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When Weather Becomes a Design Challenge

Community Architect

When a building floods or is torn apart by a hurricane or consumed by fire, or rendered almost useless by weeks without electric power, it used to be "force major" or "an act of god". But with rare becoming common the damages to the built environment reach new heights every year. Unfortunate but rare.

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The missing link in the epic narrative of "the countryside vs the city"

Community Architect

Anyone looking at the US electoral map can see how urbanization manifests itself in the US. Pieter Bruegel: The Harvester, the countryside in 1565 The UN says that global urbanization will continue and that in a few years 70% of the global population will live in metropolitan areas. Clearly, the transition isn't free of tension.

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Density - Dirty Word or Solution?

Community Architect Daily

Especially affordable housing is in low supply, across the US, in Maryland and in almost every local jurisdiction. High cost to construct housing, an ever shrinking pool of public housing and rent restricted housing where more units fall out of the restrictions than come into it on average, red tape, "redlining" and the fear of density.

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Is Density a Dirty Word or a Solution?

Community Architect

Especially affordable housing is in low supply, across the US, in Maryland and in almost every local jurisdiction. High cost to construct housing, an ever shrinking pool of public housing and rent restricted housing where more units fall out of the restrictions than come into it on average, red tape, "redlining" and the fear of density.

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Architecture Market Analysis Report

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With evolving markets and new technology emerging, architects’ approaches to image-building have changed, in addition to the way architects acquire new leads. The project was conducted over a six-week period during the year 2020. The Danish building and construction industries are thriving. Architecture Market Research.

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The Future of Cities: Back to Basics?

Community Architect

Just take all the talk about the "smart city" and the advances that were promised from sensing light poles or sewer lines that can report leaks. Too much was upended for an entire year , including the unfathomable half million neighbors, friends colleagues and family members who perished from COVID before our eyes. Dar-es-Salaam.

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My 125 Business Books for Entrepreneur Architects

EntreArchitect

Everything I have learned about succeeding in business as a small firm architect has come to me in two ways; either through trial and error (with lots and lots of error) or through the many dozens of business and “self-help” books that I’ve read over my many years as an architect. Tribes: We Need You To Lead Us.