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Nonprofit group releases National Zoning Atlas resource for 2025

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The methodology for the atlas was first developed in 2020 by Cornell AAP professor Sara Bronin , who just announced her departure from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP). The newly released National Zoning Atlas resource covers 30,000 U.S. Authors from the nonprofit Land Use Atlas, Inc.

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While 2021 was mostly whomp whomp, there were also moments of whee!

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While we followed our journalistic duty of informing Archinect's readers about life as it happened, including the bummer stuff, there were bright, inspiring moments of beauty and joy, too, that we had the pleasure of sharing. Let's face it, 2021 was another downer of a year.

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NEOM's The Line is getting a lot shorter (for now)

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The unnamed source spoke out of anonymity citing fears for “discussing non-public information.” NEOM’s budget for 2024 has still yet to be approved after the Saudi Public Investment Fund saw its largest drop since 2020. Other satellite developments are however progressing on target.

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New survey reveals the pandemic's mixed impact on AEC firms

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They provided information about their current working environments and what they predict for the future. The survey reports that nearly 77% of respondents were back to pre-pandemic staffing levels, and approximately 9% were even larger than they had been in March 2020. Salary Reductions and Restored Salaries.

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L.A. ends what was the largest free transit experiment in U.S. history

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In March 2020, Los Angeles’ public-transit agency, Metro, stopped collecting fares on its buses as a COVID-19 safety precaution. Fare collection, however, restarted last week and now, Metro is using the information gained from the experiment to plan improvements and initiative other free- and reduced-fare programs.

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Traditional cabins inform mountain retreat in the Ukrainian Carpathians

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Traditional cabins informed Krasnyk House in the Ukrainian Carpathians "During the project, we have researched the origins of local architecture, Hutsul customs and the culture of the region," said Sanina Arch Club founder Alina Sanina. We think that this project is still very important to share," they told Dezeen.

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New data reveals the growing state of adaptive reuse residential conversions nationwide

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More precisely, this increasingly popular real estate niche brought a total of 28,000 new rentals in 2020-2021, well above the pre-pandemic years of 2018-2019 when 22,300 apartments were brought to life through adaptive reuse. firms involve the renovation, rehabilitation, extension, or preservation of existing buildings. Washington, D.C.