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Details emerge regarding the Italian government denying visas for three Ghanaian curators at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale

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Controversy stirred at the Venice Architecture Biennale after Italian government officials refused visas to three key Ghanaian curators who had planned on entering the country to attend the exhibition ahead of its opening on Saturday, May 20.

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RICS News 2023: UK Government Budget

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This is something RICS has repeatedly called for, and we’d be pleased to continue to offer our expertise in this area to the UK Government. Levelling up and devolution The re-ignition of investment zones in certain parts of the UK will stimulate regeneration but keeping alight the drive on other policies is needed alongside this.

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Michael Kimmelman again asks: 'Should New York regulate its skyline?'

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Developers have famously been manipulating the local zoning code governing allowable height in order to receive approvals, an issue Kimmelman has preached about in earnest for the past decade. The city currently only has one protected vista overlooking the Financial District from Brooklyn Heights.

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A '15-minute' planned community is set to rise in Utah

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125-square-mile section of the downtown core called the “pedestrian priority zone.” ” In addition, mixed-use zoning will make homes easily accessible to jobs, schools, and essential services. Vehicle traffic will be restricted from a.125-square-mile

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UK prime minister launches plan "to stop councils implementing" 15-minute cities

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The plan , which was set out by UK transport secretary Mark Harper, is designed to "protect drivers from over-zealous traffic enforcement, as part of a long-term government plan to back drivers". This week the UK government will set out a long-term plan to back drivers, slamming the brakes on anti-car measures across England. "Too

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An open letter to LA's next mayor outlines 10 proposals to speed up the production of affordable housing

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Echoing the tone of a recent LA Times op-ed, Koning Eizenberg principal and AIA|LA Government Outreach Committee member Brian Lane wrote on behalf of the organization, saying that, as the system is currently arranged, there are "a thousand ways to 'no.'"

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Understanding the LA – Lake Austin Zoning Overlay

Clark Richardson | Architect & Sustainability

For folks who have a property on Lake Austin or are thinking about buying one, understanding the ins and outs of the Lake Austin (LA) Zoning Overlay and how it relates to development is critical. SF-2 or SF-3) or have no zoning and keep their lots governed only by the LA Zoning.

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