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Disney's Polynesian Village Resort DVC Tower Construction Update April 2024

Disney shared a first look at Cotino, the First Storyliving by Disney Community., which will be located in California’s Coachella Valley.

Source: https://twitter.com/thrillgeek/status/1773086069526876172?s=48&t=ZYxeBbAvARyX8nRDiLi5HQ

The Netherlands officially kicked off construction for its pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, with a groundbreaking ceremony held today at the Expo site in Yumeshima.

The Netherlands pavilion, themed "Common Ground," will showcase innovative solutions for the world's most pressing challenges, such as climate change, food security, and an aging population.

Visitors to the Netherlands pavilion, opening in April 2025, will experience cutting-edge technologies harnessing the power of water to accelerate the shift towards clean, renewable energy.

Source: https://nlplatform.com/articles/groundbreaking-ceremony-expo-pavilion-construction

Renderings for Wynn New York City, a proposed $12 billion mixed-used development on Manhattan’s West Side featuring a casino resort, have been released.

An 80-story tower overlooking the Hudson River would house the casino, hotel, and resort amenities. The resort structure would be surrounded by additional buildings with office space and residencies. Wynn and Related are also proposing a 750-seat public school, a daycare, and a community center to demonstrate the project’s commitment to the community.

Source: https://www.casino.org/news/wynn-new-york-city-casino-renderings-released/

New York’s Resorts World Plans $5 Billion Expansion in Casino Bid

Resorts World also proposed a 7,000-seat entertainment venue and 350,000 square feet of meeting, conference and entertainment space that it said will be the second-largest of its size in the city.

The plan involves adding some 2 million square feet of entertainment, gaming, retail, dining and convention space on top of its existing 1 million-square-foot facility. It proposes a 350,000-square-foot casino floor that it said will be one of the largest in the world. The project would also add 1,600 new hotel rooms on top of the 400 already available at the Hyatt Regency JFK Airport.

Source: https://www.costar.com/article/466046470/new-yorks-resorts-world-plans-5-billion-expansion-in-casino-bid

Foster + Partners 'wins contract to design 2km-tall Saudi skyscraper'

The scheme is set to be twice the height of the current record holder, the 828-m-tall Burj Khalifa in Dubai designed by US-based Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), reported The Architects’ Journal.

The proposed record-breaking Riyadh skyscraper, which will come up on a site close to King Khalid International Airport, north of the Saudi capital, would be more than four times higher than Foster + Partners’ current tallest scheme: the 423m-tall JPMorgan Chase World Headquarters at 270 Park Avenue, New York, which is nearing completion, it stated

Source: https://www.zawya.com/en/projects/construction/foster-partners-wins-contract-to-design-2km-tall-saudi-skyscraper-hgey4s7b

Danish architecture studio BIG has designed a baseball stadium in Las Vegas with a massive metal shell and the "largest cable-net glass wall in the world".
Sited on the Las Vegas Strip, the ballpark was designed by BIG in collaboration with engineering firm HNTB for Major League Baseball team the Athletics (The As), which is moving from Oakland, California, following the 2024 season.

The covered ballpark will contain seating to accommodate 33,000 people. Its massive dome will be clad in "shimmering" metal and made up of five overlapping forms, with a glass wall hanging from one end that the studio said will be the "largest cable-net glass wall in the world" if completed.

The stadium is planned to be complete in spring 2028. The building is the second that BIG has designed for the team, following a previous proposal for a stadium in Oakland.

Source: https://www.dezeen.com/2024/03/06/las-vegas-athletics-ballpark-big-spherical-armadillo/

The Kuwait Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka

The pavilion's audacious architecture was designed by architectural firm LAVA (Laboratory for Visionary Architecture). It picks up on Kuwait's characteristic landscape and tradition and uses them as recurring elements throughout the pavilion. The open and inviting architecture with its opening wings symbolizes a welcoming gesture and stands for the country's famous hospitality.

The pavilion is bright, and its façade illuminated at night, underlining the theme of the "Visionary Lighthouse". The heart of the two-story pavilion with its grand roof is intended to inspire reflection on Kuwait's future. Designed as a central dome, this main space is inspired by the idea of resting in the desert at night under the starry sky. The courtyard at the back of the pavilion is modeled on traditional Islamic architecture and features a beautiful garden with typical Kuwaiti planting.

Quote: https://via.tt.se/pressmeddelande/3424767/a-visionary-lighthouse-kuwaits-expo-2025-osaka-pavilion-presentscountrys-past-present-and-future?publisherId=3194838&lang=en

The organizer of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka has pushed back the construction deadline for pavilions from mid-July to mid-October this year.
About 50 countries have opted to build their own pavilions. But their plans have largely been upended by soaring material costs, a shortage of labor, and difficult negotiations with construction companies.
Only 36 of those countries have secured a contractor. And construction is actually underway for just five pavilions.

Source: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240217_02/