which is slated to be the world's largest airport terminal.
https://www.archdaily.com/890738/zaha-hadid-architects-to-design-navi-mumbai-international-airportNiall Patrick Walsh
Foster + Partners has won an international competition for a new luxury hotel and apartment complex located just outside the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Borrowing from traditional Arab architecture and the area’s mountainous terrain, the mixed-use development will take the form of a cluster of vertical building clusters, arranged in a stepped topography.