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Houston's first innovation district is established using adaptive reuse

BD+C

Vince Flickinger, RID, LEED AP BD+C Events Facilities Retail Centers Shopping Centers Designers Architects Adaptive Reuse Biophilic Design Interior Architecture Projects Reconstruction & Renovation Nestled in the heart of Midtown Houston, a once iconic Sears department store was left vacant after an 80-year history within the community.

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The promising new faces of the Middle Branch

Community Architect Daily

Also in design is the Westport waterfront while the beautiful new Cherry Hill recreation center is already in service for a while. 20% of the apartments completed in the first building phase are designated as affordable units. According to the self reporting, these numbers exceed the minimum required in the community compact.

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Remembering the architects and designers we lost in 2023

Deezen

Described by Architectural Digest India as the nation's greatest architect, Doshi's celebrated designs include the Aranya Low Cost Housing, the experimental Amdavad ni Gufa gallery and his own studio in Gujarat. Doshi also built the Ahmedabad School of Architecture, a school he co-founded with US architect Bernard Kohn.

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CannonDesign Offers a New Urban Living Model with 201 Ellicott Transforming the City of Buffalo

Architizer

Project Status: Built. Located on an important boundary between the downtown core and the city’s historic East Side and at the edge of a major food desert, the project replaces a former surface parking lot with dynamic mixed-use affordable housing, a fresh food grocery and vibrant public spaces. Year: 2021.

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Can Only Growing Cities Prosper?

Community Architect

The sky high local property taxes, the empty houses and the crumbling streets and bridges set in motion a downward spiral, deterring people coming to town and motivating existing residents to leave. Not that rampant urban growth doesn't create its own set of problems such as housing shortages, high rents and massive traffic congestion.

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

Architizer

This article aims to highlight some of the world’s most innovative minds, and celebrate their success in an evergreen format that can inspire the AEC community year-round. It’s not hard to see why: with a design built on mathematical principles inspired by the legacy of Persian geometric theory, this complex exudes rationality and order.

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The Rise and Fall of Baltimore's HarborPlace

Community Architect

Think of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Central Park or Baltimore's National Aquarium and Science Center at the Inner Harbor). Objections about the privatization of public space can easily be seen through the race lens as "the white patronage class ganging up on a black developer", as one former city official put it.

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