Nov 28 2012
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A Farewell To Global Site Plans, The GRID

Kennith GeorgeNEARLY A YEAR AGO I TOOK ON THE adventure of blog writing to fuel my passion for urban planning and to help interested readers stay informed about local planning from a New Urbanism framework.  I literally had no idea what I was doing as I dove into the online world of blogging. Soon after launching my website, I thankfully found myself writing under the guidance of Renée van Staveren as I joined the blogging family at The GRID six months ago.

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Nov 14 2012
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Responsive Architecture In Tacoma, Washington’s Center for Urban Waters: Buildings That Adapt To Environmental Conditions

Tacoma's Center for Urban WatersTACOMA, WASHINGTON IS NO stranger to LEED Platinum government buildings, but how about going a step further and creating one that actually has the capacity to react to its environmental conditions and alter itself in order to minimize its energy use? Tacoma’s Center for Urban Waters; a 51,000 square-foot office and laboratory building, was completed in April of 2010 and houses the City of Tacoma Environmental Services labs and offices, University of Washington Tacoma researchers, and the Puget Sound Partnership.

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Oct 31 2012
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Taking Ownership In Unincorporated Communities: South Hill, Washington’s Community Plan

South Hill, Washington in Pierice CountyBEFORE THE ADOPTION OF Washington State’s Growth Management Act (GMA) in 1990, unincorporated communities like South Hill were under the planning and development policies of Pierce County’s Comprehensive Land use Plan and the Pierce County Zoning code adopted in 1962. Basic Euclidian zoning districts were established that dictated the appropriate location for commercial business and residential homes. However, the Plan did not offer much protection from incompatible uses and did not recognize the unique individuality of communities. The lack of contemporary design guidelines and community involvement is evident on Meridian Avenue (SR-161), the main thoroughfare of South Hill. Rapid growth during the late 1970’s caused major traffic congestion as it became intensely developed as a continuous strip of commercial developments.

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Oct 17 2012
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The First LEED-Platinum Certified Affordable Housing Project: Tacoma, Washington’s Salishan 7

Salishan 7, LEED-Platinum Certified Affordable Housing ProjectsSALISHAN 7 IN TACOMA, WASHINGTON is the country’s first Hope VI Redevelopment funded project to achieve LEED-Platinum certification, the United States Green Building Council’s highest LEED for Homes green building standard. The HOPE VI Program was developed as a result of recommendations by National Commission on Severely Distressed Public Housing, which was charged with proposing a National Action Plan to eradicate severely distressed public housing.  Salishan 7, the final construction phase of the Hope VI funded Salishan Redevelopment Project, is comprised of 91-units of tax credit rental housing, restricted to households below 50% of area median income.

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Sep 19 2012
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Top 10 Architecture Firms to Follow on Twitter

AS PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S RECENT ACCEPTANCE SPEECH SHOWED US, TWITTER has become one of the largest social networking services in media today.  His speech broke the twitter record with 52,756 tweets per minute and generated roughly 4 million tweets. In the realm of architecture, twitter can be used to promote, inform, and create dialogue with a firm’s followers. ArchDaily.com, an architecture website featured on The GRID’s Top 20 Architecture Websites 2012: Giants of Architecture Online posted a Top 100 Architecture Firms back in May of 2011.  Of those 100 firms, more than half did not have twitter accounts and many that do have less then 100 followers or tweets. The list below is comprised of the Top 10 firms, from those 100, that have tweets and followers into the thousands.

Here are the Top 10 architecture firms to follow on twitter:

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