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Unlocking better urban living with Biome by EFFEKT Architects

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Image © EFFEKT Architects “The modular and standardized yet highly customizable nature of our housing product challenges the notion of cookie-cutter solutions. Biome housing can adapt to diverse demographics and locations, fostering a sense of belonging and individuality.”

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One Wall Street skyscraper completes conversion from offices to apartments

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Work to convert an art deco skyscraper from offices to residential use has completed, becoming the largest building in New York City to undergo this type of adaptive reuse. A total of 566 homes now occupy One Wall Street, designed by Ralph Walker and completed in 1931, in Lower Manhattan's Financial District.

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News: New York Preservation League honors eight advocates and historic projects across the Empire State

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The 2023 awardees are: Olean's First National Bank & Siegel’s Shoes Revitalization, Olean, Cattaraugus County (cover photo) Jury description: "The First National Bank of Olean and the adjacent former Siegel’s Shoes building have been revitalized to provide much-needed high-quality housing, office, and commercial space in downtown Olean.

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London South Bank University presents 10 architecture student projects

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Dezeen School Shows: a museum redevelopment project informed by the history of animation is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at London South Bank University. London South Bank University architecture is about allowing you as a student to determine your own interests and find your individual voice.

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Banking on Borrowed Land

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Land banks and land trusts have overlapping missions—stewarding land—but different frameworks and financing. Land banks and similar programs were originally put in place to maintain vacant, publicly owned land but not to invest in it. Land banks have the power to acquire property, transform and maintain it, and transfer it to others.

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Lord Norman Foster: “Sustainability Has Never Been a Matter of Fashion but Is a Consistent Principle”

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Meanwhile, their recent work on Ombú in Madrid pushed the bounds of how we conceptualize adaptive reuse, envisioning a building that would remain flexible for future social changes while revitalizing and re-greening a former industrial area. Other significant projects would be the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank and the Reichstag.

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Your In-Depth Guide to the New A+Award Categories for Best Sustainable Architecture

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Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank Headquarters by Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) won the A+Awards Popular Choice in Architecture +Sustainability last season. Pollution, waste or water reduction or reuse measures? Materials that can be salvaged or reused at the end of the building’s life? Sustainable Landscape/Planning Project.