Archinect

APRIL 19, 2022

From 1891 to 1993 the Columbia Congregational Church called this site home, drawing in residents to an entirely undeveloped Rainier Valley. At that time, land was often given to churches, because the City understood they could be a useful tool in creating communities and economy.

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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.

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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. Construction may begin in early autumn Matteson said that preparations on the site could begin as early as June. "We It's the right place at the right time."

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Dwell

MARCH 19, 2024

It takes four hours to get from Mexico City to Grutas Tolantongo , a drive that takes you past circus-style tents selling barbacoa, sprawling suburbs, fields of cabbage, and busy public markets. The site runs under the ejido system, meaning it’s owned and operated by members of the local community, similar to a co-op.

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Site Transportation Restoration Permits 105

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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Archinect

AUGUST 1, 2022

Authorities in Paris have put the kibosh on Design Miami ’s first Paris edition after police there cited a lack of security at its planned site, the historic Place de la Concorde.

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Architonic

DECEMBER 5, 2021

From 1891 to 1993 the Columbia Congregational Church called this site home, drawing in residents to an entirely undeveloped Rainier Valley. At that time, land was often given to churches, because the City understood it could be a useful tool in creating communities and economy.

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Cities Permits Contract Zoning 94

Architizer

JANUARY 26, 2023

Tom Daly: Historically, Chicago’s Southeast Side has been burdened with the effects of industrialization and left with remnants of steel production in the region of the city. The design serves as an example for a progressive future of building in the City of Chicago, a city known for design innovation. miles from the site.

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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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Dwell

MAY 16, 2024

The controversial planned city was supposed to cut across 105 miles of desert. In February, Neom released a video showing aerial footage of the site that feels eerily similar to Michael Heizer’s City , a desert land art project. Now, not so much. miles long.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Gansevoort Peninsula sits on the Hudson River on the site of a former pier and is part of a greater initiative known as the Hudson River Park , the result of the conversion of industrial spaces on Manhattan's waterfront into public parks and ecological conservation zones. Kayak launches are permitted.

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Next Portland

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

A building permit is under review for the NW 23rd and Marshall Apartments, designed by GBD Architects. In May 2021 the Portland City Council upheld the Design Commission’s approval of the project, after an appeal by the Northwest District Association. We publish the highlights. Maintain existing SFR.

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Brandon Donnelly

MARCH 9, 2023

Among other things, they started allowing two ADUs per lot, they stopped requiring the owner to live on site, and they stopped requiring off-street parking. The result is that the city is now permitting close to 1,000 ADUs per year (2022 figure). About a third are also being permitted as condominiums.

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Permits Housing Building Estimating 64

Bustler

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.

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Permits Students Environment Site 98

Next Portland

JULY 12, 2022

The full-block project would be located on a site that is currently partially occupied by a food cart pod; the new development would would include ten “micro retail” spaces with serving windows along SW 4th Ave. Metro Reports have moved to Portland Maps Reports. with 22-125951 CO & 22-125953 MT. w/22-126913-MT.

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Permits Residential Windows Site 80

Next Portland

APRIL 30, 2022

Next Portland covers the highlights of the Early Assistance applications, Land Use Reviews and Building Permits processed each week. The code allows buildings up to 250-feet at this site. The applicant intends to transfer 160,200sf of Floor Area Ratio (FAR) to supplement the base FAR allowed on the site. No on-site parking.

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Next Portland

MARCH 3, 2022

The first phase of the RiverPlace Redevelopment would be built on the site of the former RiverPlace Athletic Club, which has been vacant since 2015. A Pre-Application Conference has been scheduled to discuss a proposed 325′ tall building as part of the first phase of the RiverPlace Central City Master Plan. LU 21-053731).

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Next Portland

JUNE 18, 2022

Next Portland covers the highlights of the Early Assistance applications, Land Use Reviews and Building Permits processed each week. Plan to primarily manage stormwater on site. Francis Park Apartments. . Metro Reports have moved to Portland Maps Reports. This post covers March 21st , 2022 to March 27th, 2022. w/ 22-123180-MT.

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Next Portland

MAY 24, 2022

The project would include a 30-story tower with 385 residential units on the site of the former RiverPlace Athletic Club. Next Portland covers the highlights of the Early Assistance applications, Land Use Reviews and Building Permits processed each week. Downtown Subdistrict of the Central City Plan District. 2.33.510.251.A.3.e

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Permits Zoning Residential Site 89

Dwell

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Their client, a writer and filmmaker, had purchased a narrow plot at the end of a ’60s terrace in addition to an adjacent small garden, hoping to build a contemporary home across both sites where he could stay for years to come. The process of persuading the city to embrace a more modern design approach took 24 months," says McMahon.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Their client, a writer and filmmaker, had purchased a narrow plot at the end of a ’60s terrace in addition to an adjacent small garden, hoping to build a contemporary home across both sites where he could stay for years to come. The process of persuading the city to embrace a more modern design approach took 24 months," says McMahon.

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Home Building Permits Zoning 111

Dwell

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Citizen Robotics adapted the tech to print a two-bedroom cottage that serves as a concept for affordable housing in the city. Detroit has roughly 72,000 vacant lots according to the city’s Land Bank Authority, and some neighborhoods only have a few houses per block.

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Home Building Permits Concept 140

Next Portland

AUGUST 9, 2021

Building permits have been issued for the northern two blocks of the Willamette Blocks, which include a 6-story building with 232 residential units and a 23-story building with 340 residential units. Design work for the four-block development is by WDG Architecture for developer Alamo Manhattan. We publish the highlights.

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Permits Residential Commercial Development 67

Deezen

MAY 15, 2023

Located in southeast Portland , the city-owned park encompasses 16 acres (6.5 Divided into phases, the plan called for transforming the park in a way that improves the visitor experience while honouring the site's history. The site has a storied past. It was long used as a hunting, fishing and camping site by native people.

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Dwell

JUNE 24, 2023

A Seattle couple built their own backyard house with a city-sponsored design—and then rented out their old home on the property to friends. Hiring an architect to design a dwelling from scratch seemed out of reach, and they dreaded getting caught up in permitting red tape. Photo: Peter Bohler The couple’s budget was limited.

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A4 Architects

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Zoning Site Analysis Rhode Island’s zoning ordinances have evolved over time, reflecting the states changing needs and priorities. The first comprehensive zoning ordinance was adopted in the city of Providence in 1921, and other municipalities followed suit in the ensuing decades.

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aasarchitecture

JANUARY 15, 2023

The intervention aims to stitch the urban scenario positively, paying particular attention to how the new building will interact with the city, its close neighbors, and the site’s hilly topography. Image © Hori-zonte. Source by Hori-zonte. Image © Hori-zonte.

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BD+C

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Two Philadelphia city councilmen are trying to crack down on the "underground economy" of developers and contractors who work without licenses and permits, pay cash under the table, and operate unsafe job sites. A 2007 controller's investigation determined that the city was losing between $2.1 million and $7.4

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Dwell

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Though the Ecocapsule is designed for sites without infrastructure, it can also connect to hookups for use as a backyard home or office. In most locations these external sources of water and electricity will not be necessary—you can connect Ecocapsule to the grid as well.

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Home Space Permits Utilities 111

Brandon Donnelly

APRIL 9, 2023

Let’s assume that you’re Mayor of your city and that, for whatever reason, you have no need to pander to voters. You can do whatever you think is best overall for the city and it will just happen. That would mean, no rezoning process and no site plan approval; just straight to building permit.

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Deezen

MAY 13, 2022

Sieger Suarez Architects has collaborated with Uruguayan architect Carlos Ott to design a new property for hotel brand Waldorf Astoria in Miami , which aims to be the first supertall skyscraper to be completed in the city. According to the developers, the permits for the structure have already been filed "with approvals imminent".

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aasarchitecture

JULY 25, 2022

On the 12th of July, Immobel and Neutelings Riedijk Architects submitted the building permit. From monofunctional office building to dynamic meeting place A major goal of this redevelopment is to reconnect the site with city life and the neighborhood. Image © Neutelings Riedijk Architects. Proximus Towers current state.

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Brandon Donnelly

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Many of you probably didn’t click through on this link in yesterday’s post , but it was a link to a book called Emergent Tokyo — Designing the Spontaneous City. Despite being the largest urban agglomeration in the world, Tokyo is consistently viewed as one of the most livable big cities in the world.

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Residential Permits Cities Management 78

Brandon Donnelly

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Somebody on Twitter responded to my recent post about inclusionary zoning and asked: Aren’t all the upzonings that the City is already doing a kind of density bonus? The fact that upzonings are happening all over the city doesn’t necessarily qualify them as bonuses. No need to rezone the site.

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Zoning Permits Site Development 92

Dwell

MAY 27, 2024

Evan Dyer, a litigator from the Philadelphia area, says he’s committed to building something "as close as possible" to the original, albeit set on a wooded lot somewhere outside of New York City, rather than in Los Angeles’s Brentwood neighborhood. Meant to be a vacation home for his family, Dyer’s "Zimmerman 2.0"

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IT Modern Consulting Permits 126

Brandon Donnelly

OCTOBER 10, 2022

One of the things that cities often try and stamp out is speculation. The way it works today in, I believe, most cities, is that if you do a site-specific rezoning on a property — and secure additional density — you get those special permissions forever. Homes should not sit empty (enter vacant home tax).

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Brandon Donnelly

JANUARY 6, 2022

Here in Toronto, they are generally not permitted. I don’t know if it was done on an as-of-right basis or if variances were needed, but it is an example of small-scale commercial on a site that used to be low-rise residential. Cities need to allow these as modern-day bodegas in all neighbourhoods. Definitely did here.

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Residential Commercial Permits Development 59