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Who Owns the City? - How David won Against Goliath in Downtown Columbia

Community Architect Daily

See my article about HarborPlace here ). Thus there is some public governance with a County Executive, a council, a planning commission, and a full set of zoning regulations which create a sort of umbrella of rules and representation. See my 2013 article What the New Town of Columbia Can teach Us 50 Years Later ).

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Towers instead of Pavilions: An entirely different Inner Harbor

Community Architect Daily

The new skyline of the Inner Harbor as per Bramble's design team The proposal departs from the original Harbor Masterplan of Wallace, Roberts Todd of the 1970s which defined an inner and an outer frame in which the inner structures had to be low with the exception of the World Trade Center. plan of Ayer Saint Gross of 2013. Not an easy task.

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What Makes a Good Comprehensive Plan?

Community Architect

Comprehensive plans (sometimes also called masterplans) are seen as a snooze, geeky and boring. Trying to inspire residents to participate, Baltimore County put a brief video together explaining what a masterplan is and why it matters. Nicholas Stewart, Esq.

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Density - Dirty Word or Solution?

Community Architect Daily

Suburban fight against new development in Baltimore County (Photo: Baltimore Banner) Onerous regulations have been not only been a tool of separating use, race and class for a long time, they also control how many people can live in a given space, in other words: Density. Fear of density, however, remains. Re-zoning: The hottest trend?

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Is Density a Dirty Word or a Solution?

Community Architect

Today for the first time I publish an article written for my local blog ( Community Architect Daily ) also on this national and International site because of its national relevance in spite of the local examples. Discriminatory regulations are alive and well to this day, often in the guise of respectable goals.

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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. Urban-oriented design is the thread that unites their portfolio of mainly commercial commissions. Anita Bulloni. Gabriela Etchegaray. Rossana Hu. Dasha Khapalova.

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Land Use shenanigans in Baltimore County

Community Architect Daily

Both jurisdictions have started their 10 year masterplan process under MD law and now with equity, inclusion, social justice and climate change on almost everybody's radar, it is more urgent than ever that development and land use planning are transparent, sustainable and inclusive. Hopkins, Esq., and Honeygo Blvd. in Perry Hall.

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