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Boston has officially banned fossil fuels in all new city-owned buildings

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Boston is officially ending its reliance on fossil fuels in government-owned buildings after Mayor Michelle Wu signed a new executive order banning their use in all new municipal construction and renovation projects across the city. Boston’s stock of municipal buildings is currently responsible for only 2.3%

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Boston may soon become the next major American city to ban fossil fuels in new buildings

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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has announced an ambitious new city-wide plan that would eliminate the use of fossil fuels in new developments and major renovations in an effort to take "every possible step to climate action.". If passed, the Home Rule Petition to the state’s new Bill H.5060

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NBBJ will lead the redevelopment of Paul Rudolph’s Hurley Building at Boston Government Center

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Hurley Building at the Boston Government Service Center. The move was announced last week after years of speculation as to the fate of Rudolph’s endangered Brutalist follow-up to his Yale School of Art & Architecture building from 1963.

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Boston reprioritizes Planning and Development Agency as reformers push to eliminate structural inequality

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The Boston City Council passed a measure Wednesday to shift planning authority away from the Boston Planning and Development Agency, a body that's reshaped much of the city in the 20th century and has faced criticism for the power it wields over building and urban renewal. as overwhelmingly white and male.

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Paul Rudolph’s Blue Cross – Blue Shield building declared local landmark by Boston Landmarks Commission

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The Boston Landmarks Commission has unanimously voted to declare the Blue Cross – Blue Shield building by Paul Rudolph a local landmark.

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Eight office buildings in downtown Boston could become residential apartments under pilot program

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Some office buildings are easier to convert into apartments than others.

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Cho Thompson unearths Boston building's history to inform office interiors

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US studio Atelier Cho Thompson has redesigned the shared spaces for an office building in Boston , borrowing shapes and materials from its history for new interior elements. The team uncovered original terrazzo floors in some areas and worked with experts to restore any sections that were damaged.