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Sustainable Practice: Architects Are Critical to Biodiversity Net Gain — Will New Legislation Enshrine This Role?

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Of course, safeguarding becomes significantly easier when real data replaces estimates. Statutory credits, where companies pay the government directly, and money is then redistributed to ecological projects through central funding, can also be used as a last resort. Suffice to say, there are concerns as to how robust this approach is.

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Charting the Future of Downtown Baltimore

Community Architect Daily

Looking forward, the DPoB housing analysis estimates that the downtown area should be able to absorb an additional 1,250 units annually over the next five years. percent over five years. percent over five years. However, the number of households in the DSA increased from 19,140 in 2017 to 19,388 in 2022, a gain of 1.3

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YACademy architecture students design conceptual pediatric clinics

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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.

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Designing with Nature: Luca Aldrighi

RMJM Architecture

Estimated reading time: 5 mins Within RMJM there has always been a driving force to produce sustainable and meaningful ‘high performance buildings’. As we continue to strive for progress and transparency, we acknowledge the fundamental relationship. The post Designing with Nature: Luca Aldrighi appeared first on RMJM.

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HarborPlace: How not to make a deal

Community Architect Daily

"The full weight of city government is ready to make this a reality. 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? What is BDC's cost benefit calculation for the project?

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Towers instead of Pavilions: An entirely different Inner Harbor

Community Architect Daily

The new skyline of the Inner Harbor as per Bramble's design team The proposal departs from the original Harbor Masterplan of Wallace, Roberts Todd of the 1970s which defined an inner and an outer frame in which the inner structures had to be low with the exception of the World Trade Center. plan of Ayer Saint Gross of 2013.

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Ten architectural attractions in Qatar designed ahead of the 2022 World Cup

Deezen

World-leading architects have been creating new museums, archives and hotels for the nation, as well as a series of extravagant football stadiums , collectively estimated to have cost in the region of £165 billion ($200 billion). Read: Dezeen's guide to the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar stadium architecture.