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Hate That Vacant Lot in Your Neighborhood? Turn It Into Something Great

Dwell

Over the last decade, interest in community-led initiatives to turn neglected space into a shared resource—for housing, for growing food, for recreation—has ballooned. It was blood, sweat, and tears," says Alexis Foote, who spent the last decade working toward community control of waterfront property in New York City.

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"I really hate the word 'social' housing" says Annalie Riches

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Architects are often wrongly blamed for past failures in social housing , Mikhail Riches co-founder Annalie Riches says in this Social Housing Revival interview. Riches set out in her career to design great social housing, in a bid to challenge what she saw as a prevailing notion that architects "can't do housing".

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A Black Steel Stair Anchors the Addition of This Raw Concrete Home in Melbourne

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Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Both integrating with and breaking from the original structure, the Tear Away House finds the opportunity to create a distinct new direction through an individual approach to the modern family home."

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Blood, Sweat, and Tears: The Birch Fircrest House

SW Oregon Architect

The Birch Fircrest House I had the good fortune this weekend to enjoy a tour of a remarkable work of architecture currently under construction: the Birch Fircrest House designed by Speranza Architecture + Urban Design. The then-unbuilt project was a winner of an AIA Southwestern Oregon Design Merit Award in 2018.

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Controversial Oxford Street M&S demolition blocked by UK housing secretary

Deezen

UK housing secretary Michael Gove has halted the planned demolition of Marks & Spencer 's flagship store on London's Oxford Street to allow the scheme to be reviewed. The plans would see Orchard House, as well as two extensions, torn down and replaced by a mixed-use 10-storey building.

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The Metung Hot Springs emerge from the earth as a sanctuary

Habitus Living

Shade structures throughout the project utilise the same form with no gutters to slow the full experience of rain. Project Details Project – Metung Hot Springs Architect – Splinter Society Photography – Sharyn Cairns We think you might also like this story on Tear Away House by Splinter Society.

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3 affordable housing projects that serve as social catalysts

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3 affordable housing projects that serve as social catalysts 0 qpurcell Mon, 09/25/2023 - 12:49 Affordable Housing Trish Donnally, Associate Principal, Perkins Eastman, shares insights from three transformative affordable housing projects. With rents rising across the country, many Americans are living a nightmare.

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