Archinect

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The New York City Council passed the Rat Action Plan Thursday, a package of four bills that set new pest management standards. Among other measures, it will require applicants for certain construction work permits in the city to certify that a licensed exterminator was retained to effectively treat the premises for rodent extermination.

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Archinect

APRIL 10, 2023

The city granted permits to 988 units last year, and more than 650 were built — not all projects are built during the year they get permitted — outpacing the construction of single houses for the first time As the Seattle Times reports, a change in regulations in 2019 led to the ADU boom locally.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Waymo has already eked out footholds in Phoenix and San Francisco and will need a permit from the California Public Utilities Commission to expand its West Coast operations into what it says is a now $2 billion market.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

No other Western state requires cities to look a hundred years into the future. Small cities like Casa Grande and Buckeye are making the news as prolific cases, with around 3,000 and 6,500 new units permitted in each in the last two years alone. Policymakers may try again, and the governor has set up a task force on the issue.

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Archinect

JANUARY 8, 2024

Real estate website The Real Deal has compiled a list of the busiest architecture firms in New York City across 2023. The ranking sees architects listed based on their role as architects of record for permit applications filed for new buildings and renovations measuring more than 5,000 square feet across 2023.

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Archinect

APRIL 19, 2022

At that time, land was often given to churches, because the City understood they could be a useful tool in creating communities and economy. Combining planning and design, we revised an old master use permit and an expiring contract rezone w. After 1993, the building changed hands several times before falling vacant in 2012.

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Deezen

JANUARY 9, 2024

Testing for the floating +Pool swimming pool proposed for New York City 's waterways will begin this summer upon the project receiving $16 million to advance. The post Testing for floating +Pool to begin in New York City summer 2024 appeared first on Dezeen. The pool is expected to be open for swimmers summer of 2025.

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Brandon Donnelly

JULY 4, 2022

Some of you might remember that Toronto City Council approved new garden suite policies earlier this year. Thankfully, the Ontario Land Tribunal has just dismissed this appeal: What this means is that, as of today, you’re now free to build a garden suite in the City of Toronto. Invariably, this is going to p**s some people off.

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Dwell

MARCH 21, 2024

But after Airbnb caught on in more in more cities since its debut in 2008, acts of bonhomie have given way to a profit-driven short-term rental industry that has created a complex love-hate relationship between city dwellers, property owners, and municipal actors. Below is a non-exhaustive list of the ones specific to your city.

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Deezen

JANUARY 30, 2024

Read: KPF releases images of 520 Fifth Avenue supertall skyscraper in Manhattan The studio took a similar approach to One Manhattan West, although its structural system permitted a "dramatic, column-free lobby" with an uninterrupted curtain wall at its base.

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Urban Realm

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Barton Willmore, now known as Stantec, has prepared plans to expand the only landfill facility within the City of Glasgow to permit its continued operation for up to a decade.

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Archinect

JULY 3, 2023

The company is known for completing Florida’s first permitted 3D printed house in Tallahassee. Video courtesy COBOD on YouTube Located in the southern Florida city of Wellington, the barn spans 10,105 square feet with a height of 13 feet.

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Archinect

APRIL 21, 2023

Image credit: Steven Holl Architects The 1,300-seat concert hall was designed in collaboration with Prague-based associate architects Architecture Acts and is being developed in collaboration with the city of Ostrava.

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aasarchitecture

JUNE 1, 2023

The City of Vilnius has issued the building permit for Business Stadium Central designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. Integrated within the Vilnius City Plan and the popular public square adjacent to the site, Business Stadium Central will be a new gathering place for the city.

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Brandon Donnelly

JANUARY 23, 2024

Here is a mapping, from the University of Toronto’s School of Cities , showing the number of “closed” building permits issued in Toronto between 2013 and 2023 for both rear-yard suites (laneway houses and garden suites) and secondary suites (like basement apartments). This happened to me with Mackay Laneway House.

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Deezen

MARCH 11, 2024

Funding has been secured and construction may begin in September on the Legends Tower in Oklahoma City, which is planned to be the tallest in USA , says developer Scot Matteson. And then we will get a building permit in September. The entire project is financed, including the tower — if the tower gets approved."

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Archinect

MAY 9, 2023

The construction permit for MVRDV 's 15-story residential building "Ziel" in Montevideo, Uruguay has been approved, marking the Dutch architectural firm's first venture in the country.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The building’s glass facade and atrium will now be demolished in its entirety at a cost of $6 million dollars, according to permitting documents issued by the city’s Department of Buildings on October 13th.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Photo Courtesy of Cutwork See the full story on Dwell.com: This Design Firm Envisions Planting Prefab Homes "Like Trees" in Cities Related stories: These $31K Micro Cabins Are Light Enough to Be Dropped Into Place by a Helicopter These $83K Australian Prefabs Are Built to Withstand Bushfires More Tent Than Cabin, Jupe’s $25K Prefabs Don’t Require Permitting (..)

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Brandon Donnelly

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

More specifically, it has this many: This, according to a NYC government website , equals 8,660 active shed permits covering 1,959,444 linear feet. And on average, these construction sheds are erected for 493 days. If you’ve been to New York recently, this will all sound right to you.

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Archinect

JANUARY 23, 2023

There is new housing help in Sacramento with the city now offering free architectural designs, permit-approved, to build on your property. You can download the plans straight from the city website. The aim is to increase housing across the city. The available architectural plans are for accessory dwelling units (ADUs).

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Archinect

JUNE 8, 2023

The brief invites story submissions comprised of text and images responding to one of the following four themes: the AI-infused city , the AI-infused architecture studio , the AI-infused construction site , or define your own theme in our Open Category as your story relates to AI and architecture. Can AI be used to generate story elements?

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Archinect

APRIL 5, 2023

Set to open on May 4, 2023, the project is the latest addition to the city’s American Museum of Natural History and is described by the firm as “a fluid landscape that heightens visitors’ sense of discovery and wonder.” The project broke ground in 2019 following permit approval in 2016.

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Archinect

APRIL 5, 2023

Set to open on May 4, 2023, the project is the latest addition to the city’s American Museum of Natural History and is described by the firm as “a fluid landscape that heightens visitors’ sense of discovery and wonder.” The project broke ground in 2019 following permit approval in 2016.

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Archinect

JUNE 10, 2022

As reported by Electrek in May 2022, Tesla has moved its previously-announced plans for a supercharging station featuring a diner and drive-in movie theater from a vacant lot in the city of Santa Monica to the current location of a Shakey's Pizza franchise on 7001 Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood, CA.

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Architonic

DECEMBER 5, 2021

At that time, land was often given to churches, because the City understood it could be a useful tool in creating communities and economy. Combining planning and design, we revised an old master use permit and an expiring contract rezone wh… After 1993, the building changed hands several times before falling vacant in 2012.

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The Architect's Newsletter

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

City Council’s vote on the operating permit for Madison Square Garden (MSG)—a 48-0 decision to extend it only five years, not in perpetuity as MSG Entertainment (MSGE) sought—marked a potential The post The three railroads operating out of Penn Station prioritize performance in plans to redesign the transit hub appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper. (..)

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

CRE publication The Real Deal has released its annual list of the ten most commercially successful firms in New York City’s high-profile building market. As the architects of record, these firms appeared in permitting documents for developments that totaled more than 13.5 million square feet in total area. million square feet.

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Archinect

AUGUST 1, 2022

The concern led to the July 29th denial of permit issuance by the city’s new police chief Laurent Nunez, who extended his predecessor Didier Lallement’s decision from a month prior on the grounds that the area would present “security problems.

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BD+C

MAY 22, 2017

New York officials credit a first-quarter surge in residential unit permits in the first quarter to a property tax-break program for developers. Along with a strong economy, the Affordable New York initiative helped triple New York City’s residential permits compared with the same period in 2016.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Even as smaller projects are stuck in limbo due to market uncertainties and astronomical construction costs, the city’s colossal multi-phased projects like those at Treasure Island, Mission Rock, Pier 70 and Power Station will steam full speed ahead.

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Deezen

JANUARY 28, 2022

The city government will now formally consider the petition, with a decision due to be announced in February. Residents would only be permitted to use a car or van up to 12 times a year, for special circumstances such as moving house. If the city rejects their proposal, they will need to increase the number to 175,000.

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Archinect

APRIL 8, 2022

Permits have reportedly been approved by the Department of Buildings, the Department of Transit, and the City Planning Commission. According to New York Yimby , construction of the new building is expected to begin this summer and conclude by the end of 2023.

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Archinect

JANUARY 5, 2022

The recent order by the Danzhou municipal government stated that Evergrande had illegally obtained building permits to the 435,000-square-meters of development in question, and follows up on a November promise from the city to sell any properties owned by the overleveraged company, according to a report in The Guardian.

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Dwell

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Los Angeles preservation aficionados flew into action when news of an impending demo permit hit last week. When news of a recently issued demolition permit for Marilyn Monroe’s one time Los Angeles home hit the web late last week, fans and preservation aficionados alike immediately got up in arms.

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Brandon Donnelly

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

This past week, New York City enacted a new short-term rental registration law that is not very friendly toward platforms like Airbnb and VRBO. And so this is also a kind of ban on short-term rentals in New York City. Would you like to rent this mostly clean air mattress in my living room and be my roommate for a bit?”

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Archinect

JANUARY 4, 2022

The recent order by the Danzhou municipal government stated that Evergrande had illegally obtained building permits to the 435,000-square-meters of development in question, and follows up on a November promise from the city to sell any properties owned by the overleveraged company, according to a report in The Guardian.

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