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LWK + PARTNERS Architects, Hong Kong

e-architect

In Hong Kong , a subtropical high-density city, commercial buildings currently take up the highest percentage of electricity use and this is exacerbated by its ageing building stock which is significantly holding back the city’s transition to carbon neutrality by 2050. 29 Oct 2020. 20 October 2020. 20 October 2020.

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Here Is What COVID-19 Will Do to Architecture and Cities

Community Architect

People with those convictions certainly don't think that architecture or cities will change. Already the NYT is reporting a wave of people fleeing New York City for the suburbs. The abandoned office in 2020 Aside from people's preferences, the economic impact alone could be enduring. Those are the effects on the city.

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Event: Building Socially Sustainable Communities: Bridging the Divide at Essex Crossing

Bustler

Event Date: Jun 8, 2022; Event City: New York, NY, US FILM SCREENING + PANEL DISCUSSION Hybrid Format: In-Person Tickets & Zoom Tickets Available 1.5 Spanning eight city blocks on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, Essex Crossing is among the largest redevelopment projects ever attempted in New York City.

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Villa Timmerman, Askim Gothenburg

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Villa Timmerman, Askim House, Gothenburg Real Estate Development, Swedish Home, Scandinavian Modern Architecture. Here, the architects bought a plot of land for residential use and then built a semi-detached house under their own auspices, where the other part of the house partially financed the project. Year: 2018-2020.

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How to Sell a City

Dwell

In the 2020 horror film Scare Me , Fred Banks (no relation) meets Fanny, who says she is on a writing retreat before appending "hashtag escape Brooklyn." Big cities and their neighborhoods are physically and culturally closer to the media than smaller cities, and so the Capital Region has had to work a bit harder to get attention.

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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. Left: Student Residence in Saclay_momentum, Saclay, France, 2020 A+Awards Popular Winner in the Small Multi-Unit Housing category; Right: Anna Maria Bordas via Bordas+Peiro.

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"I have a confession to make: I have no idea what placemaking is"

Deezen

UK housing secretary Michael Gove is backing the creation of a new "School of Place" ; the city of San Francisco has adopted a placemaking ordinance called "Places for People" ; Edinburgh Council has invited the public to participate in a "placemaking consultation".