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From Cubicles to Community: The Future City. (Part 2)

Community Architect

The US is estimated to need about 3.8 For example, transportation: Self driving electric cars could mean lots of added pedestrian safety, much less space devoted to parking and generally shared car usage. Transport technology could diminish instead of increase the quality of urban life.

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It Won't Be Over Soon: How Will COVID Change the World?

Community Architect

How long can we sustain this? Will urban transportation ever be the same again? Experts estimate the the current infection level in the US to be about ten times the nearly 4 million confirmed cases , i.e. about 10-15%. Possibly the US will face European conditions where art is a social service largely financed by taxes.

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

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Right: Public Farm 1, a 2008 installation on the grounds of Long Island City’s MoMA PS1 by Amale Andraos’s firm, WORKac; the museum described the installation as “a living structure made from inexpensive and sustainable materials recyclable after its use at PS1”; images via MoMA PS1 and Archinect. Amale Andraos. Tatiana Bilbao.

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Going Solar: The Rays That Pay

Community Architect

Going solar for buildings is not only as effective as improving transportation (another 40%), the two can be linked with solar as the power source for electric vehicles. Calculators help estimating the solar exposure, such as the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) PVWatts Calculator or Google's Project Sunroof.

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Architecture Articles: Building Design

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Difference between carbon neutrality and net zero Mackintosh Building Glasgow School of Art RICS and YouGov survey 2022 Next generation of knowledge work: hybrid workplaces Data-Informed Design for the User Experience at Work The fluid, sustainable future of retail Designing for Extra Care: What Can Covid Teach Us? Do We Need Libraries?

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140+ Software Tools for Architecture Firms [2020 Update]

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Outplanr is a tool used to keep projects on track , and it gives detailed information on the time spent on it against the own estimates. This tool is very powerful when it comes down to calculating single architectural project costs and adjusting estimates for the future. Project Management Tools for Architects. Workflow max.

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Building Science, Climate Change and The Pretty Good House (Transcript)

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This is a big goal because it’s not just you at Maines Brothers building sustainable buildings. It’s a very complicated topic, but the estimates for the contribution of the construction or the built environment are anywhere from 20 to 50 percent, most of them on the higher end. That’s an estimate.