Landscape Architecture Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2023

BONNIE KIRN DONAHUE: I don’t know if it’s because of the way that Vermont developed—we have these really interesting little tiny developments relative to the rest of the country, tiny developments connected by rural, natural, wooded spaces that make people wonder how [landscape architecture] fits in. We all know that.

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BD+C

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In the same month, Private Equity Real Estate (PERE) reported that 85% of new rental housing being developed in the U.S. His team is writing guidelines for transit-oriented developments that incorporate affordable housing. “As Jersey City has called it the largest-ever mixed-income development in the Tri-State area.

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SW Oregon Architect

JANUARY 7, 2024

The second phase of design developed this concept in detail. We organized the building’s layout, structural system, and exterior expression in accordance with the 40-foot grid that overlays the entire campus, an artifact of the mid-century planning principles that governed its initial form. Rendering of the north-facing elevation.

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Santa Cruz Architect

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Now, there are two more news items to add to the list of developments. In August, 2022 the California Senate voted to pass SB 897 (a brand-new law that clarifies previous ADU legislation), and the California Department of Housing and Community Development updated their ADU Handbook. Concurrent Permit Review. Multifamily.

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Community Architect

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Manhattan before the pandemic The old urban signage ordinances and guidelines of local zoning codes haven't foreseen this and they need an overhaul. It is big business versus local government. The billboard industry sees an opportunity, preservationists and residents see a potential menace. 1) through (.3),

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Community Architect

APRIL 20, 2024

Traces of San Francisco's Ghirardelli Square, Boston's Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market, promoted by a visionary developer, designed by a Harvard Dean of architecture, nearly defeated in a referendum, those are the ingredients that made Baltimore's HarborPlace a model for urban waterfronts around the world nearly half a century ago.

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Santa Cruz Architect

MARCH 19, 2024

Understanding SB-9: The Duplex Bill SB-9 fundamentally alters the municipal review process for two-unit housing developments on single-family lots and property subdivision. However, local governments retain the authority to impose objective design standards and limitations as long as they align with the state law’s requirements.

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Santa Cruz Architect

JULY 16, 2023

The State of California has a recognized housing shortage, with the result that both Sacramento and local municipalities throughout California have made myriad recent changes to the regulations governing ADUs. Permits For ADUs Although all ADUs require a building permit, no discretionary approvals (i.e.

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Regulation Cities Permits Remodeling 68

Landscape Architecture Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

As hurricanes increase in frequency and intensity, Puerto Rico’s landscape architects have solutions for managing rivers, stormwater, erosion, and coastal development—if only the government would ask. Fumero: I was a part of the development for the El Portal Visitor Center at El Yunque National Park. By Laurie A.

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BD+C

JUNE 28, 2023

Zoned business districts cease to function after 6 p.m.” Eliminating single-use zoning so people can live throughout the city, where all of its districts thrive at all times, is a “net positive,” he says. Perkins Eastman received the Sinclaire commission after its developers toured WeWork: WeLive in nearby Crystal City, Va.,

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Architizer

MAY 9, 2023

Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) mandated by the State of California override local planning regulations to permit a second unit on almost any single-family zoned property. The law also allows any single-family zoned lot to be subdivided into two parcels. Click here to sign up for our Jobs Newsletter. Image by Caitlin Murray.

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Santa Cruz Architect

OCTOBER 22, 2023

SB 9 applies to single-family residential lots in urban areas that are zoned for single-family homes. The bill was met with significant opposition from local governments and homeowners’ associations, and it ultimately failed to pass the Legislature. The new housing units can be single-family homes, duplexes, or townhomes.

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Housing Home Government Permits 78

Community Architect

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Or, more precisely, and even more mundane, the zoning that enables it. The culprit hides out in a section of municipal zoning code that is titled "Single family residential", frequently abbreviated as R1. The history of zoning Zoning in general rarely gets much attention these days. Let's review the battles lines.

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Community Architect Daily

MAY 24, 2021

Both jurisdictions have started their 10 year masterplan process under MD law and now with equity, inclusion, social justice and climate change on almost everybody's radar, it is more urgent than ever that development and land use planning are transparent, sustainable and inclusive. Hopkins, Esq., and Honeygo Blvd. in Perry Hall.

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Community Architect

APRIL 30, 2024

Local government is mostly responsible for the distribution of aid to affected families, longshoremen and businesses. The vast Cruise ship terminal is divided into zones. The blue section is responsible for developing action plans. Other key parties involved in the recovery are the Army Corps of Engineers and the Coast Guard.

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Bustler

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The design should strive for a harmonious development, balancing preservation and progress. Competition Contents The project demands the preservation and inheritance of Moganshan's cultural heritage, with a primary focus on ecological considerations to retain the essence of Moganshan. Overall Enhancement Design Proposal: 1.

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Community Architect

APRIL 7, 2023

In the previous blog about transportation in Rotterdam I touched on Rotterdam's devastating bombing in a Nazi Germany air raid that turned much of historic Rotterdam into rubble and cost over 700 lives in a single night and how the city planners have turned this tragedy into an opportunity of re-invention and development that came in various phases.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Land is frequently dissected, demarcated and developed for the private sphere, framed by boundaries that can only be permeated by a select few. A trellis encircles the civic development, a portal of sorts between the street and the interior world of the park. The price of taking up space in our global cities can be immense.

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Community Architect

MAY 7, 2021

Not enough housing for low income families This could change soon: The federal government is set to throw unprecedented resources at US housing, from supporting ownership to construction of more affordable housing to upgrades of existing public housing. Little progress since 1968 "Fair Housing" is federal law since 1968.

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Community Architect Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Does single family zoning prevent development? Today we will look at Baltimore Councilman Ryan Dorsey's zoning bill titled " Abundant Housing Act " which effectively will eliminate single family zoning in Baltimore. Will the suggested zoning bill endanger neighborhoods like this one?

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