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This week on Dezeen, Japanese studio Nikken Sekkei unveiled the world’s longest cantilevered skyscraper in Dubai.
The 67.5-metre-tall cantilever protrudes from a link connecting two skyscrapers in Dubai’s One Zabeel development.
This cantilever is one meter longer than the 66.5 meter long observation deck at Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands, making it the longest in the world.
In New York, two skyscrapers made headlines with the completion of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill’s 285-meter-tall Two Manhattan West skyscraper in midtown Manhattan.
Meanwhile, KPF released an image of the skyscraper at 520 Fifth Avenue (above). The skyscraper is being built nearby and will be wrapped in arched windows.
In design news, NASA and Lockheed Martin unveil their first “quiet supersonic” jet.
Designed to have a cruising speed of 925 miles per hour, the X-59 supersonic jet’s unique shape was created to reduce noise produced by sonic booms.
Also this week, the first full-height wooden wind turbine with tower built by wood technology company Modovion began spinning in Sweden.
The 105-meter-tall tower was made from a type of mass timber called laminated veneer lumber (LVL), while the rotor blades and generator hub were made from conventional materials.
In China, architect Junya Ishigami has unveiled a kilometer-long museum across a lake in Rizhao, Shandong province.
Following the opening, we have compiled 10 buildings in China that interact with the dramatic landscape.
Popular projects this week included a Herzog & de Meuron-designed infinity pool on Lake Como, a bamboo pavilion in northeast India, and a green terrazzo flat extension.
Our latest lookbook features New York City loft interiors and living rooms where vintage furniture adds a touch of “untold history.”
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