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‘Mutant’ London apartment block to be demolished for deviating too far from permitted development

Archinect

In a statement, the authority concluded that the 23-story building, named Mast Quay Phase II, was “so substantially different to the scheme that was originally permitted” that the development’s ultimate construction was unlawful. The approved Mast Quay Phase II (left) versus the scheme subsequently constructed (right).

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Discretionary Permitting: What Homeowners Need to Know

Santa Cruz Architect

The discretionary permitting process is often used by local governments to ensure that proposed land uses are compatible with existing land uses, and that they do not pose an undue risk to public health, safety, or welfare. as to whether or not the permit should be granted. as to whether or not the permit should be granted.

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Prefab ADUs by This California Company (Including the Dwell House) Are Pre-Permitted in Many Cities

Dwell

Our ADUs start at $228,900 which includes the Abodu unit, delivery, project management, foundation, utility hookups, and permitting. Permit fees fluctuate depending on the city where we’re doing the install. Photo courtesy of Abodu What does your base model cost and what does that pricing include?

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Brick Houses in Spain: Modern Masonry Design for Home Interiors and Exteriors

ArchDaily

© Adria Goula The ample supply, durability, and affordability of brick makes it one of the most widely used and iconic materials in Spanish architecture, especially within the Mudejar tradition. Read more »

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Business Stadium Central by Zaha Hadid Architects building permit issued

aasarchitecture

The City of Vilnius has issued the building permit for Business Stadium Central designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. The centre’s glazed facades with precisely engineered external louvres transform into the warmer timber-based material palette of Business Stadium Central’s interiors.

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Cairo’s historic Nile river houseboats are about to be a thing of the past

Archinect

Last month the government ordered their removal, saying the boats were unsafe and lacked permits—no surprise, since it stopped renewing the permits two years ago. Colourful houseboats anchored along the Nile have been fixtures of Cairo since the 1800s. It has recently begun towing them away.

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"We can't detox our built environment by swapping out fossil-fuelled building materials for timber"

Deezen

Some might accept the premise of not-enough-trees and tackle it with supply and demand logic: sure, humanity is demanding too much stuff, but that's okay – we just need to innovate on the supply side by finding ways to grow more trees faster, thereby permitting us to take more trees faster. We seem to think that we have that much control!