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Together for the Terroir

Landscape Architecture Magazine

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.”.

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On the Future of Cities

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

The chapter in the earlier book includes, among other projects, the Lincoln Square Special Zoning District, created in the wake of construction of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and developers rushing to build near it. My wife being from St. The last is now just partially built out, about 25 years after Barnett was brought in.

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A conversation with Quang Truong: carbon fiber, zoning, and architecture's slow evolution

Portland Architecture

And that's before he wrote the world's first book about composite materials in architecture, became a Portland State University professor, and founded a software company to visualize complex zoning codes. Cover of Truong's book, published in 2020 ( Birkhauser ). . A 1990 Prince advertisement ( Tennis Warehouse ). .

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Why All Architects Should Tackle an Adaptive Reuse Project At Least Once in their Careers

Architizer

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.

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What Does it Take to Make Sustainable Buildings? (Part 1- The big picture)

Community Architect

Today's investors, developers, architects, engineers and buyers are expected to consider energy usage, carbon emissions, up-front carbon, operational carbon and life cycle carbon to just mention a few terms. But goals and targets are not solutions. In 2015 the targets were ramped up. Where do we stand today? IEC) When the U.S.

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News: Harvard GSD reveals four 2023 Wheelwright Prize finalists

Bustler

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. Osseo-Asare!s

Mining 98
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Ten buildings that became embroiled in legal battles

Deezen

Soon after it opened, a number of people sued the developers and operators of the slide for injuries, including one woman who claimed to have broken her ankle sliding down the attraction at speed. The slide closed soon after and it was reported that the case between the injured woman and the building manager was settled.