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HarborPlace: How not to make a deal

Community Architect Daily

For sake of argument, let's set aside qualms about the high-rises or the question why giving a developer public parkland for for-profit development is the height of brilliancy. They alone are estimated by MCB to cost another $400 million. For any developer. Baltimore would get the buildings but not the amenities.

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

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The building quickly garnered international attention, and has been viewed online — by one estimate — over 290 million times, a testament to the fact that great design still has the power to make an impact. Left: Tiffany Brown via Madame Architect ; Tiffany Brown with mentees from 400 Forward. Kimberly Dowdell. Frida Escobedo.

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Scottish Architecture News: Buildings in Scotland

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New Architecture Developments + Buildings in Scotland – Built Environment + Architects Updates. The development consortium which owns more than 200 acres of prime development land in the west of Edinburgh has unveiled an ambitious vision for a significant new neighbourhood to be built on the site. Scottish Buildings News.

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Port Covington - on course or a vanishing dream?

Community Architect Daily

He has his hands in a conglomeration of businesses that are called Plank Industries, Under Armour, Sagamore (now Weller Development) and then there is Goldman Sachs , a partner and funding source. Then there are potentially significant tax increment financing benefits, a community benefits agreement for seven communities dubbed SB7.

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Why after 20 years EBDI is still no success story

Community Architect Daily

To this end one of the testimonies towards a Planned Unit Development (PUD) bill before the City Council began this way: The wrong game all along? In particular, we would like to see the Madison Square rail hub become a catalyst for transit-oriented development, opening up new opportunities for locally owned businesses.

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How climate, pandemic, and war shape the "future proofing" of buildings, cities and regions

Community Architect

Technology continues to develop at a breakneck pace but there is growing pessimism about the balance of solutions and harm. An estimated 84 million people were displaced in mid 2021, now with the war in Europe war-displaced Ukrainians swell the global ranks of displaced people to new records. Mott McDonald ) Then there is technology.

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