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A new 15-minute city is being developed near Salt Lake City

Brandon Donnelly

In 2018, the Utah State Legislature passed a bill creating a new land authority to guide the future development of 600 acres of state-owned land in Draper, Utah (just south of Salt Lake City). In this case, the plan is to create car free zones (or limited vehicle zones) across the various centers of the development.

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Dhaka Tower, Bangladesh building by OMA

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Rather than conforming to a standard zoning envelope of a tower on a podium, the base is pyramidal, providing soaring atriums with direct connection to landscaped exterior spaces. Two triangular floor plates are connected by a rectangular core with panoramic lifts overlooking the lake.

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Diocesan School for Girls Music & Drama, Auckland

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The building is the latest stage in the School’s 15-year Masterplan, prepared by McIldowie Partners and Upton Architects in 2005. The Masterplan was conceived and implemented to ensure appropriate, sustainable, cohesive development of the campus over time. Completion date: 2018. Architect: McIldowie Partners. Building levels: 3.

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ReefLine Sculpture Park, Miami Beach

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Led by Shohei Shigematsu, OMA will design the ReefLine’s masterplan as well as a distinct sculpture within it, collaborating with a team of expert marine biologists, researchers, architects and costal engineers. The organic form provides layered zones for coral reef growth and interstitial spaces for exploration.

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Estonia Architecture News: Estonian Buildings

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Estonia Architecture News 2018 – 2020. 7 Sep 2018. Old City Harbour Masterplan 2030 competition , Kadriorg, Port of Tallinn. The Port of Tallinn launched the competition for ideas for the development plans of Masterplan 2030 for the Old City Harbour in 2016. 22 June 2020. Wood Works. 26 Feb 2019. 1 Sep 2017.

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Baltimore's newest thing is an old hat elsewhere: Topgolf

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Further investigation revealed that what is happening here on the former Animal Control and Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter (BARCS) is another piece in what I would call Baltimore's new fun zone at the Middle Branch and is related to the biggest fun palace, the Horseshoe Casino. Top Golf, under that definition fits fun.

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Architectural Drawings: 8 Landmark Public Parks in Plan

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Understanding the challenge of offering versatile and inclusive communal facilities, a masterplan competition was organized in 2018. These zones are organized in terraces that descend from northeast to southwest, with each layering over the next. Salesforce Transit Center Park.