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LA exempts affordable developments from Site Plan Review process as housing needs grow

Archinect

Mayor Karen Bass on Thursday signed into law an ordinance updating the city's zoning code to exempt all affordable units from the time-consuming Site Plan Review process that often delays final approval of much-needed housing projects.

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Malvina Zayat perches House in the Clouds on hilly site in Argentina

Deezen

Argentinian architect Malvina Zayat has completed a white home for herself and her family that is lifted above a sloped site and enters into "an intimate dialogue with the sky and clouds". The residence sits within a native forest in the town of Salsipuedes, which lies about 30 kilometers from the city of Córdoba.

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Density bonus as inclusionary zoning offset

Brandon Donnelly

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? ” Why does there need to be any other sort of subsidy in order to mitigate the economic impacts of inclusionary zoning? No need to rezone the site.

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Gingerbread architecture city modelled on "water-sensitive" urban practices

Deezen

London-based pop-up museum The Museum of Architecture has installed a city of gingerbread buildings, bridges and boats by local architecture studios at an exhibit in New York 's Seaport district. The exhibit brought together local architecture practices to create a gingerbread city.

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Television City studio complex in Los Angeles by Foster + Partners

aasarchitecture

Foster + Partners has been appointed by Hackman Capital Partners to reimagine the Television City studio complex in Los Angeles, following an international competition. Image © Foster + Partners The new elements are inserted into a flexible low-carbon structural grid, which learns from the city’s world-renowned Case Study Houses.

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View Corridors

SW Oregon Architect

(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. Vancouver view corridor diagram. What about Eugene?

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This Tel Aviv residential project blends two contemporary buildings with a historic villa

Archinect

The original structure known as the Beit Awad Villa was designed in 1926 by Russian architect Joseph Berlin. The Eclectic-era building is part of Tel Aviv’s “White City,” which comprises a collection of over 4,000 buildings designed in the Bauhaus style and is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.