Community Architect Daily

JULY 5, 2022

A lot that sits in the downtown of a major city in a strategic position? There is nobody in this City, not at the Mayor's office, not in the Baltimore Development Agency, not in Planning, Housing or the Downtown Partnership who can pick up the phone and force Howard Brown to move off his tush. Neither the City nor the developer budged.

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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. Local zoning regulations often lacked clear guidelines, created uncertainty for homeowners and hindered potential ADU development.

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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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aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 12, 2022

After four years of construction, IQON rises 130 m making it the tallest building in the Ecuadorian capital of Quito – a city with one of the highest elevations in the world. Traditionally a city of dense low-rise buildings, the skyline of Quito was re-imagined following the relocation of the city-center airport over a decade ago.

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e-architect

MAY 25, 2023

The Qianhai district is a special economic zone designated to transform the previously undeveloped 15-square-kilometer bay area into the “Manhattan of the Pearl River Delta.” In this way, the “financial canyon” was conceived as a multilevel terracing pedestrian zone, meandering through the heart of the development.

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Architecture Ideas

APRIL 3, 2024

Budget and Financing Knowing what you can truly afford is priority number one when buying a home. Not just buying a house requires financing – you’ll likely need some form of loan or mortgage unless you can pay all cash (lucky you!). You don’t want surprising gridlock issues.

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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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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.

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Community Architect Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2023

"The full weight of city government is ready to make this a reality. The bills are intended to create the zoning necessary to permit the proposed size of the project which cannot be built with the existing Urban Renewal Plan and current zoning in place. This gives everyone a chance to mull this over.

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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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BD+C

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Most cities still face a shortage of tens of thousands of affordable units. At district levels, we’re seeing zoning incentives that allow greater density or parking exemptions for developments that take significant affordability and sustainability measures, which can really help a project’s bottom line.

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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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Dwell

DECEMBER 1, 2022

I applied to business schools, thinking that I could acquire skills in the private sector and then make a transition into a more mission-oriented role; I earned my MBA at Stanford, and, over the years worked at companies including Marriott, Disney, Circuit City and Musicland, which was bought out by Best Buy. When I got back to the U.S.,

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e-architect

DECEMBER 7, 2022

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. Traditionally a city of dense low-rise buildings, the skyline of Quito was re-imagined following the relocation of the city-center airport over a decade ago.

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e-architect

JANUARY 26, 2022

The wild character of the forest penetrates this zone together with the path of the water. any is located on the border between the open countryside and the city, where the forest is the greatest natural feature of the area. Architecture Tours Prague – Czech capital city walks by e-architect. Architecture in Prague.

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Community Architect

AUGUST 28, 2020

People with those convictions certainly don't think that architecture or cities will change. Already the NYT is reporting a wave of people fleeing New York City for the suburbs. The trends already had significant impacts on the built environment, especially on the liveliness and urbanity of cities, some good, some bad.

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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 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. She will also schedule in-person curated experiences in select cities, including dinner salons, roundtables, panel discussions, and other related events.

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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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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. The club sued, but lost.

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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 Spanning eight city blocks on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, Essex Crossing is among the largest redevelopment projects ever attempted in New York City.

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e-architect

JANUARY 16, 2022

The newly opened Wren Urban Nest, based in the heart of Dublin, is a 137-room, nine floor hotel designed and built using the most advanced carbon reduction technologies, making it one of Europe’s most sustainable hotels in a major city centre. There is no greater proof that People Make Glasgow than to see the city without its crowds.

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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

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. That is ridiculous and so I think all of us should view the new multiplex policies as meaningful progress in our city. Start to finish, Howland took over 3 years.

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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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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 . Gabriela Etchegaray.

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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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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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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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Community Architect Daily

MARCH 8, 2024

A train without development: Failing mall next to a transit station (Photo: Philipsen) With zoning squarely in the hands of local council representatives, NIMBY pressure is always on them to keep new housing in existing communities at bay, especially denser multifamily housing that could bring "those people" to their neighborhood.

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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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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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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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Community Architect

MARCH 8, 2024

A train without development: Failing mall next to a transit station (Photo: Philipsen) With zoning squarely in the hands of local council representatives, NIMBY pressure is always on them to keep new housing in existing communities at bay, especially denser multifamily housing that could bring "those people" to their neighborhood.

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Santa Cruz Architect

MARCH 19, 2024

Effective statewide from January 1, 2022, SB-9 mandates compliance from all California cities. Nonetheless, some cities have faced criticism and formal reprimands from the State Attorney General for ordinances that contradict SB-9’s intent and guidelines. SB-9 in Practice: What Can You Build?

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