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Baltimore could have had this

Community Architect Daily

First in 2018 it became the winner the of a national competition that included 238 US cities and was called the "Hunger Games" by Wired Magazine and then in 2022 some of the defense glory came back wit Boeing declaring that it moved its headquarters here from Chicago. Even Amazon's offices are said to be dog friendly).

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

Architizer

The firm’s designs for the Hamedan Chamber of Commerce , slated to be built in 2027, took home both a Popular and a Jury A+Award in 2018 in the unbuilt institutional category. Readers of Architizer have recently celebrated Carillo’s work as well, selecting her 2016 project Iturbide Studio as a Popular Winner in the 2018 A+Awards.

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The Rise and Fall of Baltimore's HarborPlace

Community Architect

A 2018 essay by Cal Poly Professor and urban planner Vincente del Rio states that Baltimore's Inner Harbor plan was a pioneer in its vision, components, and implementation process, having received more architecture and urban planning prizes than any other similar project in the United States. (Initially nobody thought tourists would come).

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Baltimore: From sideways to upwards?

Community Architect Daily

Duds instead of "game changers" The currently most widely known mega project is perhaps Port Covington ("Baltimore's Port Covington to be the Silicon Valley of athletics wear", Archpaper , 2018), which at one point even competed to attract Amazon's headquarters. Klaus Philipsen Related articles on my blogs: What Makes a City Smart?

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American Icon or Chief Offender?

Community Architect

Or, more precisely, and even more mundane, the zoning that enables it. The culprit hides out in a section of municipal zoning code that is titled "Single family residential", frequently abbreviated as R1. The history of zoning Zoning in general rarely gets much attention these days. Let's review the battles lines.

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How climate, pandemic, and war shape the "future proofing" of buildings, cities and regions

Community Architect

San Diego's downtown housing, inclusionary zoning with a density bonus program , and a 10 year homeless strategy present a creative and broad arsenal of solutions, but they have not made a noticeable difference or tamed the run away housing cost yet. How will masterplans look like that plan for such a features?

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