A4 Architects

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The fact that the country was in the midst of the Great Depression and there were essentially no zoning regulations further facilitated the break-up of larger houses into apartments and ADUs. The 2018 “Resilient Rhody” plan solidified this commitment, allocating funding for ADU development and relocation assistance.

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Community Architect Daily

MARCH 19, 2024

Ever since artists revived New York's SOHO they have become the target of revitalization strategies, in Baltimore's Station North District probably more so than in the three other "Arts and Entertainment Districts" in the City. Obviously, the intersection of these two zones has a pull in both directions. as partners. as partners.

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Community Architect Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2023

"The full weight of city government is ready to make this a reality. For sake of argument, let's set aside qualms about the high-rises or the question why giving a developer public parkland for for-profit development is the height of brilliancy. This gives everyone a chance to mull this over.

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BD+C

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The urban core is a big focus of development, though there is also clear interest in surrounding neighborhoods. Photo © Ryan Kurtz, courtesy GBBN Architects For designers and developers, this means recognizing opportunities in affordable housing to center people’s needs holistically while responding to the local history, culture, and climate.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Nationwide, office vacancies stand at 17%, with some big cities—San Francisco, Houston, Austin—topping 30%, while the U.S. But making an adaptive reuse project pencil out in a tight financing market isn’t so simple. faces a housing deficit of 3.8 million units. But this process involves intricate considerations to ensure success.

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Architecture Ideas

APRIL 3, 2024

Also, be aware of any planned development that could bring new construction, retail, or roads into the area soon. Budget and Financing Knowing what you can truly afford is priority number one when buying a home. This tells you the loan amount you qualify for based on your finances, which sets your true price range.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Tianfu Conference Center is in the north of Chengdu Tianfu Airport City and is considered as one of the most important developing elements in the area. Unlike the Conference center in other cities, our design is located on a picturesque lake in a scenic area outside the city. © MARS Studio. © MARS Studio. © MARS Studio.

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Brandon Donnelly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

As is the case in many/most North American cities, the article talks about how the majority of new multifamily builds are filled with studios and one bedrooms. As I said before: “ Everybody wants a 3 bedroom condo until they see what they cost.”

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e-architect

JUNE 7, 2023

With a dramatic cantilever and façade details inspired by the bamboo-weaving traditions of the region, the conference centre serves as an eye-catching addition to the site’s most prominent corner, facing the Tianfu International Finance Centre.

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e-architect

MAY 10, 2023

Ashrafieh 569 building before the intervention: photograph © Marianne Gharzouzi Thanks to ALIPH’s agility and its strong network of partnerships, many of these projects were financed quickly and launched without delay. Georges: photograph courtesy of ALIPH In Beirut, ALIPH has supported more than 20 projects for a total of USD 3.6

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e-architect

DECEMBER 7, 2022

IQON Quito, Ecuador mixed-use building, South American Housing Project, Uribe Schwarzkopf property development. After four years of construction, IQON rises 130 m making it the tallest building in the Ecuadorian capital Quito – a city with one of the highest elevations in the world. 7 December 2022. Architecture: BIG.

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Bustler

MAY 15, 2023

These are the 2023 finalists and their proposals: Isabel Abascal: “Mother Architecture: Shaping Birth” Isabel Abascal is a Mexico City–based architect and writer. In addition, the fieldwork, data collection, and prototype development, among additional research, will all result in the first Architectural Manual for Culturally Safe Births.

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e-architect

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Saint Joan of Myrrh Church, Kharkiv, damaged during shelling of the city: photo : Emmanuel Durand. ALIPH (The International alliance for the protection of heritage in conflict areas) is the main global fund exclusively dedicated to the protection and rehabilitation of cultural heritage in conflict zones and post-conflict situations.

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Bustler

MAY 30, 2022

Event Date: Jun 8, 2022; Event City: New York, NY, US FILM SCREENING + PANEL DISCUSSION Hybrid Format: In-Person Tickets & Zoom Tickets Available 1.5 HSW REGISTER HERE: [link] Every community should have an opportunity to develop a collective vision to shape its future.

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Architecture Here and There

MARCH 24, 2023

Chapter 22 concludes Part II of the book, whose final two chapters record the two major projects that sparked the Providence renaissance, which followed a series of major hiccups in the city’s development, which have been described in the other chapters of Part II, reprinted here over the past several months.

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Architecture Here and There

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Forces are gathering to undo much of the good work done in recent decades to improve the city of Providence. City and state officials are drooling at the gusher of allegedly free federal funds flowing from Washington, hundreds of millions of dollars, and they are falling for the most fiscally unsound schemes to spend the money.

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Deezen

JULY 21, 2023

Market forces are pushing cities towards a shallow and Instagram-friendly impression of authenticity that makes everywhere feel the same, writes David A Banks. Everywhere looks the same, even as each city proclaims louder than ever that they are unique and different. Maybe you detected it before the lockdown too.

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e-architect

JANUARY 16, 2022

In Dublin, Michael Mullen, who leads large-scale, urban regeneration and leisure projects such as The Net Zero Carbon Wren Hotel, Bonham Quay and Augustine Hill, takes on his new role and Max Martin, who has been instrumental in developing and leading major healthcare projects in both the UK and international locations, is promoted in Sheffield.

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BD+C

MARCH 13, 2024

financing more socially inclusive projects is often the stickiest issue—particularly if you want to take something that is classified as office and convert it. Yet in Europe, financing mixed-use buildings is bread and butter; we don’t even question how to invest in those structures. I would add zoning to the conversation.

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Brandon Donnelly

JUNE 30, 2023

Developed by Green Street Flats and designed by Craig Race Architecture , it is a near perfect example of what Toronto hopes to achieve with its new multiplex policies. That said, this project predates the new multiplex policies, meaning it required a long list of zoning variances and it led to an inevitable fight with the neighbors.

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Architizer

MARCH 3, 2022

Her publications include the books 49 Cities and Above the Pavement—the Farm! both of which seek to redefine the relationship between cities, farms and nature. Like the High Line, the park includes an elevated pedestrian walkway that helps give city dwellers reprieve from the crowded streets. Raha Ashrafi . Kimberly Dowdell.

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Santa Cruz Architect

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Accessory Dwelling Units are more popular than ever, and cities across California are recognizing the importance of ADUs in the fight to end the state’s housing crisis. Just recently, Freddie Mac updated their ADU financing options and CalHFA extended their ADU Grant Program to help even more homeowners build backyard homes.

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Santa Cruz Architect

JULY 16, 2023

The upshot is that the City’s Planning Department has become more proactive in support of folks wanting to build ADUs, with the result that the associated rules and fees have become considerably more reasonable over the past several years. The City has posted interim guidelines at its website. What is an ADU?

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Community Architect Daily

MARCH 8, 2024

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. Re-zoning: The hottest trend?

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Brandon Donnelly

OCTOBER 14, 2022

And here is the key takeaway: What this chart is saying is that new housing is rarely added in cities with the lowest-value homes. However, as home values increase, the incentive to build and the ability to finance new projects also increases, and that is what we see in the above chart. And this makes sense. This also makes sense.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Dugdale, a Yale professor based in New York City, has written a book set in Germany between the two world wars, using the Tower of Babel and the artistic output of Uriel Birnbaum from Austria as threads to explore how architects recreated in a world where God is absent. Hey, architectural historians like gift books, too!)

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Santa Cruz Architect

MARCH 19, 2024

Understanding SB-9: The Duplex Bill SB-9 fundamentally alters the municipal review process for two-unit housing developments on single-family lots and property subdivision. Effective statewide from January 1, 2022, SB-9 mandates compliance from all California cities. SB-9 in Practice: What Can You Build?

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A Better Built Environment

MAY 9, 2021

They function and make Tokyo a surprisingly affordable city for millions of residents and businesses. When taken together, the small lots, narrow streets, and intimate shops make the experience of walking the city enjoyable and safe. The city as a whole is beautiful. Meanwhile, in America we have taken the opposite approach.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The Federal Housing Administration has announced expanded financing options for "granny flats" that are meant to make a dent in the affordable housing crisis. But this week, the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced new policies that expand mortgage financing options for dwellings that have, or will include, an ADU.

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Dwell

AUGUST 2, 2023

But can downloadable drawings provide the affordable housing the city desperately needs? Last week, the City of Los Angeles rolled out a new tool to address the city’s housing crisis. The You ADU is the first city-owned plan that is publicly available and can be downloaded from the city’s website.

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Community Architect

MARCH 8, 2024

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. Re-zoning: The hottest trend?

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Dwell

JUNE 26, 2022

Myriad state and county land-use restrictions complicate projects, and since Hawaii uses a general excise tax instead of a sales tax, transactions at every stage of development add costs. A measure was proposed in the Honolulu City Council earlier this year to raise taxes on homes that sit vacant for half the year or more, from 0.35

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Anderson: A high water table and chronic flooding has prevented this traditionally low-income neighborhood from realizing its full development potential. Besides the environmental challenges related to urban stormwater runoff and flooding already mentioned, there are social challenges related to race and access to the city.

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Santa Cruz Architect

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Individual cities and counties would have latitude to decide if they want their residents to have the option to sell their ADUs. AB 1033 would also be advantageous to current homeowners who could use the sale of an ADU to help finance its construction. Finally, from a social perspective, it could increase gentle density in many cities.

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aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Situated in Greater Boston’s city of Malden, the innovative community is the first of its type under Malden’s newly created Cohousing Zoning Ordinance, legislation that French 2D helped catalyze. Paths throughout the building and site provide accessible routes and common areas with richly layered interior and exterior spaces.

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e-architect

JANUARY 25, 2022

New Architecture Developments + Buildings in Scotland – Built Environment + Architects Updates. The development consortium which owns more than 200 acres of prime development land in the west of Edinburgh has unveiled an ambitious vision for a significant new neighbourhood to be built on the site. Scottish Buildings News.

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Community Architect Daily

MARCH 17, 2021

Initially proposed Stonewall Westport development What is on the table now for actual development is neither Pat Turners multi billion Westport plan nor Kevin Plank's Under Armour International Headquarters. First to deflate was Baltimore developer Pat Turner's Westport., The development proposes 11.8 office building.

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