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Details emerge regarding the Italian government denying visas for three Ghanaian curators at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale

Archinect

Controversy stirred at the Venice Architecture Biennale after Italian government officials refused visas to three key Ghanaian curators who had planned on entering the country to attend the exhibition ahead of its opening on Saturday, May 20.

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Wildfires, Climate Change, and the Architecture of Resilience

SW Oregon Architect

The federal government has also declared a major disaster, allowing for increased federal help and resources to aid in recovery. Zoning regulations should consider the natural landscape and the potential for wildfires. Rebuilding after such widespread destruction will present enormous challenges, both practical and political.

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

Archinect

125-square-mile section of the downtown core called the “pedestrian priority zone.” ” In addition, mixed-use zoning will make homes easily accessible to jobs, schools, and essential services. Vehicle traffic will be restricted from a.125-square-mile

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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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Twelve architecture projects to look out for in 2025

Deezen

The government building in Porto-Novo is modelled on palaver trees, a species that has been used by generations of communities in West Africa as meeting points for public gatherings. Kr said the project illustrates "the importance of indigenous forms of governance and what contemporary African architecture can be on a national scale".

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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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The ADU Boom Has Begun. Is It Adding the Housing We Need?

Dwell

As housing policy organizations like Casita Coalition chipped away at zoning and other regulatory barriers, California has passed a raft of laws around ADUs since 2017, including one in October 2023 that allows people in participating jurisdictions to buy and sell ADUs as condos. Is It Adding the Housing We Need?

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