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New York Governor Kathy Hochul announces $200 million grant program to attract high-tech industries across the state

Archinect

The grants will be disbursed through Empire State Development (ESD), the umbrella organization for New York’s two principal economic development financing entities: The New York State Urban Development Corporation and the New York Job Development Authority.

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Ellsworth testifies for NYC

Architecture Here and There

Lynn Ellsworth testified at last Thursday’s public hearing of the Empire State Development [ESD] Corporation. I’m an economist and I specialize in economic development. I believe that the project concept and the choice of project site violate the UDC [Urban Development Corporation] Act [of 1968]. Statement by Jane Jacobs.

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Unearthing the Architectural Palimpsest

SW Oregon Architect

Granville Island is a repurposing of an inner-city warehousing and manufacturing backwater into a popular multiuse cultural and commercial destination that retains the bones of its industrial architecture. Influenced by archaeological findings, architects can develop a more informed and nuanced understanding of a project site.

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Nine of John Outram's most "rich, tactile and colourful" buildings

Deezen

Outram's first commission of any size was this warehousing near Heathrow Airport. A wedge of retail space for Dutch developer MAB Groep, it adjoins the old city hall. Thanks to its Lego-like polychromy, the development has acquired a local nickname: de snoeptrommel – the candy box.". Photo is courtesy of John Outram.

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The Legend of the "Invention Garage"

Dwell

It was one of the first times that had ever been done in a residential development, with previous structures housing cars away from the home, lest the residents be caught unaware if the newfangled contraptions spontaneously caught fire.

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Cangzhou Mingzhu International Clothing Industry Characteristic Town’s Service Community | y.ad Studio

ArchiDiaries

After the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Integrated Development Outline Plan was upgraded to China’s national development plan, Beijing’s non-capital functions have been transferred outwards, with the clothing wholesale and processing industries bearing the brunt. Studio, located in Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, China. Site location.

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"The best tool for empowering people is through affordable housing," says architect Victor Body-Lawson

Deezen

Architects should see themselves as the representatives of the community in the building process and not simply as an agent of developers, argues low-cost housing specialist Victor Body-Lawson in this interview. His methods for doing this focus on balancing the needs of communities with the prerogatives of developers.

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