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A '15-minute' planned community is set to rise in Utah

Archinect

developers who want to build basic mobility into the foundations of their designs. The development, master-planned by SOM , will specifically aim to reduce the need for cars by featuring extensive biking, walking, and transit systems. 125-square-mile section of the downtown core called the “pedestrian priority zone.”

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Yancheng East Lake Xinyu Commercial by Lacime Architects

Archinect

This project is located in the Urban Sports Park and along the canal in the Eastern Development Zone of Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province. Surrounded by government offices, residential areas, reception hotels, and other facilities, it represents a typical new urban development zone in China.

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Michael Kimmelman again asks: 'Should New York regulate its skyline?'

Archinect

Developers have famously been manipulating the local zoning code governing allowable height in order to receive approvals, an issue Kimmelman has preached about in earnest for the past decade. The city currently only has one protected vista overlooking the Financial District from Brooklyn Heights.

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Toronto proposes at 49% increase to development charges

Brandon Donnelly

The big news this week for Toronto city builders is that the city has put forward a proposal to substantially increase development charges. When our cost consultant ran the numbers back in 2019, the estimate was that about a quarter of the price of a new condominium in Toronto was going to government fees and taxes.

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An affluent California town is going to ridiculous lengths to get around affordable housing regulation

Archinect

Last week, officials in the enclave of 5,500 people announced that all of Woodside was exempt from a new state housing law that allows for duplex development on single-family home lots. The move is potentially foreshadowing of the ways in which local governments in California will, as predicted before Governor Gavin Newsome signed S.B.

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"We don't want to develop like Europe" says Suriname's architect minister

Deezen

Suriname's Marciano Dasai is possibly the only government minister in the world who's also an architect. A former Dutch colony, its development has been stunted by several bouts of political turmoil since it gained independence in 1975. We don't want to develop like Europe," said Dasai.

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Cracking the Housing Affordability Nut

SW Oregon Architect

and still prevalent in Europe, could, when paired with zoning reform, enable the cost-effective construction of attractive, light-filled multifamily housing on urban sites currently zoned for single-family homes. The type is a compelling alternative to the “5-over-1” model so prevalent for multifamily developments in the U.S.

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