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Embracing the Trend: Shipping Container Homes in California

The Architecture Designs

These steel boxes, typically used for transporting goods across the globe, can be recycled and repurposed into beautiful living spaces, and can go anywhere due to their portability. The Shipping Container Home Appeal source: pinterest.com The allure of container homes lies in their affordability, versatility, and eco-friendliness.

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9 Best Practices For Moving Heavy Equipment

Architecture Ideas

Heavy equipment is essential in completing activities like farming, construction, and other industrial activities. The whole process requires knowledge, skill, and experience to load and unload the moving heavy equipment carefully while taking the necessary precautions to avoid accidents when transporting equipment. . Derive a Plan.

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8 Things To Consider Before Building A Custom Home

DesignRulz

In case you’re wondering how you can prepare, here are eight things to consider before building your custom home: The Construction Team Your construction team is one of the most critical factors you’ll have to consider because they’ll determine the success of your house building project.

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A New Tune from City DOT

Community Architect Daily

To boot it missed opportunities to apply for federal grants or to submit the transportation "priority letter" to MDOT in time. Adding that the Slow Streets also have a traffic calming component, he noted that regulations have to catch up, citing as an example the law that pedestrians have to use a sidewalk if there is one.

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“When Fascism Comes to America, It Will be Wrapped in Presumption and Carrying a Planning Code.”

Architizer

Their interference has come at an enormous cost to every community and our general well-being, not to mention huge permit fees and endless delays for homeowners and developers alike. It pretty much boils down to obsessive regulation. That is what the planning profession has given us.

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On the Future of Cities

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

The chapter in the earlier book includes, among other projects, the Lincoln Square Special Zoning District, created in the wake of construction of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and developers rushing to build near it. The last is now just partially built out, about 25 years after Barnett was brought in.

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Update: Santa Cruz County ADU Regulations

Santa Cruz Architect

Note that each local jurisdiction in the Monterey Bay area – Cities of Santa Cruz, Capitola, Watsonville, and Scotts Valley – each have their own, specific regulations: this article applies specifically to ADU regulations particular to the unincorporated areas of Santa Cruz County. with permits) may be converted to ADUs.