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A bill that could make zoning more inclusive

Community Architect Daily

In recent years planners have become much more aware of the exclusionary effects that zoning has had on people and their towns and cities. The old zoning separated neatly housing from everything else presumably in the interest of public health. Dismantling the legacy zoning system is no small task.

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Urban Alchemy: 7 Magnificent New Masterplans Shaking Up City Skylines

Architizer

From growing vibrant new commercial hubs to the redevelopment of former industrial sites and the sensitive regeneration of heritage neighborhoods, these masterplans are an exercise in reinvention. Most notably, the scheme will see the pedestrian zone expanded, with parking on the streets reserved exclusively for residents.

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gmp wins competition for the ThyssenKrupp Schulte site

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The project is one of the nine sections of the urban and landscape masterplan for the Diebsteich area. ha project site plays a key role. Along Waidmannstrasse, a building with offices and commercial facilities will be the third module. In this context, the 4.7 Source by gmp.

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Chongqing Yuelai TOD by CAN

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The firm is delivering the masterplanning and architectural design for the development which consists of a retail podium, retail precinct, and office towers. Located adjacent to Wangjiazhuang Subway Station, the site is a comprehensive transport hub with the seamless connection of major railways, air, and sea routes. Image © CAN.

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New Kid on the Block: 6 Ways Architects Are Reinventing the Public Park

Architizer

The former industrial lot is now a remarkable public park, imbued with the spirit of its commercial past. Brickwork salvaged from the site extends the roofline down to the ground, creating a tactile connection with the land’s former life. The fabric of a historic warehouse has been preserved and integrated into a new plaza.

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Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) wins competition to design the Jinghe New City Culture & Art Centre

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The centre’s design intertwines with the city’s existing urban masterplan to connect the new multimedia library to the north of Jinghe Avenue with the new performing arts theatre, multi-function halls, studios and exhibition galleries to the south via elevated courtyards, gardens and paths that span the avenue’s eight lanes of traffic below.

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Parramatta Mixed-Use Development, West Sydney, NSW

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The design excellence competition winning design comprises a 52-storey mixed-use tower and an 8 story commercial building. On ground a grand arcade flanks the eastern edge of a new urban piazza, to form an activated edge of a greater precinct masterplan. ” “The proportions are deftly managed and harmonious.”