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HarborPlace: How not to make a deal

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They alone are estimated by MCB to cost another $400 million. What is the Planning Department saying which reportedly is preparing for a downtown masterplan into which Brambles stuff would have to fit? At this point it may be useful to recall that zoning was invented to protect the public.

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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. Dasha Khapalova.

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Port Covington - on course or a vanishing dream?

Community Architect Daily

Then there are potentially significant tax increment financing benefits, a community benefits agreement for seven communities dubbed SB7. What was shown as the consolidated new place for UA was smaller than Tide Point and by some estimations had shrunk by 40%. But a closer look indicated that jubilation would be premature.

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Scottish Architecture News: Buildings in Scotland

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An updated masterplan for a £100m world-class golf resort, hotel and spa in the Angus countryside has been submitted to Angus Council for planning consent by 3DReid architects. million sq ft masterplan in urban placemaking, it is one of the UK’s largest inner-city regeneration projects. The Angus golf resort, hotel and spa design.

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Why after 20 years EBDI is still no success story

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EBDI Masterplan 2006 with preserved houses in red North of those Amtrak tracks large swaths of disinvestment remain to this day, testimony to the fact that the EBDI piano doesn't provide enough positive energy to reach out into the north areas, only individual redevelopment activities now dot the map. Even a new MARC station was envisioned.

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

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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. How will masterplans look like that plan for such a features? A smaller group sees their future in places far from home and take on a nomadic lifestyle.

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