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A bill that could make zoning more inclusive

Community Architect Daily

In recent years planners have become much more aware of the exclusionary effects that zoning has had on people and their towns and cities. The old zoning separated neatly housing from everything else presumably in the interest of public health. Dismantling the legacy zoning system is no small task.

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KOS Mosque / r.a.f.studio

ArchDaily

Completed in 2020 in Konya, Turkey. KOS Mosque is a renovation project of one of the typical mosque projects in the Konya Organized Industrial Zone, which is not only considered a. Images by Gürkan Akay.

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Will Councilman Dorsey's Elimination of Single Family Zoning Help Baltimore?

Community Architect Daily

Does single family zoning prevent development? Today we will look at Baltimore Councilman Ryan Dorsey's zoning bill titled " Abundant Housing Act " which effectively will eliminate single family zoning in Baltimore. Will the suggested zoning bill endanger neighborhoods like this one?

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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. From 2019 to 2020, new multi-unit housing permits in Portland fell by more than 60%. As many of you know, I struggle with inclusionary zoning.

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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 ). . How might you like to see Portland’s zoning change?

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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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Restaurant of Metasequoia Grove in Shan Wan Village by GOA | Restaurants

Architonic

In 2020, the Chinese government launched the "Wujiang · Beautiful Village" rural revitalization proposal. Areas around Zhongjiadang, and Suzhou would be the first launching zone of the program. This project is within the proposed launching zone.

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