New urban opportunity: Alleys, mews, and accessory units
The unsung alley has the potential to create an intimate American urbanism, it just needs a little attention from urban designers
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Design Ideas for the Post-Pandemic Public Library
The ongoing coronavirus health crisis has challenged library administrators to rethink the library experience for residents as well as for library staff
Key Milestone Achieved For A New Affordable Housing Development in Vancouver
GBL Architects has received unanimous approval from the City of Vancouver Council for their new housing development for the international non-profit organization and global volunteer organization Soroptimist International of Vancouver
OMA / Iyad Alsaka's Prestige Liberty Towers Mumbai Breaks Ground
Construction has begun on OMA’s Prestige Liberty Towers mixed-used complex in Mumbai. The project is OMA’s first in India and is commissioned by the Bangalore-based Prestige Group.
Buro Happold Selected for Climate Action and Resilience Plan by Minneapolis-St. Paul Region Metropolitan Council
Known for their work on climate action and resilience planning from West Hollywood to Cambridge, Mass., Buro Happold has been tapped for a wide reaching new plan for the Metropolitan Council, which represents 186 municipalities in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region
Foster reveals design for a sustainable, mixed-use masterplan for La Fabrica in Chile
Marking the practice’s first project in Chile, designs for a new masterplan for La Fabrica have been revealed
The Observer reviews Frank Gehry's Luma Arles
Gehry’s crumpled metal tower is the glittering icon of a new cultural campus in the south of France where high ideals and extravagance feel at odds
First new building opens at £1.3bn Olympia redevelopment
West Hall, the first new building at Olympia designed by lead project architects, SPPARC, opened last week in a major milestone for the £1.3 billion redevelopment of West London’s iconic entertainment and exhibition destination
Economic benefits of walkable places
There are many benefits of building walkable places, backed up by research and common sense, to the point where explaining and distilling these advantages may be difficult
What can the workplace learn from lockdown?
Hames Sharley recently surveyed all staff across their six studios to investigate the impact of working from home and the lessons that could be translated back into the workplace.
Why Circular Cities Play a Critical Role in Restoring Ecologies
Cities are powerful engines of economic growth; however, they also have an enormous footprint — consuming over 75% of natural resources, producing over 50% of global waste, and emitting between 60-80% of greenhouse gas emissions
Does the Removal of Urban Highways Improve the Health of American Cities?
Mandela Parkway, a four-lane boulevard enhanced by a median with trees and a curving footpath, stretches along a 24-block section of West Oakland
Shelter: Home Tours 2021 Explores Designs for Everyone via Livestream
Ten residential projects will be featured as part of a "month of shelter" presented in August 2021 by American Institute of Architects East Bay (AIA EB)
World's first 3D-printed steel bridge opens in Amsterdam
The first ever 3D-printed steel bridge has opened in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Traumhaus Funari, a residential neighbourhood, breaks ground in Mannheim
The project, which redevelops parts of a former US Military barracks, takes a new approach to suburban development by combining affordability, individuality, and diversity, while prioritising pedestrians and greenery over cars.
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