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house with setbacks by Social Studies Projects
Strength in Constraint

Social Studies Projects dances with ADU zoning laws for the economic House for Two Writers

What are Special Purpose Districts? A Conversation with George Janes

street view
Rebuild Collective

Zoning reform can build better residential blocks

Nightmare for NIMBYs

California may see affordable housing boom as its “builder’s remedy” law is tested by local developers

Not So FAR Fetched

Austin’s city council will consider reducing minimum lot sizes to densify the city’s single-family neighborhoods

top floors of a luxury skyscraper at 200 amsterdam
Haircut, Averted

Legal battle over the height of Manhattan’s 200 Amsterdam comes to an end

Black and white photo of a public park garden
Invented Or Agreed Upon?

The Invention of Public Space shows the city as a product of negotiation

Photo of Portland, Oregon, skyline
YIMBY Dreams

Portland, Oregon, legalizes several types of infill development and ADUs

Inside Container and Contained, a pair of slanted steel scaffolding has been erected for people to walk around
Into Thin Air

Systemic structures are laid bare at The Kitchen’s Alan Ruiz: Container and Contained

Downtown denver skyline
Lots of Lots

Denver slashes minimum parking requirements for new developments to boost affordable housing

rendering of high-rise devleopment
Blooming Victory

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden exhales following de Blasio opposition of controversial development nearby

SoHo, next up for a rezoning, in the winter with snow
SoHo, NoHo, WoHo, EoHo

With the Industry City rezoning dead, NYC turns its eye to SoHo

50 West 66th Street, a tower with sculpted voids, in manhattan
Null and Void

The battle over Snøhetta’s Upper West Side tower continues as a judge pulls its permitting

Downtown santa fe, consisting of short clay buildings
A Man's Home Is His Castle. But Not Literally

George R. R. Martin wanted to build a castle in his backyard; Santa Fe shot him down

Aerial view of the long island city waterfront
Water Hazard

Plans to develop former Amazon site in Long Island City collapse

Rendering of top penthouse floors of 200 Amsterdam
A Bit Off the Top, Please

Court ruling against Upper West Side tower could take down 20 floors

Rendering of Upper West Side with Snohetta-designed tower far right
Into the Void

Snøhetta’s Upper West Side luxury tower approved despite large mechanical void

Rendering of a tower with bronzed accents
screaming into the void

Battle over Snøhetta’s Upper West Side tower continues

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