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Foster + Partners and Sasaki Associates designing Sierra Leone island city for Idris Elba

Deezen

Architecture studios Sasaki Associates and Foster + Partners are masterplanning a smart city for up to a million people on Sherbro island in Sierra Leone. Sherbro Alliance Partners, which is co-ordinating the masterplan, has enlisted energy company Octopus to develop a strategy for electricity generation based on wind power.

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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. The bills are intended to create the zoning necessary to permit the proposed size of the project which cannot be built with the existing Urban Renewal Plan and current zoning in place. This gives everyone a chance to mull this over.

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Density - Dirty Word or Solution?

Community Architect Daily

A train without development: Failing mall next to a transit station (Photo: Philipsen) With zoning squarely in the hands of local council representatives, NIMBY pressure is always on them to keep new housing in existing communities at bay, especially denser multifamily housing that could bring "those people" to their neighborhood.

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Is Density a Dirty Word or a Solution?

Community Architect

A train without development: Failing mall next to a transit station (Photo: Philipsen) With zoning squarely in the hands of local council representatives, NIMBY pressure is always on them to keep new housing in existing communities at bay, especially denser multifamily housing that could bring "those people" to their neighborhood.

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Scottish Architecture News: Buildings in Scotland

e-architect

Supported by the Scottish Government, the Award recognises the contribution housing makes to social and cultural conversations and rewards innovation. 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.

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

Architizer

Governments ignore that at their peril.”. This elegant complex includes rehearsal spaces and public zones in addition to a central performance area, celebrating the sense in which theatre is a community. As architects, we’ve got so much to offer. Cécile Brisac. She has taught at Penn Design, Temple University and Columbia’s GSAPP.

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

Community Architect

San Diego's downtown housing, inclusionary zoning with a density bonus program , and a 10 year homeless strategy present a creative and broad arsenal of solutions, but they have not made a noticeable difference or tamed the run away housing cost yet. There is no great nation that wasn't thriving on the shoulders of a great city.

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