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Zoning reform can build better residential blocks

The Architect's Newsletter

In 2021, California passed Senate Bill 9 (SB9), a statewide law that allows single-family lots to be split into two lots, with each resulting lot rebuilt or converted into two The post Zoning reform can build better residential blocks appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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On the comparative difficulty of family-sized apartment dwellings in North America

Archinect

His analysis of spatial challenges created by multifamily apartments and zoning conditions was featured recently in Bloomberg 's Odd Lots podcast. So if you’re looking for a family-sized apartment in the U.S.

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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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Eurasian Prize 2021 competition news

e-architect

Eurasian Prize 2021 Architecture Design Contest Shortlist, ArchEurasia, Russian Architectural Competition News. Eurasian Prize 2021 News. 20 December 2021. Eurasian Prize 2021 – Residential Building Grand Prix. 11 December 2021. ArchEurasia 2021. 14.00 – 15.30 live broadcasting from the internet.

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How Ice Cubes by Zone of Utopia + Mathieu Forest Architecte is Changing the Skyline of Northern China

Architizer

Project Status: Built Year: 2021 Size: 10,000 sqft – 25,000 sqft Ice cubes – The question we were asked was that of the spirit of a place. Architizer chatted with Mathieu Forest, Founder of Mathieu Forest Architecte, and Qiang Zou, Design Principal at Zone of Utopia, to learn more about this project.

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GRUNER&FRIENDS Develop New SWISS LIFE – KPMG HQ

Architizer

Year: 2021. The building was stripped down to its bare structure which is kept to retain the building’s zoning privileges. The building was stripped down to its bare structure which is kept to retain the building’s zoning privileges. Project Status: Built. Size: 300,000 sqft – 500,000 sqft. © GRUNER&FRIENDS.

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UK politician attacks 15-minute city concept in parliament

Deezen

Ultra-low emissions zones in their present form do untold economic damage to any city, however, the second step after these zones will take away personal freedoms as well," he said. In 2021, Moreno won the Obel Prize for developing the concept and his contribution to urbanism. "We

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