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Aviva Studios – Factory International . Manchester

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Since it was launched in 2007, Manchester International Festival has taken place in existing buildings both large and small throughout the city. But spaces with the qualities needed by the art pieces commissioned by the Festival are fewer and fewer, disappearing amid Manchester’s fast-paced redevelopment into England’s new economic hub. In 2015 Manchester City Council launched an architecture competition for a new kind of art venue for Manchester International Festival (MIF), capable of hosting both art performances and exhibitions, separately or simultaneously. Continue reading OMA

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Tower in Bangladesh . Dhaka

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Dhaka Tower, a 150-meter-tall, 180,000-square-meter office high-rise set to become one of the country’s tallest buildings, has broken ground. The design has been led by OMA Partner Iyad Alsaka and developed by Dhaka-based real estate developer Shanta Holdings. Continue reading OMA

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Stone Island . Munich

OMA/AMO . photos: © Marco Cappelletti

Long before social media, Stone Island built a loyal community of followers, drawn by the brand’s devotion to research and technology. The new stores – in Chicago, Seoul, Munich, Stockholm – complement Stone Island’s current online presence. Here, the physical and virtual journeys come together. Continue reading OMA/AMO

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730 Stanyan . San Francisco

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Construction has begun on 730 Stanyan in the historic Haight Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco. Once completed, the 8-story building will add approximately 194,000square-feet of 160 deeply affordable homes and amenities for people with low incomes in San Francisco, including families, formerly unhoused families, and Transitional Age Youth (TAY). Continue reading OMA