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Michael Kimmelman again asks: 'Should New York regulate its skyline?'

Archinect

Today, the skyline is vastly more complex, far-flung and difficult to picture, and it’s common to hear complaints that the city has lost its bearings. The city currently only has one protected vista overlooking the Financial District from Brooklyn Heights.

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New Yorkers are still pissed about disrupted view sheds and 262 Fifth Avenue

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NYT critic Michael Kimmelman also wrote of their plight last year, declaring theirs and other opposition attempts a noble attempt at restoring the city’s history in an era defined by zoning manipulation and visible inequality.

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View Corridors

SW Oregon Architect

This is not a regulated view corridor. Google Street View) View corridors are planning tools used in urban design and city planning to protect and enhance specific views within a city. The goal is to maintain or create aesthetically pleasing vistas that contribute to the overall character and identity of a city.

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Performance-based zoning: U.S. cities starting to loosen zoning regulations

BD+C

have loosened zoning restrictions in recent years. Cities are opting to use form-based codes, a concept less concerned with the use of buildings and more with their appearance and the way they relate to each other. Regulations Codes and Standards' Driven by New Urbanism, more than two dozen communities in the U.S.

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Balmori Associates seeks a landscape designer as the industry's award season blooms

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The role, based in New York City, calls for an individual to join a practice “recognized worldwide for its creative interfacing of landscape and architecture.”

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Exclusionary zoning cuts both ways

Brandon Donnelly

Here is Wikipedia’s definition of exclusionary zoning: Exclusionary zoning is the use of zoning ordinances to exclude certain types of land uses from a given community, especially to regulate racial and economic diversity. In the United States, exclusionary zoning ordinances are standard in almost all communities.

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Meet international influencers ODA Architecture: Your Next Employer?

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Following last week’s visit to Los Angeles-based Stayner Architects, we are moving our Meet Your Next Employer series east to New York City, where we find ODA Architecture. Founded in 2007, the studio has developed an international reputation for delivering what it describes as “imaginative and mold-breaking designs.”