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Bay State Commons Cohousing by French 2D

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Situated in Greater Boston’s city of Malden, the innovative community is the first of its type under Malden’s newly created Cohousing Zoning Ordinance, legislation that French 2D helped catalyze. Mechanical Engineer: Norian/Siani Engineering, Inc. Electrical Engineer: Norian/Siani Engineering, Inc.

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University of Arkansas Community Design Center Proposes Downtown Housing Regeneration Scheme

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I was always intrigued by Christopher Alexander’s pattern language #160 “Building Edge” in which he implores us to “treat the edge of the building as a ‘thing,’, a ‘place,’ a zone with volume to it, not a line or interface with no thickness.”

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