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Brum City Council sealed the fate of the six-storey 1962 Brutalist landmark earlier this month when it voted for a second time to knock down the building to make way for a 56-storey Corstorphine & Wright housing block. <\/span><\/p>\n

But, with the help of some nifty generative AI, the Humanise crew made quick work of redesigning the 230m-long block, imagining a hollowed-out, foliage-drenched future for it to \u2018spark ideas about how we can break that constant cycle of demolition and rebuild\u2019. <\/span><\/p>\n

Before the decisive council vote, archi-celebs including media mogul Kevin McCloud had joined calls for the Ringway to be \u2018imaginatively reinvented\u2019 instead of razed. Was this speedily knocked-up biophilic rescue effort the \u2018Grand Design\u2019 they had in mind?\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Cheering up the Cheesegrater<\/h3>\n

Giant light-up rainbows are set to spring up under the Cheesegrater to cheer up London\u2019s burnt-out white collar workers.<\/p>\n

The 20ft-high \u2018Elysian arcs\u2019, resembling giant curly rigatoni, will appear under the RSHP-designed Leadenhall building from 26 February. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Eastern City Business Improvement District (EC BID) is launching the ethereal arcs after its workers\u2019 welfare poll discovered half the area\u2019s grafters are miserable. <\/span><\/p>\n

EC BID hopes they will dispel desolation by providing, ahem, \u2018a striking contrast to the surrounding architecture\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

After a visit, organisers suggest a bite to eat at local \u2018bistrot de luxe\u2019 Bob Bob Ricard. Eyeing the prices, here\u2019s hoping they find the pot of gold under the rainbow first\u2026<\/p>\n

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Visualisation of the \u2018Elysian arcs\u2019<\/p>\n\t

Source:Atelier Sisu<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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