Year: 2022

The world’s population is projected to hit an estimated 8 billion people on Tuesday, 15 November 2022. The world population is grown by 1 billion since 2010. According to the UN, achieving this milestone presents “a testament to scientific breakthroughs and improvements in nutrition, public health, and sanitation.”

Three days left until the 2022 FIFA World Cup start in Qatar. Many people were excited about the tournament, but on the other hand, in the latest report of the human rights and labor rights charity, Equidem stated that migrant workers were systematically subjected to racism, physical and psychological violence, and human rights abuses.

BIG recently published the first photos of the Vancouver House and Telus Sky skyscrapers in Canada. The two skyscrapers, like “yin and yang”, adopt a complementary curved shape.

France-based artist Anna Zhilyaeva is creating immersive art experiences with VR, holograms, and other technologies. She produces mixed-reality videos. Her creations are more than paintings, they are whole visual experiences.

Blackbird is a single entity that folds indefinitely. The outer metal layer provides security, while the inner wooden coating relaxes the interior.

FIFA 2022 World Cup is scheduled to take place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022. This will be the first World Cup held in the Arab World.

EDGE Suedkreuz Berlin is a seven-story office complex consisting of two structures with a total base area of around 32,000 sqm. The complex stands on an around 10,100 sqm area and has been built using sustainable, climate- and resource-saving, and modular hybrid-timber construction methods.

The Noon Past Night project was designed by Ned Daniels, Payton Haven, and Nawar Sami Al-Ali as part of PAACADEMY‘s “Reactive Miniverse” with Studio Friedenberg – Machmouchi.

Mitchell Joachim is an expert on ecological design and urbanism. Mitchell Joachim is lecturing at Computational Design: NEXT 12 on December 10-11, 2022.

Google Bay view was designed by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group and Heatherwick Studios in close collaboration with Google. The Google Bay View finally achieve a LEED-NC v4 Platinum certification by U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), and now, the largest facility ever to achieve this certificate.