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At least 200,000 residential structures in New York City are at risk of seismic damage: NYT

Archinect

The five boroughs are home to more than 200,000 multifamily buildings made with un-reinforced brick and built from the mid-1800s to the 1930s, according to a city hazard plan. A strong earthquake could cause some buildings of this type to collapse. A strong earthquake could cause some buildings of this type to collapse.

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Sadiq Khan rejects plans for MSG Sphere in east London

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The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan , has refused a planning application for the Populous -designed spherical music venue MSG Sphere London , as it would have caused "unacceptable harm to hundreds of residents". It was also concerned that due to its high energy usage, the building would not be sustainable.

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What if?

SW Oregon Architect

The thread common to all is whether we should attribute the weakening of the nation’s most important urban centers to the persistence of work-from-home practices, the concomitant increases in office and storefront vacancies, and an attendant decline in property tax revenues. cities piqued my interest this past week.

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It's time for the Social Housing Revival

Deezen

From London to New York, Dublin to Taipei, Lagos to Toronto, Sydney to San Francisco and many more places besides, a comfortable, affordable, secure home is simply out of reach for much of the population. Build new cities? Find ways of designing homes to be cheaper? Overhaul planning systems?

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Demolition of council estates "has peaked"

Deezen

Regeneration of social housing estates – which typically involves demolishing post-war estates and replacing them with new housing that increases the overall number of units but reduces the proportion of social-rent homes – has become a highly contentious issue in Britain. This big push on estate regeneration – I think it has kind of peaked."

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Velux and EFFEKT launch Compass Model for designing sustainable buildings

Deezen

Promotion: window manufacturer Velux and Danish architecture studio EFFEKT have created a design tool to help architects and developers build sustainably "with little cost and effort". This free tool offers a simple, holistic framework for the planning, ideation and design of sustainable buildings," said Velux.

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This week Riken Yamamoto won the Pritzker Architecture Prize

Deezen

This week on Dezeen , Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize for his buildings that aim to foster community. To kick off the series, Peter Apps called for a return to mass public house-building. "We We need a major shift in the way we look at public housing", he wrote in an opinion piece.