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Lincoln Institute comments on teardowns:
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...teardowns in established neighborhoods with good density can be a green concept -- better than building something new in a cornfield miles away, smart growth advocates would argue. Teardowns take advantage of existing urban infrastructure. And while embodied energy is lost, demolition materials can be recycled; if the new building is energy efficient, so much the greener. Municipalities tend to like the increased property tax revenues from more robust assessments.
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Interesting (online & print) magazine about "the Built & Natural Environments" and where they intersect to create "soul." This particular issue (Nr. 25, Spring//Summer 2010) features an article about Victoria BC's Dockside Green development:
http://terrain.org/unsprawl/25/

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I'm bookmarking this Richard Florida/ Creative Class blog post since it's one I left a long(ish) comment on, this time around the need for buildings to be adaptable.

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- one of many pages on "Innovations for the Built Environment" conference coming up in London, Feb. 26-28/08. This page is from the "seminars" section, which lists many sessions over those 2 days. Other sections include links to the "exhibit," "attractions," "the arena," "conference," and more.

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A fascinating collection of grim-looking buildings, captured mostly in black & white, exemplifying the brutalist style of architecture. They were taken in the late 60s, early 70s, by someone studying to be an architect. Just the other day I re-read somewhere that loss breeds resentment, and one wonders how seethingly full of resentment society must have been to allow these structures, which show nothing but contempt for the people who inhabit or visit or circulate around them, to be built. Were they a misdirected expression of loss? You really have to wonder...

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