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Navigating Legalities in Home Improvements

The Architecture Designs

Key to navigating this complex landscape is an understanding and adherence to building codes and regulations. Before embarking on any project, a homeowner must ensure they’re well-versed in local building codes and have secured the necessary permits. Environmental regulations are another crucial aspect.

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Together for the Terroir

Landscape Architecture Magazine

One of several design options developed by Ann Baker Landscape Architecture that respond to drought and wildfire regulations and are available for free online. The first five feet from the house are considered a no-go planting zone, excepting succulents or other moisture-rich plants.

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Basic Steps For Creating An ADU

Santa Cruz Architect

If you have an existing ADU that is not currently legally permitted, you may find that some of these steps may not apply to you as you go through the process of obtaining city approval and getting your ADU registered. For example, you may only find that you need to prepare a design and apply for ADU and/or building permit approval.

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The Commercial Design Process: How it Works in Cape Town

DesignScape Architects

However, specific local regulations and restrictions that impact the design process will vary from country to country. The architect will begin space planning, land zoning, and business zoning for the site, and create estimations for the cost and timeframe of the project.

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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. The last is now just partially built out, about 25 years after Barnett was brought in.

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Be Better

EntreArchitect

Should non-architects be permitted to use the term “architect”? These students are working to become residential architects and in many states, working with a licensed architect is not a requirement. How would they compete? How is that fair? Should those laws be changed? Architecture is a business.

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Time to Abandon the Scorched Earth Approach in Subdivision Development

Community Architect

Ironically, in part, due to environmental regulation, as we shall see. In most cases civil engineers are the ones that prepare the documents for site plan review at the jurisdiction that issues the entitlements and permits for development. But tabula rasa is the modus operandi in suburban development.