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Who Gets to Use the Beach?

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There are a lot of bad actors on this front, but two you’ve likely heard of are tech billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, who, in 2016, built a wall around their Kauai estate they purchased at the dismay of locals , greatly diminishing access to a stretch of pristine coastline once easily enjoyed by the public.

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Revitalizing a Contaminated Site: The Ford Calumet Environmental Center

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Project Status: Built Year: 2021 Size: 5000 sqft – 10,000 sqft Ford Calumet Environmental Center – Once a dumping ground from nearby steel mills, Big Marsh park opened in 2016 on the southeast side of Chicago. The Ford Calumet Environmental Center is the first time a wastewater wetland system has been permitted by the City of Chicago.

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The Downcity Plan, II

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A proposal in late 2016 to build three residential towers of thirty-four, forty-four and fifty-five floors on the vacant Route 195 land raised hopes that there might indeed be a big market for living in or near downtown – predictably, however, they were way out of scale, way out of place and way out of character for Providence. [In

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Los Angeles Is Giving Away Plans for a Pre-Approved ADU

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Rendering courtesy of Lehrer Architects and Kadre Architects The city partnered with smaller architecture firms to design plans for ADUs —emphasizing good design and affordability—that would be pre-approved for permitting ease. You can’t just download it, pay the fee, and get a permit.

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30 Best Architecture Firms in Greece

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The foundation of Western architecture cannot be told without citing the architectural legacy of Greece. The practice deals with architectural studies of private and public works, landscaping of professional spaces, restorations of listed buildings, with hospitality, pharmacies, and retail stores.

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Craven Road Cottage, Toronto, Ontario

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The result is a 720 sf, delicately proportioned, light-filled home, built on its original foundations, while re-envisioning every other aspect of the worker’s cottage vernacular – a turn-of-the-century housing typology that has almost completely disappeared from the city.

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US Architecture News: American Buildings

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Founded in 1867, the university was designated a ‘National Treasure’ in 2016 by The National Trust for Historic Preservation. The concerns that architects voiced in November 2016 of professional collusion with the administration’s partisan agenda proved dishearteningly prescient and well-founded.