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The future of Toronto’s neighborhoods

Brandon Donnelly

That said, this project predates the new multiplex policies, meaning it required a long list of zoning variances and it led to an inevitable fight with the neighbors. We also know that these projects only pencil with CMHC financing. If CMHC financing were to go away or meaningfully change, so to do these missing middle projects.

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A4 Spotlight: Accessory Dwelling Units in RI

A4 Architects

Existing Site Plan, Newport, RI The concept of ADUs isn’t new in Rhode Island. The fact that the country was in the midst of the Great Depression and there were essentially no zoning regulations further facilitated the break-up of larger houses into apartments and ADUs.

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RKTB Architects cantilevers Brooklyn housing block over neighbouring building

Deezen

The cantilevering volumes are supported by two-storey steel trusses For the empty parcel, the team sought to "maximise the buildable floor area for the small corner site by capitalizing on the air rights of the neighbouring building". This meant designing a building that extended into the empty spaces above the adjacent building.

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77 logements by ALTA architectes and Atelier 56S

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6 of the Lorient Saint-Brieuc mixed development zone in Rennes, comprising of 77 homes broken down into three types: collective, intermediate and grouped individual, with two types of financing open-access and social housing. Four buildings are located on the fringes of lot n°.

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How 20% affordable can impact development pro formas

Brandon Donnelly

This Twitter thread by Richard Wittstock of Domus Homes (developer out in Vancouver) is a timely follow-on to yesterday’s post about housing supply, land-use regulations, and specific policies such as inclusionary zoning. Quick dev't economics thread: Just looked at a beautiful Broadway Plan site.

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Massachusetts co-living building by French 2D is model for "alternative American housing"

Deezen

75-acre site, near a subway stop and downtown district. The Bay State complex is vertical In contrast to many North American co-housing projects that have "horizontal spatial arrangements", the Bay State development is more vertical due to its compact site. The complex rises three levels and has a partly submerged garage.

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China Resources Qianhai Center Development

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The Qianhai district is a special economic zone designated to transform the previously undeveloped 15-square-kilometer bay area into the “Manhattan of the Pearl River Delta.” In this way, the “financial canyon” was conceived as a multilevel terracing pedestrian zone, meandering through the heart of the development.