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PituRooms: The world’s narrowest hotel is nine feet wide

What has been dubbed as the world's skinniest hotel was inaugurated in December 2022, at the city of Salatiga, Indonesia. Furthermore, the creator of this hotel is an architect who was raised in Sal...

China’s Sanya Cultural District competition winning design visualized

The competition for the new Cultural District in the Chinese city of Sanya was completed in late September and resulted in a winning design by Zaha Hadid Architects, which resembles floating over...

Largest offshore wind farm in the US gains federal approval

On Tuesday, October 31, the 2.6-GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project (CVOW) gained a Record of Decision by the Bureau of Ocean Energy (BOEM), bringing it one step closer to final approval. In a...

China’s futuristic Chengdu Science Fiction Museum opens by hosting Worldcon

The Chengdu Science Fiction Museum is a futuristic building in Chengdu, China, which opened to host the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) on the 18th of October. Chengdu is the capital of...

Cambodia’s brand new Siem Reap–Angkor International Airport opens

Siem Reap–Angkor International Airport is Cambodia’s biggest and newest airport after its first phase opened on October the 16th. The airport is located in the country’s northwest Siem Reap province...

The leaning tower of Bologna closes amid settlement concerns

Bologna’s leaning 48-meter tall Garisenda Tower was closed during the weekend, after worrying movement was monitored by scientists of the University of Bologna. The Garisenda tower is part of the ci...

Landslide disrupts Metro-North and Amtrak rail services in Westchester County of New York

A landslide took place in Westchester County, New York, early on Saturday, October 21st, and caused disruptions to Metro-North and Amtrack rail services over the weekend, blocking four nearby tracks....

Coal train hits landslide in New Zealand and gets partially derailed

A coal train got partially derailed after it hit a landslide in New Zealand’s Buller Gorge during the early hours of Monday, the 16th of October. Buller Gorge is located in the northern part of Sout...

Sydney Opera House turns 50 and here are 7 visualized rejected proposals

The iconic Sydney Opera House was inaugurated exactly 50 years ago, on October 20, 1973, by Queen Elizabeth II, and here are presented 7 visualized proposals that were rejected during the internation...

Broadway Subway Project’s TBM breaks through Oak-VGH Station in Vancouver, Canada

The first of the two tunnel-boring machines (TBM) digging through the Broadway Subway Project broke through the Oak-VGH Station in Vancouver on October 12, 2023. The news came on Friday, as the Gove...

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