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Cracking the Housing Affordability Nut

SW Oregon Architect

and still prevalent in Europe, could, when paired with zoning reform, enable the cost-effective construction of attractive, light-filled multifamily housing on urban sites currently zoned for single-family homes. Point-Access Blocks Re-legalizing single-stair apartment buildings, or "point-access blocks," offers one promising solution.

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Will Councilman Dorsey's Elimination of Single Family Zoning Help Baltimore?

Community Architect Daily

Does single family zoning prevent development? Today we will look at Baltimore Councilman Ryan Dorsey's zoning bill titled " Abundant Housing Act " which effectively will eliminate single family zoning in Baltimore. Will the suggested zoning bill endanger neighborhoods like this one?

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A conversation with Quang Truong: carbon fiber, zoning, and architecture's slow evolution

Portland Architecture

And that's before he wrote the world's first book about composite materials in architecture, became a Portland State University professor, and founded a software company to visualize complex zoning codes. Recently I talked with Truong to learn more about all these things: composite materials, zoning, education, mass timber.

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The Architect’s Standard of Care

SW Oregon Architect

This requires making informed decisions during the design process, considering such factors as client requirements, budget limitations, sustainability, and safety. This means striving to produce work of high quality and innovation while adhering to applicable building codes, zoning regulations, and industry best practices.

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What if?

SW Oregon Architect

As countless sources report, shuttered storefronts, an absence of people, sparsely populated offices, hobbled restaurants, and concerns about public safety are common across the country. (1) For comparison, this density is exceeded by the areas of the Bethel, Friendly, and River Road neighborhoods zoned R-1.

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The Need for Visionary Thinking

SW Oregon Architect

Instead, the problem(s) may be one inherent in the structure of local governments everywhere, specifically their traditional segregation of functions into discrete silos of responsibilities. The concept supports the full range of transportation options and users of the street system.

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LCC Health Professions Building

SW Oregon Architect

Lane County voters passed a general obligation bond in May 2020 to fund the project, as well as assortment of campus-wide improvements addressing classroom needs, safety and accessibility deficiencies, workforce retraining, and Career Technical Education. Mahlum further broke the 40-foot grid down to three sections of 13’-4”.

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