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New York City unveils major zoning overhaul to boost housing stock

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The proposed town center “main streets” zoning updates could spur new residential development along commercial corridors.

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Lahznimmo Architects aims for "beautiful utility" with museum storage in Sydney

Deezen

Lahznimmo Architects have completed storage building for a museum in Sydney "We aimed for 'beautiful utility' – a building with a calmness and cool precision that would functionally serve the activities within and protect the collection," said Lahznimmo Architects director Andrew Nimmo said. The photography is by Rory Gardiner.

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vibrant urban zones encircling an X-shaped axis redefine public square in koprivnica, croatia 

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KFO utilizes various urban equipment and vibrantly hued pavings to form an urban collage of 12 zones that respond to koprivnica's context. The post vibrant urban zones encircling an X-shaped axis redefine public square in koprivnica, croatia appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Boston Coastal Flood Resilience Design Guidelines & Zoning Overlay District // Utile, Inc.

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As a critical step in the City’s Climate Ready Boston Initiative, Utile led the development of Boston’s first Coastal Resilience Design Guidelines and recommendations for a citywide zoning overlay in collaboration with the Boston Planning and Development Agency. © Utile, Inc. © Utile, Inc. © Utile, Inc.

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72 Social Housing at the Marina del Prat Vermell by MIAS Architects

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The Marina del Prat Vermell represents a historic zone of textile colonies founded in the mid-1800s south of Montjuic in Barcelona, adjacent to the sea. The meadows were utilized for dyeing and drying fabrics, bestowing the area its moniker: "Marina del Prat Vermell," signifying the Red Meadow Marina.

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Gable Gable Gable by Yu2e, Inc.

Archinect

This project aims to create cohesive and elegant exterior elevations by utilizing the gable as a unifying and organizational form. While a gable roof is well-suited for a simple rectangular plan, most contemporary homes consist of a mishmash of idiosyncrasies resulting from responses to program or zoning restrictions.

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Rent control and inclusionary zoning

Brandon Donnelly

Mechanisms like rent control and inclusionary zoning might seem like obvious solutions. Residential contracts are typically gross leases (though some utilities might be sub-metered and paid for by the tenant). This is similar to what we have seen with policies like inclusionary zoning. The question is how best to go about this.

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