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Snøhetta's Shanghai Grand Opera House opened on 17 October on the Huangpu River — 146,786 square metres, three halls, 4,200 seats, and a spiralling roof built as public space, not just cover.
Parsons architecture students built full-scale accessory dwelling units from a single biogenic material each — fiber, mineral or timber — for an exhibition running to 31 October 2026. Their wager: New York's ADU wave, projected to supply roughly 30% of new housing under City of Yes, doesn't have to be built from plastic.
Installation began on 19 October 2026 on around 30 tonnes of glulam roof frames at Sunshine Coast Airport — the defining feature of a A$170 million terminal that will be Australia's first mass-timber engineered terminal when complete.
In February 2026 the Sagrada Família's central tower topped out at 172.5 metres, making Gaudí's basilica the tallest church in the world. The cranes, however, are staying — the main entrance façade has not been built yet.
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