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A4 Spotlight: Accessory Dwelling Units in RI

A4 Architects

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. Local zoning regulations often lacked clear guidelines, created uncertainty for homeowners and hindered potential ADU development. Let’s connect.

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The Legacy of Disney’s Monsanto House of the Future

Dwell

His design included three different types of food storage systems: "a freezer compartment, a normal refrigeration compartment, and a third ‘cool zone’ kept foods that had been subjected to atomic irradiation safe for many months." Faurot, an industrial and vehicle designer, was responsible for the final design of the kitchen.

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Remember the Tuscan Kitchen? Millennials Want It Back

Dwell

Every real estate show, whether it follows potential buyers in Beverly Hills or Mobile, Alabama, reveals a sick obsession with "The Kitchen." After all, you’d need an actual house—and 100K—for a kitchen remodel that’s evocative of fast-casual breadsticks and lukewarm minestrone. Top Illustration by Kaitlin Brito.

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The Aluminum Mountain | Wutopia Lab

ArchiDiaries

It served as a Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Industrial Park Exhibition Center of Ping A Real Estate and Guangzhou Fangyuan Group. Immediately I decided that the fish pond should be remodelled. (“Text as submitted by the Architects”). Wutopia Lab proposed The Aluminum Mountain in Mt. Luofu, Canton. If you see me, weep.

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Architecture Articles: Building Design

e-architect

Architecture Trends Post Covid-19 workplace of the future HyperloopTT Sustainable Transportation Sustainable School Design Land Re-use and Climate Change New vaulted style of floor cuts concrete usage How Brexit Affects Architects The Right Balance for Sustainable Design Transit-Oriented Development Design RICS Digitalisation of Construction Report (..)

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Home Additions: Building Out vs. Building Up

Santa Cruz Architect

Of the two options, building out usually involves the least disruption to the existing home, and thus to life’s daily activities, during the duration of the remodel. potential zoning limitations. Zone District Limitations. zoning activities vertically for optimum functionality. Zoning for Optimum Functionality.

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The Rise and Fall of Baltimore's HarborPlace

Community Architect

A public space is meant to be there "in perpetuity" (Baltimore city charter) whereas retail and restaurants have the shortest shelf life in real estate, much shorter than museums or exhibits which are more commonly inserted into public open spaces. One has to do with longevity. Some had seen decline coming.

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