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Foster + Partners and Sasaki Associates designing Sierra Leone island city for Idris Elba

Deezen

Architecture studios Sasaki Associates and Foster + Partners are masterplanning a smart city for up to a million people on Sherbro island in Sierra Leone. Sherbro Alliance Partners, which is co-ordinating the masterplan, has enlisted energy company Octopus to develop a strategy for electricity generation based on wind power.

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A simple guide to 15-minute cities

Deezen

The 15-minute city concept has repeatedly made the news this year. What are 15-minute cities? The 15-minute city is an urban planning concept that, as its name suggests, aims to create communities where people can access key amenities by travelling no more than 15 minutes on foot or by bike. Who invented the 15-minute city?

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Amazon's latest warehouse battle has San Francisco lawmakers pushing for a moratorium on similar developments

Archinect

The second most valuable company in the world, Amazon has been gobbling up space throughout the southeast corner of the city, taking advantage of zoning meant to preserve blue-collar jobs in a market in which housing and office space have typically generated higher revenues.

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Case studies on inclusionary zoning

Brandon Donnelly

Back in 2017, Portland, Oregon enacted new inclusionary zoning policies mandating that all new residential projects with 20 or more units must deliver a specified amount of affordable housing. Early accounts, by people like Joe Cortright of City Observatory , suggested that the market was reacting to this new requirement as you might expect.

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Gemini Splendor, Dubai Residential Development

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Gemini Splendor’s advantageous location in Mohammed Bin Rashid City offers easy access to Dubai’s key landmarks, including Downtown Dubai, Dubai Mall, and Dubai International Financial Centre, linking it to the surrounding community and providing for professionals and families.

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Dyson launches air-purifying headphones to tackle "dual challenges" of noise and pollution

Deezen

Technology company Dyson has announced that its Dyson Zone air-purifying headphones are set to go on sale, despite the product attracting widespread criticism when it was revealed earlier this year. Named Dyson Zone , the device combines a set of noise-cancelling headphones with a detachable visor for filtering out air pollutants.

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On the Future of Cities

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

Over that time he has served as an architect, planner, educator, and an advisor to cities in and beyond the US, including Charleston, South Carolina, Omaha, and New York City, where he was Director of Urban Design in the Department of City Planning.

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