Landscape Architecture Magazine

MARCH 14, 2024

To meet the ambitious climate targets ahead, designers, developers, and construction firms need common standards. Reporting methodologies can vary based on the unit of measurement, estimated project life span, or how a project’s area is defined. By Timothy A. Image courtesy Climate Positive Design. Image courtesy Sasaki.

Civil Engineering 76

Civil Engineering Landscape Estimating Regulation 76

Brandon Donnelly

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

During COVID, every developer was terrified that their costs were going to run way from them. According to this recent Globe and Mail article , residential building costs increased 55% since 2020. Developers will always seek to profit maximize and charge whatever the market will bear, so why bother trying to reduce costs?

Real Estate 53

Real Estate Housing Estimating Development 53

Deezen

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The Horn of Africa, for example, has been suffering its worst drought in 40 years since 2020. Increasingly extreme weather conditions are making it impossible to farm in many parts of the region, where an estimated 135 million depend on degraded lands for their livelihoods. The Sahel stretches across Africa just below the Sahara.

Architect 126

Architect Estimating Restoration Management 126

Deezen

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Emonton plans to redistrict the city to priorise public transportation Edmonton's district plan comes from a general City Plan that was adopted in 2020. It references mostly new developments as the city grows. Bike lanes and walking paths will also be integrated into the new development.

Concept 124

Concept Cities Transportation Estimating 124

Santa Cruz Architect

AUGUST 24, 2022

While the initial design included 21 floors,updates and subsequent approvals brought the total to 25 floors in March of 2020. The Ascent development was constructed using a digital twin model, allowing for materials, such as beams, columns, and panels, to arrive on site ready to use with holes pre-drilled to within 1/16-inch accuracy.

Building 97

Building Estimating Materials Innovation 97

Deezen

JULY 6, 2022

A recent graduate of Central Saint Martins' Masters in Material Futures, Steinhage developed the blanket as part of her project exploring ways to make renewable energy products more accessible and affordable – a project she called People Power. The designer is hoping to develop the blanket further and find a manufacturing partner.

Sustainability 133

Sustainability Estimating Windows Government 133

Architizer

JANUARY 2, 2023

And as the climate crisis calls for new standards in design and construction, architects are turning to the existing built environment over developing new structures. Tainan Spring by MVRDV , Tainan, Taiwan, 2020. Jury Winner, 2020 A+Awards, Architecture +Urban Transformation. Photo by Stephane Brugger. Photo by Sam Oberter.

Renovation 81

Renovation Real Estate Environment Estimating 81

Brandon Donnelly

MARCH 9, 2023

And since they were launched in September 2020, these plans have been permitted 130 times. According to this recent “annual report” , it is estimated that about 12% of ADUs in Seattle are licensed as short-term rentals. Los Angeles did something very similar with its “ standard plan program.”)

Permits 64

Permits Housing Building Estimating 64

Landscape Architecture Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Architecture 2030 estimates that the embodied carbon of materials will account for 72 percent of emissions associated with new construction between now and 2030. But in France, reuse is becoming mainstream, and landscape designers are developing innovative approaches to reuse in new projects and recycling materials that cannot be reused.

Landscape 97

Landscape Site Materials Construction 97

BD+C

JUNE 19, 2023

3 Guarantee of investment With the recent surge in remote work and the future of the office still up for debate, apartment projects are currently a better investment guarantee for developers than offices. Depending on the building, developers may be eligible for historic rehabilitation tax credits.

Residential 109

Residential Real Estate Renovation Remodeling 109

Deezen

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Biobased material developer TômTex collaborated with New York-based fashion designer Peter Do to create two looks for his Spring Summer 2023 collection at New York Fashion Week. The collaboration arose from TômTex's founder Uyen Tran and Do's existing relationship after Tran worked for Do at the start of the fashion brand's inception.

Materials 96

Materials Estimating Development Developer 96

Deezen

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

billion people did not have access to basic sanitation services such as private toilets or latrines in 2020. The bins can store 20 litres of solid waste and 30 litres of liquid waste, which Read estimates would allow a household of seven to go around nine days without needing to empty the containers. But globally, more than 1.7

Estimating 110

Estimating Students Development Developer 110

Santa Cruz Architect

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Solar windows are among the latest developments in building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) in which, rather than being applied over it, the photovoltaic element is incorporated into the building’s skin itself. Researchers created the first transparent solar concentrator in 2014 and by 2020 researchers in the U.S.

Windows 87

Windows Estimating Technology Technology 87

Architizer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Having been dubbed the next step in humanity’s evolution, it is no surprise that about $500 billion worth of funding has already been poured into developing the online presence of the new city-state NEOM. Significant parts of the project were initially set to be completed by 2020, with a further expansion completed by 2025.

Cities 77

Cities Estimating Technology Technology 77

Landscape Architecture Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Baker says the Glass Fire in 2020 started just up the road from Larkmead and burned in a U shape around the winery. “It One of several design options developed by Ann Baker Landscape Architecture that respond to drought and wildfire regulations and are available for free online. We had a lot of burnt trees on the river.”.

Permits 92

Permits Landscape Estimating Zoning 92

Dwell

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Lantero—who serves as the Vice President of Abbott Construction , a Southern California company that builds hospitals, government buildings, and hotels—decided to create his family’s Colorado house after selling Abbott in 2020. "I One species, the mountain pine beetle, was estimated by the Colorado State Forest Service to have killed 3.4

Building 103

Building Construction Construction Estimating 103

Architizer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The plants in the XUAR will release an “estimated 49 million tons of global warming gasses, each producing more than any other similar plant” and the estimated air emissions are equal to more than half of the air releases of mercury (14.8 The XUAR government estimates that it has deployed these programs 2.6 million times.”

Government 90

Government Manufacturing Estimating Industrial 90

Deezen

JANUARY 20, 2022

His own practice, the eponymous Peter Barber Architects , has developed a reputation for building sturdy, beautiful social housing as well as homeless hostels. Barber estimates he has designed buildings with 250 rough sleeper bed spaces in London during his career of 40-plus years. Everyone responsible "for sorting the situation out".

Housing 135

Housing Estimating Government Architect 135

Bustler

MAY 15, 2023

The World Health Organization estimates that almost 800 women died from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth every day in 2020. In addition, the fieldwork, data collection, and prototype development, among additional research, will all result in the first Architectural Manual for Culturally Safe Births.

Mining 98

Mining Firms Foundation Education 98

Santa Cruz Architect

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Atmospheric water generators (AWG) are now being developed to squeeze water from the air. Gel Film Technology Researchers at the University of Texas, Austin, have developed an inexpensive gel-film material that can extract 1-2 gallons of water from the air per day. A slight heating of the cellulose releases the captured water.

Innovation 77

Innovation Technology Technology Materials 77

Dwell

MARCH 5, 2022

At the end of 2020, my wife and I bought a two-story brick house on a tiny block in South Philadelphia, near where we’d been renting for close to a decade. But a Stanford study published in early 2022 estimated that the methane leaking from gas stoves in the U.S. Cities across the country are banning natural gas in new homes.

Utilities 124

Utilities Estimating Cities Nature 124

aasarchitecture

OCTOBER 25, 2022

In 2020, a competition was held for the design of the Shenzhen Super Headquarters Base tower C in the city. UNStudio developed a tailored tool to analyze the different positions of tower C in the urban context. Shenzhen, a vibrant and highly innovative city, is home to many leading and innovative corporate headquarters.

Diagram 52

Diagram Innovation Commercial Concept 52

Landscape Architecture Magazine

JUNE 2, 2022

The head of a site furnishings manufacturer in the Bay Area said that in recent months he’d seen the price of the cold-rolled steel he needs for his products rise by 246 percent over that of January 2020. Derek Ryan, ASLA, is a partner and the lead estimator at Alpine Construction & Landscaping Corporation in New York City.

Estimating 85

Estimating Management Landscape Materials 85

Architizer

AUGUST 18, 2023

The changes won’t bring an end to this, but any firm that wants to do business in the economic union, no matter where their headquarters, now needs to prove sustainable sourcing of these materials and that products have not contributed to deforestation that occurred after 31st December 2020. Shor House by Measured Architecture Inc.,

Sustainability 98

Sustainability IT Materials Construction 98

e-architect

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Contemporary Japanese Architectural Developments: New Built Environment Updates. Estimated room price: 48,000 JPY – 200,000 JPY. PLP are the master designer and placemaking strategist for the entire development, as well as the architect for two of the four mixed-use towers on the 6.5-hectare Tokyo Architecture News 2020.

Building 76

Building Architecture Design Art 76

Deezen

MARCH 31, 2023

They are unified by a structure built almost entirely from glued laminated timber (glulam) and cross-laminated timber (CLT), developed with the structural engineering company Florian Kosche. The studio hopes the project will help to raise the status of mass timber and encourage its uptake in architecture.

Design 98

Design Structure Engineering Engineering 98

Architizer

JULY 11, 2023

Improving the Quality of Life for City Dwellers Architects, developers, builders, landscape architects/designers and product manufacturers are the ideal team to create cohesive, functional and sustainable buildings that improve city dwellers’ quality of life. 90-unit housing development in Saint-Ouen , France, by Atelier du Pont.

Roofing 58

Roofing Renovation Architect Landscape 58

Architizer

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In 2020, for example, Architizer introduced the “Adaptive Reuse” category to the A+Awards for the first time ever ; the following year, the Pritzker Prize was awarded to Anne Lacaton and Jeanne-Philippe Vassal, indicating that the values of interpreting place, rather than tabula-rasa scenography, were gaining momentum.

Project 91

Project Architect Client Clients 91

Brandon Donnelly

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Back in 2020, Brian Potter came up with estimates for the entire US building stock. On a square footage basis, single-family homes are estimated to represent about 200 billion square feet. And in total, Brian estimated the entire US building stock to be around 340 billion square feet (again as of 2020).

Estimating 119

Estimating Construction Construction Real Estate 119

Architizer

MARCH 3, 2022

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. 2020 A+Award winner Anna Maria Bordas is an architect from ENSAVT and engineer of Ponts et Chaussées engineering school. Anna Maria Bordas. Cécile Brisac.

Architecture 101

Architecture Firms Inspiration Education 101

Architecture Ideas

DECEMBER 16, 2022

If this is an investment in a new building, you need to estimate the following: timing when the house will be commissioned and will be able to generate income; all the potential risks associated with construction delays. This is especially true for those who invest in real estate for a long time. .

Real Estate 69

Real Estate Construction Construction Home 69

Deezen

JULY 7, 2023

How and why new products are developed is driven by social dynamics, regulations and economic forces." The company estimates that in any given year its use of recycled materials for pillows and quilts stops the equivalent of 100 million plastic drink bottles from entering landfill and waterways."

Manufacturing 100

Manufacturing Design Estimating Events 100

Deezen

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

million tonnes estimated by the organisers and that the offsetting schemes which form the basis for the neutrality claim have a "low level of environmental integrity". A similar debate raged ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics , with accusations of "greenwashing". World Cup "huge opportunity to research and develop" sustainable stadiums.

Sustainability 122

Sustainability Events Estimating Education 122

Architizer

MARCH 21, 2022

As we understand more about our predecessors’ past failings to protect our planet, there is an explicit drive to ensure the negative impact of development is minimized as one of the ways to ensure our future. Green Building Council has advocated for efficiency, sustainability and cost-effectiveness in community development since 1993.

Building 97

Building Sustainability Technology Technology 97

Landscape Architecture Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2022

As a culture of beachgoing developed on the Gulf Coast throughout the 20th century, the park became the crown jewel of Alabama’s state park system. To manage the project, the state hired the University of Alabama Center for Economic Development, which turned to Sasaki to lead a master planning effort for the enhancements.

Restoration 109

Restoration Landscape Estimating Project 109

Landscape Architecture Magazine

JUNE 2, 2022

On August 10, 2020, a massive storm ripped through Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and the surrounding area. All told, hundreds of thousands of trees were estimated lost—about 65 percent of the city’s urban canopy. The 2020 derecho took out trees across Cedar Rapids, Iowa’s parks and neighborhoods. By Kevan Klosterwill.

IT 90

IT Education Cities Landscape 90

e-architect

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In 2020, he founded WGA – the William Gonord Architecte agency. In 2020, he founded the Métrotope architecture agency. During these years, he participated in numerous public and private competitions at various scales (residential, high schools, schools, offices, high-rise buildings, etc.),

Renovation 54

Renovation Residential Management Safety 54