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Meet international influencers ODA Architecture: Your Next Employer?

Archinect

Archinect Feature: Beyond the Street: ODA Proposes a Zoning Regulation To Expand the Public Space in New York The firm is now seeking to expand by advertising over on Archinect Jobs for several roles in architecture, landscape design, and interiors.

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A conversation with Quang Truong: carbon fiber, zoning, and architecture's slow evolution

Portland Architecture

And that's before he wrote the world's first book about composite materials in architecture, became a Portland State University professor, and founded a software company to visualize complex zoning codes. Recently I talked with Truong to learn more about all these things: composite materials, zoning, education, mass timber.

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ADUs Might Not Be Making Chicago More Affordable, But They Might Make It More Sustainable

Dwell

A recently completed rear coach house by Chicago firm Latent Design is one such project. Working with a newly married couple, the firm has produced a sunny, arguably spacious, all-electric unit that touts smart design moves through a sea of regulations.

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Trying to Buy? ADU Rental Fees Can Now Be Used as Income to Secure Your Mortgage

Dwell

Even as cities across the country loosen regulations around accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in an effort to boost housing stock, financing issues still present a major roadblock for homeowners and potential buyers. Photo by Chris Miele, courtesy of T+E+A+M The initiative aims to make it easier to qualify.

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Topsy-turvy: Creative use of air rights results in a model of urban luxury design

BD+C

Depending on local zoning regulations, that restriction often results in a structure that steps back, floor by floor, as it rises. Architecture firm ODA has turned that development model on its head in its design for 100 Norfolk Street in Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

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MVRDV designs cluster of six interconnected skyscrapers in Ecuador

Deezen

Overlapping layers will allow for a variety of stepped areas on the base, which will serve as a community space with luxurious pools, lounge areas and recreational zones spread throughout. The base and towers will have the appearance of asymmetrical stacked layers that, when viewed from above, resemble topographic models.

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ADUs Bring Organic Growth to Suburbia, And We Desperately Need More Of It.

Architizer

Browse the Architizer Jobs Board and apply for architecture and design positions at some of the world's best firms. Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) mandated by the State of California override local planning regulations to permit a second unit on almost any single-family zoned property. Family party BBQ.

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