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"Cities are branding themselves into predictably unique products"

Deezen

The city is increasingly thought of as prop and backdrop for a life lived on Instagram These are just a few of the elements of the city authentic, the third and latest movement of urban development. Otherwise, only the richest firms and families will be left to steward our architectural legacy.

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Ugly Should Be Allowed

A Better Built Environment

Zoning separates uses leading to monotonous districts and reliance on driving to get the basics needed to live. Codes, regulations, layers of review boards and community driven barriers to development aim to control the size, style, and use of what we build. It makes it hard for smaller scale projects and incremental development.