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Brandon Haw Architecture creates masterplan for "last waterfront site" in Williamsburg

Deezen

Local studio Brandon Haw Architecture has created a masterplan for a development along the Brooklyn waterfront which will include five mixed-use towers created by design studios CookFox Architects , Rockwell Group and more. Construction has begun on the project, with its first phase estimated to be completed in 2025.

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A new 15-minute city is being developed near Salt Lake City

Brandon Donnelly

In 2018, the Utah State Legislature passed a bill creating a new land authority to guide the future development of 600 acres of state-owned land in Draper, Utah (just south of Salt Lake City). In this case, the plan is to create car free zones (or limited vehicle zones) across the various centers of the development.

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Eight upcoming skyscrapers in the United States

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In various stages of development, the projects below are underway, with Jahn Studio 's 1000 M in Chicago and SOM' s Two Manhattan West already at full height in their respective cities. Originally, the tower was planned to reach 832 feet (254 metres) tall, but restrictions in the area caused the developers to reduce the height.

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Planning persmission secured for one of London’s largest new hotels

Hotel Designs

“Together with the completion of the Olympia London Masterplan’ which will attract an estimated 12 million visitors per year, the new hotel will be a key contributor to the vibrancy of the area.

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Charting the Future of Downtown Baltimore

Community Architect Daily

The update has been in the making for a while and becomes more urgent every time another large project pops up that would benefit from a guiding framework plan, most recently the MCB proposed HarborPlace development. In no instance have the Baltimore numbers recovered to the pre COVID levels of 2019. percent over five years.

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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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YACademy architecture students design conceptual pediatric clinics

Deezen

The United Nations even before the pandemic began estimated that the fragmentation caused by conflicts, combined with the effects of economic and ecological crises, was generating a humanitarian emergency greater than that caused by the Second World War.