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News: Harvard GSD reveals four 2023 Wheelwright Prize finalists

Bustler

These are the 2023 finalists and their proposals: Isabel Abascal: “Mother Architecture: Shaping Birth” Isabel Abascal is a Mexico City–based architect and writer. The World Health Organization estimates that almost 800 women died from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth every day in 2020. Osseo-Asare!s

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

Architizer

Her publications include the books 49 Cities and Above the Pavement—the Farm! both of which seek to redefine the relationship between cities, farms and nature. Like the High Line, the park includes an elevated pedestrian walkway that helps give city dwellers reprieve from the crowded streets. Raha Ashrafi .

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Scottish Architecture News: Buildings in Scotland

e-architect

Glasgow City Council secured funding from the Scottish Government to develop a new television and film studio as part of the ongoing refurbishment of the city’s historic Kelvin Hall. million sq ft masterplan in urban placemaking, it is one of the UK’s largest inner-city regeneration projects. 7 Oct 2021. 7 Oct 2021. 3 Sep 2021.

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Is There a Way Out of Hawaii’s Housing Crisis?

Dwell

From the end of 2019 to the start of 2022, the median cost of a single-family home on O‘ahu, where most of the population lives, ballooned from $789,000 to $1.15 Some estimates show that more than 76,000 units are unoccupied and that 30,000 to 60,000 units have been converted to short-term rentals. It’s a perfect place to park money.

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140+ Software Tools for Architecture Firms [2020 Update]

Architecture Quote

Outplanr is a tool used to keep projects on track , and it gives detailed information on the time spent on it against the own estimates. This tool is very powerful when it comes down to calculating single architectural project costs and adjusting estimates for the future. Project Management Tools for Architects. Workflow max.

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The Future of Cities: Back to Basics?

Community Architect

But the future remains shrouded in doubt and uncertainty, the future of cities included. Manhattan, New York City (Photo: Philipsen) Only the broadest terms seem clear: The future won't be like the past, nor will it be how we imagined it before the pandemic. As a result crime went up in many big cities across the nation.

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Why after 20 years EBDI is still no success story

Community Architect Daily

To this end one of the testimonies towards a Planned Unit Development (PUD) bill before the City Council began this way: The wrong game all along? Middle East had been one of the most disinvested areas in the City. Homeownership was a low 18% and the poverty rate was 48%, twice the City average.