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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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The programmatic evolution of the lobby

BD+C

Ian Reves High-rise Construction Office Buildings Headquarters Designers Architects Building Owners Interior Architecture When the calendar flipped to 2023, many property owners and managers—as well as tenants of office buildings—asked, “Finally, is this the year people come back on site?” 200 West Madison Street, Chicago, Ill.

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HarborPlace: How not to make a deal

Community Architect Daily

The bills are intended to create the zoning necessary to permit the proposed size of the project which cannot be built with the existing Urban Renewal Plan and current zoning in place. At this point it may be useful to recall that zoning was invented to protect the public. This gives everyone a chance to mull this over.

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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. My wife being from St.

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Explorers at Home

Landscape Architecture Magazine

And it was Heller, someone you can tell greets a design or construction problem like a red cape, who ran the layers, megabytes, and muscle of detailing and getting phase 1 of the Leach overhaul built. million from fees developers pay for new construction. Irene Bowers led an effort by Leach Garden Friends to raise $1.26

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Everything You Need to Know about Shipping Container Homes

Santa Cruz Architect

They are large and sturdy enough to uniformly transport goods but small enough to fit on trucks and light enough to be moved by cranes and forklifts. In homes with multiple containers, walls are often removed to create more spacious interiors, and traditional construction methods add exterior materials and additional rooms.

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Update: Santa Cruz County ADU Regulations

Santa Cruz Architect

Overview of ADU Regulations Accessory dwelling units (ADUs) are allowed on any parcel where the zoning district or General Plan allows residential uses, and there is an existing or proposed primary dwelling. with permits) may be converted to ADUs. ADU building permit applications are reviewed within 60 days of submittal.