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HarborPlace: How not to make a deal

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"The full weight of city government is ready to make this a reality. This laissez faire approach is astounding, since by owning the land and having very restrictive zoning in place the City right now has full leverage to control what will happen. They alone are estimated by MCB to cost another $400 million.

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Smithfield Birmingham regeneration news

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Now this 17-hectare development in the historic heart of the city is set to transform Birmingham and create major economic opportunities, including an estimated 8,000 new jobs. This once in a generation opportunity has the potential to reshape Birmingham’s city centre.

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Towers instead of Pavilions: An entirely different Inner Harbor

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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.

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Leach Botanical Garden, Portland, Oregon

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The plans were only partly carried out, and following the deaths of the Leachs, the property was eventually gifted to the City of Portland. Located in southeast Portland, the multi phase Master Plan project will fundamentally transform the botanical garden. Integral to Phase 1 is a new system of trails that reorganizes the garden experience.

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Grant Associates, British Landscape Architects

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Superbloom’ success points towards future possibilities for biodiverse city havens. Grant Associates’ Peter Chmiel appointed as judge for 2022 World Green City Awards. 2022 World Green City Award. Cherrywood Village Masterplan , Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, South Dublin, Ireland. Cherrywood Village Masterplan.

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

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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 .

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Stockholm Central Station design competition

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Stockholm Central Station design competition proposal, Swedish City Building, Transport Development Sweden, Architect. As the world’s collective focus shifts to more sustainable ways of living, working and travelling, it is vital that we enhance and redevelop our transport nodes and repair and connect the urban fabric around them.