Dezeen Agenda features plans for two-kilometre-long elevated walkway in Dubai

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Dubai ruler Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has announced the Dubai Walk masterplan, which aims to add 6,500 kilometres of pedestrian walkways and transform the city into a pedestrian-friendly hub by 2040. The design will include a two-kilometre-long elevated and air-conditioned looped path.

This week's newsletter also featured Elon Musk's claims that The Boring Company could build a transatlantic tunnel for around $20 billion, Chinese researchers' creation of a sponge that can absorb 99.8 per cent of microplastics, and an exclusive interview with the art-design duo the Haas Brothers on this year's Design Miami.

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