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MAY 31, 2024

© Fidel Gallaga As dwellers of big cities, we tend to be dragged into a very fast-paced lifestyle. Surrounded by monumental buildings and infrastructure, we can easily lose sight of key spaces that connect us with our neighborhood and provide us with rare moments of peace and enjoyment.

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APRIL 11, 2024

The five boroughs are home to more than 200,000 multifamily buildings made with un-reinforced brick and built from the mid-1800s to the 1930s, according to a city hazard plan. Many rowhouses across the city neighborhoods fall into this category. billion worth of damage to the modern city, according to the New York Times.

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AUGUST 19, 2024

Image © Angie McMonigal The continuation of remote work practices has altered cities' bustling downtown areas along with the traditional office landscape, leaving behind many vacant spaces whose future purpose is a matter of speculation. River Point / Pickard Chilton. Read more »

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APRIL 3, 2024

The Boston City Council passed a measure Wednesday to shift planning authority away from the Boston Planning and Development Agency, a body that's reshaped much of the city in the 20th century and has faced criticism for the power it wields over building and urban renewal. as overwhelmingly white and male.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

Aerial view of Valencia, Spain, with the City of Arts and Sciences at the forefront. Image © saiko3p via Shutterstock Valencia , one of Spain's most vibrant cities, boasts a rich architectural history that mirrors its cultural and historical evolution. Valencia's architectural evolution did not end with its historical legacy.

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AUGUST 30, 2024

Arquitectonica has announced that the long-awaited 8850 Sunset Boulevard development has received approval from the City of West Hollywood. The proposed structure will stand 11 stories tall and feature a 90-room hotel, 78 residences, including 16 affordable units, and commercial spaces on the ground level.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Researchers based at the Drexel University College of Engineering have devised a new method for performing structural safety inspections using autonomous robots aided by machine learning technology.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2023

This week, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is debuting a new civic landmark for the Kansas City area they claim will also set a new benchmark for inclusive design in transportation architecture while bringing its 51-year-old airport “far into the future.” The products of an intensive commun.

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MAY 24, 2024

© Samuel Engelking Urban infrastructure intended for city connectivity disrupts urban patterns and often leaves behind a series of spaces without a properly defined use.

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MAY 31, 2023

LCOR, along with energy solutions company Ecosave USA, has topped out the first geothermal apartment complex in New York City. in Coney Island, this project stands as the city's largest district geothermal ground-source heat pump project to date. Located at 1515 Surf Ave.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2024

via Shutterstock | Fedor Selivanov | August 26,2017, Limmar river via Zurich city center In 1988, Jacques Chirac made a never-fulfilled promise to make swimming accessible in the Seine River within 5 years. Throughout history, rivers played a crucial role in the social structures of cities.

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AUGUST 18, 2024

As cities evolve, their needs for buildings inevitably change. Buildings may transition between cultural, commercial, industrial, and office functions depending on a city's identity and economic activity. Unlike structures designed with flexibility in mind, most manufacturing facilities were not initially intended for multiple uses.

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APRIL 7, 2023

to the beleaguered historic port city of Odesa. acre site that the city hopes will ultimately house more than 70 homes." A new gift facilitated by the Ukrainian Red Cross has installed 10 new “foldable” modular home designs from Hapi Homes, LLC. The homes will be located on a 2.4-acre Image courtesy Hapi Homes LLC.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This Central Asian country, a former colony of the USSR, is known not only for its strict access and control restrictions but also for its white and golden structures that create a futuristic city near the border with Iran. Read more »

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

© Butler Wiltshire - Ed Butler architects: Butler Wiltshire Location: City of London, United Kingdom Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Butler Wiltshire - Ed Butler Photographs: Architectural Photography by Simon Kennedy Read more »

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APRIL 8, 2024

Foster + Partners has been revealed as the architectural designers of a major new campus modernization project for the famed former CBS Television City in Los Angeles. At a cost of $1 billion, the firm is now under contract to deliver what will be the first all-electric studios in the city.

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

One such example can be found in Spain, with the " Impulso Verde " project carried out in the city of Lugo which stands out for its construction model based on passive strategies and regional materials. Additionally, these elements strengthen the building's identity by connecting it to the surrounding landscape.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Image © Ilari Nackel via Shutterstock With its culturally and historically rich context, the city of Cologne , also called Köln by its locals, is considered one of the most important centers in West Germany. Beyond its historical core, Cologne embraces modernity with structures such as the Kranhaus buildings or Renzo Piano ’s Weltstadthaus.

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JULY 17, 2024

The 200,000-square-foot campus now has a greater permanent presence as the gateway between the university and city of Austin thanks to public art installations and key improvements to the existing landscape design and architecture. Besides providing protection from Texas's re.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

Image © Aerial-motion via Shutterstock Athens stands as a city where the legacy of Antiquity is woven into its modern and vibrant urban landscape. World-renowned landmarks of Ancient Greece like the Acropolis and the Parthenon stand as enduring symbols of classical architecture and the city's storied past.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The LA Times recently debuted a useful map of seismic retrofit projects in major sections of the city months after official updates to the building code were enacted to address risks posed to soft-story and non-ductile concrete structures before 2033.

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JANUARY 2, 2024

Oklahoma City could soon be home to the country’s second-tallest structure if plans for a new 1,750-foot skyscraper designed by the California practice Architects Orange (AO) are approved along with a larger $1 billion entertainment district proposal from developer Scot Matteson.

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MAY 1, 2024

The New-York Historical Society recently launched Lost New York , an exhibition exploring the ever-changing palimpsest of the city’s built environment. 90 different historical photos, paintings, and other media document its transformation into a global metropolis.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

In response, designers are constantly working to adapt cities to heatwaves through large-scale urban strategies. Since the sun's behavior varies by region and time of year, adjustable shade structures are crucial for managing sunlight and heat effectively.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Foster + Partners ’ 50 Hudson Yards, a 78-story, mixed-use office tower in New York City has officially opened. The nearly three million-square-foot and LEED Gold -designed structure occupies an entire block and features flexible office space, retail facilities, and public spaces.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

While converting commercial buildings into residential spaces is a popular strategy, it's not always feasible due to structural constraints, Hawthorne argues. Architects are therefore exploring strategies to entice activity downtown by reimagining existing structures and incorporating regional aesthetics.

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MAY 19, 2023

New York City is suing the architects behind the Hunters Point Library for tens of millions of dollars over portions of the structure not being accessible to people with handicaps, in violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act. [.] The city’s lawsuit was filed May 17 in state Supreme Court in Manhattan.

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AUGUST 30, 2024

Earlier this week, the City of New York released a request for proposals (RFP) to redesign a portion of Park Avenue , between East 46th Street and East 57th Street, by adding greenery, public seating, concessions, and safer crossings for pedestrians. The street will be restored with an expanded median for pedestrians.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The differences between “City” and the Sphere are deep, true, yet narrower than you might suppose—the works are trying for the same things but in opposite ways. Related on Archinect: Take a look at photos of Michael Heizer's 'City' ahead of its debut (45°, 90°, 180°, City. © Michael Heizer.

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JULY 4, 2024

Cities that bid to host face an important challenge in adapting their infrastructure to accommodate not only the venues and facilities, but all the support structures needed for a safe and enjoyable edition. Paris is no different. Read more »

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The large-scale modernization of CBS Television City in Fairfax, Los Angeles led by Foster + Partners is moving forward with an endorsement from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission.

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DECEMBER 10, 2023

Given the grim outlook on this matter, it becomes imperative to explore structural measures to address and mitigate the potential deterioration of public health caused by escalating temperatures. Excessive heat stems from various sources, both natural and human-induced. Read more »

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OCTOBER 4, 2024

That is why this more urban tomorrow requires modern urban planning capable of building innovative, sustainable and flexible structures. Our society is headed towards a more urban future in which the density of metropolises will be ever greater. Because the only way to make our society live better is to build better. Read more »

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Mexico City architecture studio HEMAA utilised a steel structure and green-coloured eaves for Pabellón de la Reserva, a meeting place sited on the marshy shores of a lake in the mountains of central Mexico. This design choice blurs the structure's boundaries, framing the natural landscape with subtlety," he continued.

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JANUARY 11, 2024

a crowded marketplace in Port Harcourt City with structures consisting mostly of colourful umbrellas. Image © Emmage/Shutterstock Informal architecture is the dominant mode of urbanization in rapidly growing and industrializing cities worldwide.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The project establishes a new 49-unit housing development in addition to an existing single-story structure from the 1970s. The program entails adding a six-story, 50,000-square-foot residential component above the now 20,000-square-foot library, which is expanded to twice its original size.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Inspired by her global experiences, she shares captivating insights into the world’s most extraordinary cities and buildings and provides travel tips on her blog, The Travel Album. Winter, with its snow, ice and frozen landscapes, temporarily alters not only the physical appearance of structures but also how we experience them.

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