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The touchstone for green building, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification is the most popular standard used by builders in the United States to demonstrate their environmental responsibility in metrics of increased energy and water efficiency. Notwithstanding its contributions to greener design, LEED certification also fabricates innocence for development projects with massive carbon footprints, complex problems of sourcing and finance, heavy demands on municipal infrastructure, and complicity with displacement. Sustainability is the present story of the settler colonial future. Modernism and “slum clearance” were the prior narratives of progress. Not long before that, the story was settlement and civilization on wild lands against savage people.

Undergirding the veneer of sustainability are settler colonial logics. Plantation logics. [...]

The praises of architectural wonders are always part science fiction and part historical myth. They function as advertisements for not yet possible utopias, like the promises of off-world life for earthlings on a dying planet in Blade Runner.

Myth is the pickled narrative of progress that has been preserved, canned, and fed to us on every national holiday.

Behind this myth are the structures of settler colonialism and racial capitalism, embodied by such architectural wonders as the prison, the presidio, the mission, and the plantation. Settler utopianism guides our blueprints, because settler colonists benefit from its architectures of accumulation “here,” and are insulated from its cumulative harm done to no-bodies nowhere. The logic of the plantation, when spelled out, illuminates the present of settler colonialism [...].

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Next door to us, cranes raise the newest structures on our campus colony -- LEED certified of course. [...] To say that a building is sustainable brings smiles to the otherwise concerned faces of students [...]. LEED helps us reassure each other that ours is an architecturally innocent project. Add in a landscape of native plants, water catchments, and a biodigester that creates natural gas torches to light up outdoor patios, and we have a state-of-the-future model worthy of science fiction imaginaries. [...] [O]ur massive sourcing of capital and material and water and gas and electricity are all connected in a web of extraction with its roots in a plantation logic [...]. California cities are named after Spanish missions and presidios, dots on a map connected by King’s Highways and galleon trade routes. Missions were built on plantation economies, and torture, and enslavement, and militarization, and land speculation. Mission Basilica San Diego de Acala and Friars Road and El Camino Real and Manila Galleon routes are the skeletons for our modern-day infrastructure. [...]

Plantation Homes is the name of a homebuilder in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. Each suburban house is LEED certified. The unabashed use of “plantation” in fantasy-home-building may feel repugnant to some, maybe politically incorrect to others. Yet it is poetically truthful [...] that plantation and sustainability come crashing together in suburban home-building discourse. In this rhetoric, we see the preservation of the plantation meta-narrative, wrapped over present-day settlement, and projected as a sustainable future. The plantation meta-narrative is one of gentlemen farmers and ladylike dames with lives of opulence and leisure; of grateful smiling servants [...]; of native soil without Native peoples. [...]

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The spatial architectures of transport, imprisonment, and resource extraction sustain the plantation.

Today’s capitalist ecology is not different, only much more sophisticated and expansive in geographies, so that the barns and blocks [...] are kept at much greater sociopolitical distance from the amenities of the plantation homes. The manufacture of solar panels leaves toxic landscapes in China. Tesl@ home batteries frack Indigenous lands in the salt flats of the Andes.

Master planned suburbs need no jails as caged persons can be exported to distant townships. Toxins and state violence and homelessness can be concentrated elsewhere.

Indeed, the plantation has “a built-in capacity to maintain itself” through its interdependence with racial violence and extraction in remote elsewheres. Its economies, racial order, and ability to self-sustain through the invisibilized inefficiencies of extraction might feel familiar because we are living its science fiction future.

“The plantation moves through time, a cloaked anachronism, that calls forth the prison, the city, and so forth.”

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K. Wayne Yang. “Sustainability as Plantation Logic, Or, Who Plots an Architecture of Freedom?” October 2020.

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Buildings of 2020: Architecture of the Year

Best Buildings in 2020, World Architecture of the Year, Good Property Designs, Architects

Buildings of 2020: New Architecture

17 Dec 2020

Major Architecture of 2020

e-architect Selection of Key Contemporary Architectural Developments in the past year.

Our parameters for inclusion:

– architecture designs that stimulate

– buildings that ask significant questions

– designs that show creativity and innovation

We considered the year’s international architectural highlights to pick out the key buildings of 2020.

Designs are listed by geographical region.

– Adrian Welch, e-architect editor / architect

Architecture of 2020

A further selection of buildings around the world – these are all fascinating architectural designs, but did not meet our final cut

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AFRICA

Kingsway Tower, Ikoyi, Lagos, western Africa Architects: SAOTA image courtesy of architects Kingsway Tower, Ikoyi, Lagos A landmark mixed-use building set on a prominent corner on Alfred Rewane Road, an arterial road that bisects the city leading north towards the airport and south to the Victoria Island. The building designed by South African architects SAOTA is 15 storeys high. It has a basement, a two-level retail podium, a parking podium and 12 office floor levels.

University of Bambey Building, Diourbel, Senegal, West Africa Design: IDOM image from architects University of Bambey Building In Senegal, shade and water are everything. This lecture-room block project, a close relative of another in Gaston Berger, San Luis, which was commissioned by the Ministry of Education and the World Bank, is set in the city of Bambey, located 120 km west of Dakar.

AMERICA – USA

DRIFT, 2020, Dallas, Texas, USA Design: sculpture by Gerry Judah photo : Dan Sellers DRIFT, Dallas, Texas sculpture by Gerry Judah In Texas, the Belt Line Road stretches thirty miles in a straight line through the hills and valleys between Dallas and Fort Worth. If you pause at the Olympus crossroad to North Lake, you will find DRIFT, the latest sculpture by Gerry Judah, dazzling in the sun like the bleached bones of an ancient leviathan.

Nancy and Rich Kinder Building, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, USA Design: Steven Holl Architects photograph © Richard Barnes, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Nancy and Rich Kinder Building Houston The third gallery building of the MFAH, dedicated for the display of the Museum’s outstanding and fast-growing international collections of modern and contemporary art, the 237,000-sqft Kinder Building has been designed by Steven Holl, who also designed the master plan for the Sarofim Campus. The landscape architects for the 14-acre Sarofim Campus are Deborah Nevins and Mario Benito of Deborah Nevins & Associates/ Nevins & Benito Landscape Architecture, D.P.C.

Columbia Building, Portland, Oregon, USA Design: Skylab ; Partner Architect: Solarc Architecture and Engineering Inc. photograph : Jeremy Bittermann Housing workspace, a visitor reception area, and public meeting spaces, the 11,640-square-foot building not only supports the engineering department of the wastewater treatment facility but also functions as an immersive educational experience, all integrated within a sustainable landscape.

Skyspace Residence, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Architect: Marmol Radziner ; Artist: James Turrell photo : The Ivan Sher Group Skyspace Residence Nevada

Confluence Park, San Antonio, Texas, USA Design: Lake|Flato Architects + Matsys photo : Casey Dunn Confluence Park San Antonio The San Antonio River Foundation, is dedicated to enhancing the San Antonio River Basin as a vibrant cultural, educational, ecological, and recreational experience. The foundation tasked the design team with transforming a former industrial laydown yard into a one-of-a-kind outdoor educational center.

Filtered Frame Dock, Austin, Texas, USA Design: Matt Fajkus Architecture photography : Charles Davis Smith; MF Architecture Filtered Frame Dock in Austin, TX This single-slip boat dock of Filtered Frame Dock is a result of liberation through constraints balanced with sensory experience. Devised concurrently with the property’s new residence, the boat dock creates both tangible and implied connections of experience and shelter.

Lutheran Church of Hope-Grimes, Grimes, Iowa , USA Design: BNIM Architects photo : Nick Merrick Lutheran Church of Hope-Grimes Building Lutheran Church of Hope-Grimes is a satellite facility of a large, multi-campus Evangelical Lutheran Church in the heart of Iowa. The 21,150 sqft building serves as a community and worship center for a fast-growing congregation within an expanding rural community.

Horizon Neighbourhood, Powder Mountain, Utah, USA Design: MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple photograph : doublespace photography Horizon Neighbourhood Resort Horizon Neighbourhood was designed by the esteemed Canadian architecture firm MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple. It is the first pre-designed neighborhood to be built at 9,000 feet elevation on Powder Mountain, Utah. It consists of 30 cabins ranging in size from 1,000- 3,000 sqft.

Cheng Brier Residence, Tiburon, Marin County, California, USA Design: Swatt | Miers Architects photography : Marion Brenner and Russell Abraham Cheng Brier Residence in Tiburon, California This contemporary US residence is a 6,000-sqft home terracing down a steep sloped lot in Tiburon with dramatic views of the bay. The material palette elegantly combines bright white stucco, teak and gray limestone.

CHINA

The Village Apartments, Guangzhou Architects: TEAM_BLDG photograph : Jonathan Leijonhufvud The Village Apartments in Guangzhou In his book Arrival City: The Final Migration and Our Next World, Doug Saunders points out that the development of the arrival city (also known as urban village) is an important part in the urbanization process. It may be the birthplace of the next wave of economic and cultural development, or the explosive place of the next wave of violent conflicts, which needs to be properly handled.

One Sino Park Offices and Spa, Chongqing City, southwest China Architects: aoe photography : Huang Ligang One Sino Park Offices and Spa The project consists of a cliffside building, designed and constructed into its surrounding mountain façade. The main structure has been completed, and designers have deconstructed and reconstructed its internal spaces with an infusion of architectural elements conducive to the topography, resulting in the creation of a rich architectural, urban space.

Da Ya Li Roast Duck Restaurant, Chengdu, China Architects: IN • X photograph : Shi Yunfeng Da Ya Li Roast Duck Restaurant in Chengdu Wu Wei: Discovering the New Vitality of Traditional Brand – Da Ya Li Roast Duck Restaurant Chengdu Vanke Tianhui Branch. Food is a good embodiment of civilization, as well as the past and the present of a city. Chinese people have been good at tasting food since ancient times.

COPENHAGEN

Arup and Cobe’s new metro stations celebrate Copenhagen’s redeveloped docklands Design: Arup and Cobe photo : Rasmus Hjortshøj – COAST Nordhavn Station + Orientkaj Station Copenhagen Part of the Nordhavn metro line extension connecting the docklands to Copenhagen’s city center, Arup and Cobe have worked together to design two new metro stations, Orientkaj and Nordhavn, under the Nordhavn metro line extension. The recently opened public transport link unlocks the potential for the redevelopment of Copenhagen’s northern docklands, one of the largest urban regeneration projects in northern Europe.

COSTA RICA

Atrium House, Nosara, Guanacaste Architects: Studio Saxe photograph : Roberto D’Ambrosio Nosara Atrium House Eco-conscious family business Andaluz commissioned Studio Saxe to create Atrium House, giving experiences around architectural designs that harness the power of the environment to create life changing experiences. The Andaluz brand is all about meaningful and real experiences that combine comfortable human habitation with a deep connection to the surrounding landscape.

Courtyard House, Nosara, Guanacaste Architects: Studio Saxe photograph : Roberto D’Ambrosio Nosara Courtyard House Eco-conscious family business Andaluz commissioned Studio Saxe to design Courtyard House creating experiences around architectural designs that harness the power of the environment to create life changing experiences. The Andaluz brand is all about meaningful and real experiences that combine comfortable human habitation with a deep connection to the surrounding landscape.

Tres Amores Residence, Nosara, Guanacaste Architects: Studio Saxe photograph : Andres Garcia Lachner Tres Amores Residence in Nosara Studio Saxe was commissioned to design a family home perched on the hilltops of the town of Nosara Costa Rica. The Tres Amores Residence would blend and hide within its natural surroundings whilst opening to the dramatic ocean and mountain views.

The Athletic Center, Nosara, Guanacaste Architects: Studio Saxe photo : Andres Garcia Lachner Athletic Center at the Gilded Iguana in Guanacaste As an extension to the Gilded Iguana Hotel in the town of Nosara, this building was designed as a small village amongst the trees that creates a public space which integrates locals with visitors with similar interests of pursuing an active lifestyle and wellbeing.

CROATIA

Grand Park Hotel Rovinj, Rovinj Design: 3LHD architects, Zagreb photos courtesy of architects Grand Park Hotel Rovinj Building Due to its importance, the project was given the status of a strategic investment project in Republic of Croatia. The building offers great views of the Adriatic Sea, located directly on the coast, near marina and promenade

CYPRUS

The Garden House in the City, Nicosia Design: Christos Pavlou Architecture photo from architects Pool House in Nicosia Bringing nature back to the city although not a new idea it is a growing imperative especially for cities like Nicosia which has failed to make greenery and communal public areas a priority in its urban planning.

CZECH REPUBLIC

Helfštýn Castle, Helfštýn by Týn nad Bečvou, Czech Republic Architects: atelier-r photograph : BoysPlayNice, www.boysplaynice.com Helfštýn Castle Reconstruction Rising high above the Moravian Gate valley, Helfštýn Castle is the second largest complex in the Czech Republic right after Prague Castle. Helfštýn was established in the 14th century. In 2014 the Renaissance palace ruins had to close down due to the severe safety hazards such as falling masonry and remains degradation.

DEN HAAG

Bicycle Parking Garage, under the Koningin Julianaplein Design: Silo with Studio Marsman photo : Mike Bink Den Haag Bicycle Parking Garage As the COVID-19 crisis has spurred new initiatives to make cities more pedestrian and bike-friendly, the Netherlands continues to lead by example. In The Hague, the world’s second-largest bicycle parking garage has been opened, featuring an all-encompassing back-lit mural of Escher-like tesselations that honor the city’s eclectic architecture.

DENMARK

The Heart in Ikast, Vestergade, Ikast, Jutland, Denmark Design: C.F. Møller Architects photograph : Adam Mørk The Heart in Ikast The Heart in Ikast, by C.F. Møller Architects is a new centre for culture and communication, which combines teaching activities, communal activities, physical training and play in various new ways. Designed to offer a cultural community focal point, the building is a powerful, accessible piece of architecture which exudes openness, warmth and welcome.

DUBAI, UAE

Coca-Cola Arena, City Walk Architects: Populous photo courtesy of architects Coca-Cola Arena Global architecture firm Populous celebrates its first arena concept design in the Middle East. With a capacity of 17,000, the arena becomes the largest multi-purpose indoor arena in the region and, by incorporating climate control throughout the building.

Expo Entry Portals Architect: Asif Khan Studio photograph : Hélène Binet Dubai 2020 Expo Entry Portals in UAE Asif Khan, renowned British architecture studio, has designed the Expo Entry Portals, three spectacular gateways to Expo 2020 Dubai that will grant entry to visitors from 20 October. The structures are the first works to be unveiled from the studio’s design of more than six kilometres of Expo 2020 Public Realm.

ENGLAND

Island Rest, Isle of Wight, South of England Design: Strom Architects photos by Nick Hufton, Al Crow Island Rest Isle of Wight Residence ‘Island Rest’ is a response to the client’s brief for a contemporary family holiday home. Situated on a beautiful Isle of Wight creek, ‘Island Rest’ sits on a spacious site with direct access to the water and views of the Solent beyond.

The Lookout, Lepe Country Park, Exbury, Southampton, Hampshire Design: Hampshire County Council Property Services photograph : Jim Stephenson The Lookout in Lepe Country Park The project, which provides a restaurant, visitor information point, staff ofﬁces and supporting facilities forms part of an ongoing programme of work that seeks to transform and regenerate a number of country parks within Hampshire.

Windward House in Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, South West England Design: Alison Brooks Architects photo © Paul Riddle Windward House, Gloucestershire A monumental house and living art gallery high above the Wye Valley. The result of a ten-year collaboration, this new house and landscape project celebrates domestic living amongst an extraordinary collection of Indian and African Tribal Art.

Solar Gate, Kingston-upon-Hull, eastern England Architect: Tonkin Liu photograph : Alex Peacock and Mike Tonkin Windward House, Gloucestershire Solar Gate is a sundial that uses solar alignment to mark significant times and dates in Hull. The super-light innovative two-shell structure is place-specific, responding to pivotal historic events and to the cultural context of its location in Hull’s Queens Gardens adjacent to the ancient site of Beverley Gate.

FINLAND

Shiver House, Korppoo, Finland Design: NEON image courtesy of architects practice Shiver House in Korppoo Shiver House was previously installed in 2015 as part of the Barfotastigen exhibition in Korppoo, Finland. The project was intended to be in-situ for 4 months but due to its popularity it was kept on-site on a longer-term basis.

FRANCE

Théâtre “Legendre” in Evreux Design: OPUS 5 architectes photo : Luc Boegly Théâtre Legendre Evreux The highly respectful project aimed to restore this theater dating from 1903 to its former glory, in its original architectural style and including the design of a new décor for the lobby.

100% wooden house, Château de la Bourdaisière, Montlouis-sur-Loire, France Design: LOCAL and Suphasidh Studio photo : Atelier Vincent Hecht 100% wooden house Montlouis-sur-Loire LOCAL and Suphasidh Studio build a prototype of a 100% wooden house in the park of the Bourdaisière Castle. The project questions the flexibility and the usage of wood; it aims to modify the traditional codes of the individual housing.

Wicker Pavilion, Jardins de l’Europe, France Design: DJA – Didzis Jaunzems, Ksenia Sapega photo : Eriks Bozis Wicker Pavilion Annecy The pavilion blends in with the surrounding landscape and forms a shaded space for park visitors to shelter from the hot summer sun.

GERMANY

Carmen Würth Forum, Künzelsau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany photo © Simon Menges Carmen Würth Forum A second construction phase completes the Carmen Würth Forum for the Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG situated in the town of Künzelsau in southern Germany. The diverse range of functions further establishes the complex’s conceptual idea of a forum and allows the building to be open continuously, in particular due to its use as a museum.

HOLLAND – THE NETHERLANDS

Villa Fifty-Fifty, Strijp-R, Eindhoven Architects: Studioninedots photo : Frans Parthesius New Villa in Eindhoven Located on the green edge of Strijp-R in Eindhoven, Studioninedots designed family home Villa Fifty-Fifty as a pavilion where volumes alternate between open and closed, and where life happens just as much outdoors as indoors: a new typology for maximising visual and family interaction.

KeenSystems HQ, Gemert Architects: Denkkamer architectuur & onderzoek photograph : René de Wit KeenSystems HQ KeenSystems headquarters is situated along the ring road around the village of Gemert. The decision to not establish their new office building for the rapidly expanding telecom provider in the city of Eindhoven comes from the desire to operate from a very much green and inspiring environment.

Assen Station Design: Powerhouse Company + De Zwarte Hond photo : Egbert de Boer Assen Station Building Assen Station has been completely transformed thanks to an extraordinary wooden structure. The new station is defined by a triangular wooden roof that appears to float above the several buildings below.

Villa Tonden, Tonden, Gelderland, the Netherlands Architects: HofmanDujardin photography © HofmanDujardin, photographer Matthijs van Roon Villa Tonden The architecture practice carefully shaped its characteristic appearance to perfectly fit into the open spot in the pine woods. This wood clad home is equipped with amenities required to enjoy a laidback time. All rooms offer a good view of the surrounding nature.

INDIA

Maya Somaiya Library, Sharda School, Kopergaon, Maharashtra Design: Sameep Padora & Associates photograph : Edmund Sumner Maya Somaiya Library Building The site chosen for this small addition of a children’s library within a school in rural Maharashtra, was a sliver between existing buildings and the school boundary, a site that almost implied a linear building footprint to adjust the program for the chosen site.

Sangini House, Surat, Gujarat Design: Urbanscape Architects and Utopia Designs photograph : Noughts and Crosses LLP | Andre Fanthome Sangini House, Gujarat Offices The architecture and design of Sangini House explores ways in which it can respond to the context and spirit of the heritage in which it stands. This office building for the Sangini group characterizes new strategies for a flexible, column-free office space that creates a new urban venture in the city’s dense business district.

Akshaya 27, Chennai Design: Sanjay Puri Architects photos Courtesy BRS Sreenag, Sreenag Pictures Akshaya 27 Chennai Office Building Cantilevered cuboid volumes create a sculptural office building, Akshaya 27. Located in the old business district of Chennai in South India, the plot had multiple challenges to be overcome.

Aria Resort Hotel, Maharashtra, western India Architecture: Sanjay Puri Architects photo : Dinesh Mehta Aria Resort Hotel in Nashik, Maharashtra The site for the Aria Hotel is gently contoured rising up 9M towards the south with the entry at the lowest level in the north. Situated in the wine-growing region of India, the north faces a large river and a dam with hills beyond.

Rajasthan School, Nagaur, Rajasthan Design: Sanjay Puri Architects photograph : Dinesh Mehta The Rajasthan School in Nagaur Imbibing the organic character of Indian villages & old cities, this is a low-rise three-level Indian school building with open, enclosed and semi-enclosed spaces of various volumes. The architectural design is by award-winning practice Sanjay Puri Architects.

MALAYSIA

YTL Corporation Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Interior Design: MOD, Architects photo : David Yeow Photography YTL Corporation Berhad YTL Corporation Berhad, a large Malaysian infrastructure conglomerate founded in 1955, grew from a small construction firm into a global infrastructure company spanning oil & gas, cement, construction, property development and hotels.

MONTREAL

Lightspeed offices – Phase 2, Montréal, Québec, Canada Architects: ACDF Architecture photo © Adrien Williams Lightspeed offices Phase 2 Lightspeed commissioned ACDF Architecture – the designers for the first phase of the firm’s headquarters – to create a new floor dedicated to product development. The workspace of the point-of-sale software company is located on the ground floor of a 19th-century railway hotel, the chateau-style Viger Railway Station.

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A City and its Forms

Introduction:

The culmination of a city is largely dictated by what can be seen as arbitrary, without an overall understanding of the context and its significance many instances can be passed without a second thought, but it is actually the success/failure of these formations that can make or break the prosperity of an area. We look to the philosophies of Kevin Lynch as a driving guide to better understand the connections between community values and urban attributes, both physical and mental, that propel elements of connectedness and awareness within a city. Taking his ideals into account we look to explore four particular subcategories and their relation to the urban function.

PATHS:

These arrangements can take on a number of forms, but in essence are circulatory measures that seek to guide the commuters views and movement through a given space. These can be broad expanses of an environment or small segments drawing upon the characteristics of immediate surroundings.

Crockett Row Location: Fort Worth TX.

This is an area outside of downtown Fort Worth, just off of 7th street, that takes on the ideal notions of pathing in an ideal urban setting. Distinguished facades, continuity b/w business and street life, and promotes daily commuters through mixed use establishments.

Nearly acting as a superblock, the overall design lends itself to provide a fitting ambiance and gestures of community along a few simple straightaways.

EDGES:

Often confused for “paths,” these linear elements provide form to an area, acting as a boundary between different types of spaces. Generally large in scale, these formations give credence to the transition of atmospheres and can inspire or denigrate the territory it borders.

Harold Simmons Park (concept) Location: Trinity River, Dallas TX.

A good edge formation should come with a notion to blend the perimeters of separate entities in an elegant way, by providing a fair boundary while also expressing views and activation to either side. Here we have a rather expansive, and much needed, plan to transform the empty land that runs a long side the Trinity River.

In its current state, the area does well enough to act as an edge between the downtown and largely residential districts, but the proposed plan would surely elevate that experience.

By extending an olive branch to its public usability this area could be transformed from a leftover expanse and into a prosperous community hub for the two regions.

NODES:

Nodes are strategic focus points or added concentration of city features, like squares and junctions. A successful node should have unique features inside, and intensify surroundings.

Sundance Square Plaza Location: Fort Worth TX.

Sundance Square Plaza as the heart of downtown Fort Worth is a good example of a node. The space used to be a parking lot but after rebuilt to plaza, it serves as the setting for major city events.

This core public place draws people together, creates cultural linking with the life of the city. The comfortable spacious area that allows expanded programming but also is architecturally beautiful. Retail and restaurants thriving around the plaza.

LANDMARKS:

Landmarks are reference points external to observers, which are easily identifiable physical objects in the urban landscape.

Reunion Tower Location: Dallas TX.

Reunion Tower is an observation tower that could be an iconic landmark in Dallas. This 561 ft. stalk-like structure contrasts with surrounding buildings, making it unique and memorable in urban context.

The observation deck and café is open to the public to enjoy the food and the view which attracts a lot of visitors. The tower isn’t only impressive during daytime, the exterior color-changing LEDs on the ball shape of the tower shine beautifully at night. And these lights could be programmed to display various messages for special events which connects the viewer even more.

Public Transportation: Arlington, TX

In the reading of “mobilities ii” from the book Happy City, the term heteroscedasticity that Britton describes as the idea that many cities try to fix their issues using one single solution is important to understand. The truth of the matter, and as Montgomery points out, is that cities must focus on “New Mobility''. New mobility refers to “the [freedom] of people to move in the greatest variety of ways”. One single form of transportation can not work in a city.

A prime example is the city of Paris and the Vélib' bike sharing system. One of the reasons that makes Vélib' so successful is that it doesn't work on its own. Rather, the Vélib' bike sharing system is just a small part of Paris’ large transportation system.

Public transportation should not only be established in a city's infrastructure but the functionality of it must be reliable and stress-free. The reason why car usage is so predominant in Arlington is that for one: its infrastructure has been designed for the priority of cars given that no public transportation currently exists and two: people prefer cars because they are reliable and the driver feels more in control in arriving at their destination on time (for the most part).

This could definitely change with a transit system that offers its users a variety of options. As Montgomery states, people adjust, they adapt to what the city offers.

What would be the most ideal localized regional public transit system(s) in the city of Arlington?

For Arlington the most ideal public transit system would be one that includes a variety of options including rail, metro, and bike sharing programs.

1. Rail System

The TRE is a transit line and the only transit line for that matter, that connects Dallas and Ft. Worth. With Arlington being conveniently in the middle of these two major cities, having this railway expanded to Arlington is a viable and straightforward solution.

2. Metro

The Metro Arlington Xpress (Max) was a temporary project Arlington issued to get away with saying that it has public transportation. This program connected the CentrePort TRE station to an isolated UT Arlington bus stop. Evidently, it was supposedly cut off due to funding and low ridership. However, if it were to expand its stops and the frequency of them, it will not only attract more UTA students but other riders. Many students were not even aware of this service. Accessibility is a key element in attracting more ridership. Paris is a great example of how it mastered “headway elasticity”. This term refers to how frequent buses need to stop to draw the most amount of passengers. For Alington, they must be frequent enough to be reliable and provide real-time arrival data to reduce the stress of riders. The metro should interconnect with the TRE and be prominent in downtown areas given that Arlington has two major stadiums.

3. Bike Sharing

Bike sharing would be a viable transportation option in Arlington at a smaller scale. It can start in the city center including downtown Arlington and UTA. In 2017, the Institute for Sustainability and Global Impact initiated the bike sharing program, Zagster. However, after a couple of years it suddenly disappeared. Many students thought it was a great service to have on campus and more than a thousand students used it. We believe that a similar program can re-emerge that connects metro and rail programs alike. However, it must not only idly exist, riders must feel safe to use the service. Arlington today has designated bike lanes that do not work. Most of them function as both car lanes and bike lanes which does not make anyone want to actually use them in the fear of getting hit by a car. For a bike sharing program to be successful, a bike lane infrastructure must also be established.

In conclusion, all of these transit programs have more or less created the momentum to get Arlington some form of public transportation but evidently failed to stay. If there is a way to connect all these various forms of transportation systems into an orderly network then Arlington’s public transit system can indeed be a successful one.

Introduction by: Gary Smith

Paths, Edges by: Gary Smith

Nodes, Landmarks by: Shirley Zhang

Public Transportation by: Jackeline Menjivar

Citations:

“Mobilities II.” Happy City, by Charles Montgomery, Doubleday Canada, 2013.

“Sundance Square Plaza, The Heart of Fort Worth: 2019 ASLA Professional Awards.” Sundance Square Plaza, The Heart of Fort Worth | 2019 ASLA Professional Awards, www.asla.org/2019awards/634763-Sundance_Square_Plaza_The_Heart_Of_Fort_Worth.html.

Martin, Kyle. “Arlington Calls It Quits on MAX Bus Route, Opting for Ride-Sharing Vans Instead.” Dallas News, The Dallas Morning News, 25 Aug. 2019, www.dallasnews.com/news/2017/12/29/arlington-calls-it-quits-on-max-bus-route-opting-for-ride-sharing-vans-instead/.

Hernandez, Rocio, and Lorena Torres Romero. “UTA Looks to Renew Zagster Bike Contract.” The Shorthorn, 14 Nov. 2018, m.theshorthorn.com/news/uta-looks-to-renew-zagster-bike-contract/article_1e4d7232-e11f-11e8-9012-e3aaa0f3765f.html.

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American Airlines appoints Priya Aiyar as Senior Vice President and General Counsel

American Airlines Group announced that Priya Aiyar will join the airline as Senior Vice President and General Counsel, succeeding Paul Jones, who retired from American earlier this year.

“We are thrilled to welcome Priya to American Airlines,” said Steve Johnson, American’s Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs. “Priya is an outstanding lawyer and an extraordinary intellect, and her strategic perspective, integrity, energy, unique experience, passion for the law, and demonstrated ability to build and inspire teams make her the perfect person to lead our legal strategy and team over the coming years. We remain focused on evolving our culture and attracting the best and brightest to American and, in both respects, we could not have found a better person.”

“We are enormously proud of what Paul and our terrific legal team have accomplished,” continued Johnson. “I’m looking forward to working with Priya to build on that work and take us to the next level.”

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Amazon Presents a Prime Opportunity to Transform a City's Housing Market-but Where?

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Amazon's announcement that it plans to build a second headquarters somewhere in North America to employ tens of thousands of well-paid workers has set off a frenzy of let's-make-a-deal maneuvering among the nation's urban officials, all desperately vying to land the online retailer. The winning city will be announced sometime in 2018. Suspenseful much?

So why are cities tripping over themselves to win the contract? It's simple: The new Amazon HQ could become atrue game-changer for most metros.

What's at stake is as many as 50,000 workers-with an average salary topping $100,000-moving in over the next 10 to 15 years. That's larger than the population of many small cities, and it doesn't even include workers' families and the array of support companies that will crop up wherever Amazon goes. It's a big boon to local businesses and the coffers of citieswhich can collect higher tax revenue from its new residents. Plus, Amazon has pledged to invest about $5 billion in the construction and operation of its new facility. (It will maintain its original headquarters in Seattle as well.)

This kind of investment could turn a smaller, second-tier city into a superhot metropolis. It could reverse the fortunes of a long-struggling metro. Or it could be a feather in the cap of one of the country'salready desirable cities.

The new headquarters will, by necessity,profoundly transform the area's housing market.

Rental and home sale prices are likely to rise sharply as builders race to put up amenity-laden condo and apartment towers near the new HQ, along with creating new master-planned communities of single-family homes in the suburbs, say real estate and corporation relocation experts.

This projected is so highly coveted that even being on the short list will jump-start a lot of [residential] development activity, says John Boyd, principal of the Boyd Company, based in Princeton, NJ, a corporate relocation specialist.

What sorts of cities are most likely to make Amazon's short list?

Citiesmight throw every tax incentive imaginable to lure Amazon, but the online giant is looking for very specific qualifications for its second home. (Company officials declined to speak with realtor.com, but the retailer outlined what it's looking for in a request for proposalslast month.)

The inventor of 1-Click shopping is seeking metros with more than a million people, for starters. Theseareas must also be stable, business-friendly,andattractive to potential employees. (The latter tips the odds against a Rust Belt citysuch as Detroit, despite its resurgence.)

The site will need to accommodate about 30 buildings and be within 30 miles of the population center and 45 minutes of a major airport. It will also need easy access to major highways and public transit.

But the thing Amazon will need most is lots of skilled workers, say corporate relocation experts. That means they'll want to be close to top universities, and be in a place where young talentwants to live.

All the major cities that are competing for this are all markets that are consistently ranked as one of the most millennial-friendly, Boyd says.

Despitesuch tall demands, it's likely that Amazon will receive free land on which to build its headquarters and won't pay a dime of property, corporate income, sales, and other local and state taxes, saysChicago-based attorney Andrew Scott, who specializes in corporate site selections at Dykema.

Cities can offset some of those lossesby taxing the new residents the internet giant will bring in. And that money can go toward building new schools, expanding existing public transportation systems, and adding new government services for residents.

Whatever city lands this thing, their reputation is going to go through the roof,Scott says. A lot of folks will say, 'if this is good enough for Amazon, it's certainly good enough for my company.'

Amazon claims its investments in Seattle-where it has more than 40,000 employees-pumped about $38 billion into the city's economy from 2010 to 2016. It also claims to have spurred an additional 53,000 jobs in the city as a result of its investments. (It has more than 380,000 workers and countless outposts, offices, and warehouses worldwide, with more opening eachyear.)

How important is housing to Amazon?

Thequestion of just whereall of these workers are going to liveis usually the last piece of the puzzle, Boyd says.

Officialstypicallytake stock of the housing within a 70-mile radius of their new site, he says. They look at what sorts of homes currently exist; what kinds of buildings could be repurposed, such as old malls and factories; and the supply of land to build rental and condo towers in the city and single-familyhomes in the suburbs.

These could be former industrial zones on the edges of a metropolis-areas that have fallen into disarray over the years or aren't fully built out.

If Amazon's new headquarterssettle on the outskirts of a city, it could create a thriving second-city-type area,says Chief Economist Danielle Hale of realtor.com.It will become a new center that people want to live around.

Wherever Jeff Bezos' all-powerful company touches down, the apartment market is likely to spike, says Annie Radecki, senior manager at John Burns Real Estate Consulting. Many of thefirm's younger, singleworkers are likely to prefer to rent inside city centers, particularly job hoppers whowant to hedge their bets and might notintend to stay at Amazon long.Older workers, even older millennials with families, are more likely to veer toward single-familyliving in the suburbs.

Right now, [developers and builders] assume Amazon is a gold rush, Radecki says. But it's going to make affordability worse. Traffic will go up. Schools will get overcrowded. Services take time to catch up.

And itmight actually take longer to build new housing than the second headquarters.The problem is that the chosen city will need to create tens of thousands of new or retrofitted housing units in a short period of time,says Robert Dietz, chief economist of the National Association of Home Builders.

That's a tough ask, he adds.

It's tougher still when you factor in the national shortage of skilled construction workers-exacerbated by the rebuilding needs in hurricane-ravaged Houston and Florida.

What happens when a metro receives an influx of workers?

For a clueon theimpact Amazonmight eventually have, it's helpful to look at Texas-in particular, Dallas. The citylured companies from all over the world with low taxes, an inexpensive cost of living, and affordable real estate. Itboasts good universities and an educated workforce, making it catnip toemployers seeking to leave costly, coastal metros and the high wages they have to pay there.

The Dallas metro area began seeing an influx of companies relocating and expanding there in 2008, when AT&Trelocated its corporate headquarters, and about 700 jobs, from San Antonio, nearly 300 miles away. Since 2010, more than 200 companies have moved into the region with many more expanding in it. That's added about 500,000 jobs to the area.

Not surprisingly, there's been a corresponding population surge in the Dallas area, which includes Fort Worth, Arlington, and other smaller cities. It rose bynearly 1.36 million people from 2006 to 2016, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

The cost of housing has definitely been affected, says Dallas-area RealtorDebbie Murray, ofAllie Beth Allman & Associates.

And home prices have surged. In 2008, the median home price in the Dallas metro was $145,800, according to National Association of Realtors data. Fast-forward to 2016, and the median home price jumped nearly 56%, to $227,100. Nationally, prices rose only about19.8% over the same period.

Theinflux of new companiesis now revitalizingsmaller cities and suburbs around Dallas, too, turning places like Frisco,Plano,McKinney, and Alleninto destinations in their own right, Murray says. Many companies are opening operations in these places, and workers are reluctant to live more than a 30-minute commute away.

It completely changed the market, Murray says of the influx of new residents. It's crazy.

What's the catch to Amazon moving in?

Amazon'sbounty isn't likely to be shared by all-particularly by lower-income renterswhomight be forced out of their communities by rapidly rising housing prices.

There's going to be some pushing out,says Andre Perry, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, a Washington, DCbased think tank.

He worries that minorities, especially, will suffer the negative effects of gentrification in Amazon's future home city, as their neighborhoods see an influx of wealthierskilledworkers flooding in. And after presumably giving the online behemoth a massive tax break, city government will have to strainto provide services for the new residents (eventhough those residents will pay individual taxes).

Cities shouldn't sell the farm to bring in a company because that tax revenue is needed so they can have adequate transportation systems for people to get to work, so they can have quality schools and universities, Perry says.

And, of course, even Bezos' monster corporation could suffer thevicissitudesof an economic downturn.

Any time you have that number of jobs resting on one company, your fate really depends on what that company does, says real estate consultant Radecki. And with advancements in automation, artificial intelligence, and the rise in telecommuting, you may announce 1,000 jobs today and then later automate 900 of them.

There [are] huge technical shifts going on, she says. What Amazon's looking for today may not be what they need in five to 10 years.

A bigger city would be able to absorblarge job losses easier as it would have other high-paying industries to prop it up. But it could devastate the economy-and housing market-of a smaller one.

Cities need to understand the risk of attracting Amazon, Radecki says.

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1. A master list of every Dallas new restaurant opening in fall 2017. The fall always represents a promising time for new restaurants, but fall 2017 around Dallas-Fort Worth is totally next level. On top of the usual various newcomers, big and small, there are a number of large developments going up in the suburbs Dallas that will vastly increase the places that local diners can grab a meal. Here’s our list of all the restaurant openings you’ll ever want to know about. The list is comprehensive and alphabetic, from A to Z.

2. Who’s the most stylish in Dallas? Now’s the time to vote. We have once again partnered with The Plaza to present the fourth annual CultureMap Stylemaker Awards. To get things started, we asked you, our devoted readers, to nominate those you deem our city’s arbiters of style. Then we convened a panel of judges to narrow down the pool to 12 deserving semifinalists. Take a look at the list, and then cast your vote.

3. We’re one big step closer to getting from DFW to Austin in under 20 minutes. A 19-minute trip from Dallas to Austin is a few miles closer to reality. A proposed project that would connect Dallas, Austin, Houston, Laredo, and San Antonio via a futuristic pod-and-tube system is now one of four U.S. finalists in a global transportation contest.

4. Italian openings and pizza top this slice of Dallas restaurant news. Dallas restaurant action is coming in fast and furious, with the highlights in this roundup being Italian, pizza, gelato, and wine. That’s a complete meal right there. Here’s what’s happening in dining news.

5. Dallas Symphony Orchestra patrons garner standing ovation at annual gala. Before he departs for New York, music director Jaap van Zweden made sure to leave a lasting impression during his final Dallas Symphony Orchestra gala. The maestro conducted three pieces from Dvorak and one from Mahler, all to rapturous applause from the black tie-clad audience.

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The World's Biggest Tech Companies Are No Longer Just American

The English Language Dominates the World

No depend wherein you cross within the global, you have a very good chance of finding someone who speaks English. English is quickly turning into the worldwide language, and it dominates the sector in lots of approaches. There are many reasons for this reality, one in every of that is the truth that Great Britain becomes an international power throughout the colonial days, and nowadays America is, perhaps, the maximum effective state inside the International. Because of this global domination, mastering English is critical to effectively speaking in our new international society.

English Dominates the Business World

The international is accommodating to English speakers, and that is visible really inside the Business global. This has befallen slowly, and a few European international locations have fought it, but it has happened. Today, an assembly between commercial enterprise leaders in Europe who are from extraordinary nations could be much more likely to arise in English than one of the local tongues of the professionals.

Why is this? The English domination is due, in a massive element, to information. The European Union reviews that nearly 1/2 of Western Europeans talk conversational English. In comparison, best 32 percentage speak German and best 28 percent talk French. Additionally, sixty-nine percentage of enterprise managers and 65 percent of those in their past due to teens and early twenties talk respectable English. In modern global, getting to know English actually, makes accurate business experience.

The Language of Science and Technology

The clinical world has constantly been a proponent of a common language. This is why residing matters are labeled the use of Latin words. When a German scientist makes a discovery, he desires with the intention to speak that discovery with his Japanese, American, and French colleagues. As such, the primary language used within the fields of technological know-how is English.

The Internet additionally performs a role in making English the dominant language of the world. By ways, the enormous majority of online sources are written in English. Translations are available, but the main language most websites, as many as eighty percents of all websites, is English. Also, maximum forums are frequented by using folks that can communicate English, this means that that the free sharing of thoughts on line is extra handy to those who can study and write in English.

English Is the Language of Culture

While all nations have their very own actors, actresses, and singers, those that acquire worldwide popularity are almost usually English performers. If you grasp the iPod of a person in a non-English speaking u. S . A ., you will in all likelihood find a few songs on it sung in English, if now not most of the people of the songs. Pop tradition icons are global celebrities, and the full-size majority of those who obtain international reputation are English speaking.

English Is the Language of Education

From the youngest college students to the advanced graduate scholar, those involved in schooling across the world are studying English. Elementary colleges in European and Asian international locations are teaching young kids fundamental English. Universities throughout the globe are changing from their local languages to English. People are touring to England and America to have their children taught English via native speakers. Countries like China are paying Americans to return to their lands to educate their human beings conversational English.

As English maintains to morph into an international language, it has its skeptics. Some factor to the time whilst Latin was the “worldwide” language and say that no language can stay prominent forever. However, that turned into a time whilst the arena was not linked by way of the clicking of a mouse or the dialing of a smartphone. Today, English is turning into a worldwide language, and it’s going to likely stay there, despite the fact that in a completely unique form that may be a bit extraordinary than its current one. Regardless of the destiny of the language, it’s far evident that a good way to make an impact on the cutting-edge financial system, one needs to be capable of using English nicely.

The History of American Trans Air

Indianapolis-primarily world based American Trans Air, once an emerging career, Companies looked for an identity.

Established in 1973 as an aircraft issue for the Ambassadair Travel Club, it inaugurated provider with a single Boeing 720 dubbed “Miss Indy,” doubling its fleet 5 years later with a second, “Spirit of Indiana.” But it’s March 1981 issuance of common-provider certification enabled it to operate in its own right.

Retaining its Indianapolis roots, it acquired ever large aircraft, inclusive of 8 707s; its first widebody, a former Laker Airways DC-10-10 registered N183AT in 1983; and an ex-Northwest Orient DC-10-fort, itself bearing registration N184AT. The quad-engine 707s had been eventually replaced through more fuel-efficient 727-one hundred tri-jets.

Annual passenger totals climbed: ninety six,426 in 1981, 269,086 in 1982, and 618,532 in 1983.

Relying upon Northwest for added DC-10 acquisitions, however, pressured to alternative the comparable TriStar whilst it elected to maintain its plane, American Trans Air purchased its first in 1985, in the end operating 15 L-1011-1s, one -a hundred, and four -500s.

It assumed a new operational profile when it inaugurated constrained scheduled service on the JFK-Belfast-Riga (Latvia), Indianapolis-Fort Myers, Indianapolis-Las Vegas, and San Francisco-Kahului (Maui)-Honolulu routes, billing itself both as “American’s excursion airline” and “The kingdom’s biggest constitution airline.”

“We create the comfort. You create the exhilaration,” it advertised. “At American Trans Air, we recognize the most effective excitement you want on a vacation is the excitement you create. That’s why you can assume American Trans Air’s courteous, expert group of workers, top flight aircraft, consumer aware costs, and all the little extras that have turn out to be the feature of our growing employer.”

Growing it changed into. Seeking to avoid scheduled airline competition, it had grown to be the United States’ biggest charter operator, attributing up to 90 percent of its sales to both the civil and military divisions of this area, with the remainder from scheduled operations, wet leasing, 0.33 party pilot education, and contract renovation.

Operating a 23-strong fleet by way of 1992-which includes seven 727-100s, 12 L-1011-1s, and four 757-200s-it became worthwhile for 18 of its 19-12 months records, posting a $2 million loss the preceding yr for the first time because of the recession and the journey trepidation created with the aid of the Gulf War. It transported 2.4 million passengers that 12 months.

It was that very Gulf War, but, which served as the cornerstone of its navy operations, considering that its aircraft counted as a part of the Civil Air Patrol fleet. Carrying 108,000 troops on 494 missions in the help of Operation Desert Storm, it becomes also instrumental in operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom and provided 727-one hundred trip flights among Nellis Air Force Base and the Tonopah Test Range in Nevada.

Stretched -200s replaced the -100s in 1993.

American Trans Air over again followed a new picture when it dedicated a vast part of its plane sources to scheduled operations from a Chicago-Midway hub, similarly to continuing its military and authorities settlement flights.

To facilitate its intended boom and modernize its fleet, it ordered 39 737-800s and 12 757-200s in 2000, taking transport of the first of the previous (N301TZ) in June of the subsequent 12 months and the primary of the latter (N550TZ) months later, introducing a livery trade within the procedure to emphasise its new scheduled-airline, business-orientated route device, now branded “ATA Airlines.”

Equally searching for feed from small and secondary towns with extra appropriate turboprop nearby equipment, it purchased present Chicago Express for $1.9 million in 1999 and operated it as a separate “ATA Connection” subsidiary.

It’s brand new, extended-photograph strategy, however, proved unprofitable, forcing it to record for Chapter eleven financial ruin protection 5 years later, on October 26, 2004. The best technique of preserving it alive, it determined, was to appoint its belongings for the benefit of a healthful provider, which, in this situation, changed into deregulation-synonymous Southwest Airlines.

Transferring six of its Midway Airport gates and 27 percentage of its nonvoting inventory to Southwest in change for a life-injecting coins infusion and endured operation underneath a code proportion agreement in December of 2004, ATA decreased its number of Indianapolis-served destinations to three and redeployed plane to Chicago, now assuming a business airline profile with the aid of flying to cities that Southwest did not, which include New York-La Guardia, Dallas/Fort Worth, and San Francisco. Midway-bypassing offerings additionally enabled it to link Southwest consciousness towns, including Orlando, Phoenix, and Las Vegas, with other voids in its path device, Denver, and Honolulu amongst them.

The method ended with a 20-percentage sales growth for Southwest but did not necessarily suture ATA’s economic bleed.

To similarly lessen costs, it significantly pruned its fleet, promoting 20 737-800s and 8 757-300s and simplest marginally plugging its potential gap with the two-yr hire, between November of 2005 and November of 2007, of 3 former United Airlines 737-300s. Even the higher costs, within the event, proved too high.

Coincident carrier reductions, now not distinctly, were enormous, as the lights dimmed on several locations over a quick c program languageperiod: Boston, Newark, and Minneapolis in October of 2005, Indianapolis and Denver in November, and Orlando, Fort Myers, and San Francisco the subsequent April, leaving little extra than the skeleton of its as soon as fully fleshed body. Indeed, 18 daily departures had been dispatched from an unmarried gate at Midway Airport and only 52 had been provided gadget wide. A previous court approval had enabled it to promote its Ambassadair Travel Club division to Grueninger Cruises and Tours.

Although a $100 million monetary bundle shape the MatlinPatterson funding firm and pre-bankruptcy creditors enabled the now-privatized service to in brief emerge from financial disaster and set up provider to New York-La Guardia, Houston-Hobby, Ontario, Oakland, and Hilo (Hawaii), rising gasoline fees, the speedy resignation of a rapidly-serving CEO, the poorly executed replacement plan of its L-1011s with DC-10s, and the loss of a major army contract prompted it to spiral lower back into bankruptcy, leaving Flight 4586 from Honolulu to Phoenix to mark its closing landing at 0846 on August 2, 2008.

Millwright Companies – Employee Job Description

Employees of millwright agencies do restore paintings and installations on massive business machines. They are referred to as millwrights. They do the repair and install the equipment which might be used in machine shops and production facilities. The millwrights will be the ones that could decide in which the big device would pass within the production facility and oversee the manner of set up. They can also behavior take a look at runs, bring together elements, and first-class-track the finished jobs. The millwright is the individual that the manufacturing facility will name to troubleshoot troubles after which they may make upkeep or replace the parts that aren’t operating or broken. Some have specialized in sure equipment however maximum millwrights have an extensive knowledge of various varieties of equipment. This can include meeting line robots, huge energy turbines, and wind generators.

To work for millwright agencies they need to have an excessive faculty diploma. Some will not hire a millwright except they’ve finished the two-yr education program at a network college or vocational faculty. When they’re new on the activity, they’ll generally paintings for 4 to five years as an apprentice. During this period, they will research the job firsthand and also will help different setup millwrights. Once they’ve sufficient revel in and prove their talents they may be allowed to do bigger projects.

Most will work for production businesses and huge manufacturing companies. Some may go with non-public vendors for heavy equipment or open their personal contracting commercial enterprise. When running on this discipline a millwright has to ensure that all of the components of the machinery are successfully set up. They need to additionally be kept in appropriate working order. Both of these are necessary to make certain the protection of the workers using the machinery and to maintain the luxurious equipment.

When a facility needs a new piece of equipment or device millwright businesses will send out a millwright to do the session and make guidelines. The millwright will then supervise the whole procedure. They will behavior a protection inspection on the manufacturing unit to decide wherein the brand new machines need to be located. Once the machinery has arrived at the manufacturing unit the millwright will take a look at the blueprints to make certain which is the pieces are there so the system can be established successfully.

Some of the other jobs that a millwright would possibly use their expert abilities on can consist of:

• Supervise crane operators and different creation people while placing the system in region • Install and service generators, assembly line machinery, power turbines, machinist gear, mining gadgets, and different numerous heavy equipment. • Take cautious measurements and use precision equipment whilst assembling sensitive or spall parts. • Make fine changes on completed tasks • Ensures that the equipment are operating efficiently

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Lisa Gonzalez, posing by marquee sign of the City of Cibolo; a City that is experimenting a demographic explosion.

Professor Richard Tangum

Sarah Esserlieu

Carla Burrell

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UTSA’s urban and regional planning master’s program launched less than a decade ago.

More than 80 percent of program’s recent alumni are employed in planning fields.

By Vanessa A. Davila

Originally Posted 02/16/2017

From The Spring 2017 Issue

On a stretch of Texas FM 78, which runs between San Antonio and Seguin, sits the sleepy city of Cibolo. It won’t be that sleepy for much longer, though. With more than 28,000 residents, Cibolo experienced a 44 percent population increase between 2010 and 2016. By 2020 the city is expected to more than double in size. Lisa Gonzalez ’06, M.S. ’12 is the city planner preparing Cibolo for such a drastic jump in population.

Gonzalez was one of the first two graduates of UTSA College of Architecture, Construction, and Planning’s master of science in urban and regional planning. Her graduation peer, Sergio Martinez M.S. ’12, is now the director of transportation and infrastructure in Bogotá, Colombia. Gonzalez and Martinez are part of a group of already more than three dozen alumni who are literally changing the landscape of cities.

The highly visible impact of such graduates from the relatively new master’s program, launched in 2010, is a big reason professor Richard Tangum, who is also the director of UTSA’s Center for Urban and Regional Planning Research, is confident that the program will achieve national accreditation within the next three years. More than 80 percent of its most recent graduates, for example, are employed in planning fields.

Gonzalez initially studied architecture at UTSA, and when she graduated she moved back to her hometown of McAllen to work as an architect for the city. It wasn’t until McAllen’s planning department requested her assistance with an update to its development codes and guidelines that she became hooked on the field’s scope. “In architecture, you design based on certain parameters, such as local codes or guidelines,” Gonzalez says. “When I was introduced to planning, I realized that the planner is the one who creates those guidelines. This experience allowed me to link the macro sense of planning to my background in architecture at a whole different scale.”

Gonzalez is now an integral part of improving the increasingly burdened I-35 corridor between San Antonio and Austin. Experts have been associating the I-35 stretch to megaregion Dallas–Fort Worth for decades. Austin is noted for its population and traffic, which are bursting at the seams, and San Antonio’s relatively low cost of living and economic growth is enticing to young professionals looking for affordability. In turn, young couples with children are flocking to corridor cities like Cibolo because of even more affordability and desirable school districts. For Gonzalez, her role meant an opportunity to create a comprehensive plan to map out the things that Americans often take for granted: utilities, fire stations, city halls, and additional schools.

While many new residents are choosing to live outside San Antonio’s city limits, there are many more who want to live in the city’s urban core. Sarah Esserlieu M.S. ’15 is a senior management analyst for the Alamo City who manages three incentive programs: the Inner City Reinvestment and Infill Policy Fee Waiver Program, the Center City Housing Incentive Policy, and the Brownfield Redevelopment Program, each of which promotes growth within San Antonio’s urban core. The programs encourage downtown real estate development by providing financial incentives and technical assistance for developers.

After living in San Diego at the height of the 2000s’ economic recession and then moving to South Korea, where her interest in urban planning sparked, Esserlieu made contact with UTSA graduate adviser Tangum after she returned to the U.S. and began to further explore the field. She says she made the leap of faith, moved to San Antonio, and immediately saw the potential in downtown San Antonio to make use of her future studies. “Being here, working here, and seeing the way the city is going,” Esserlieu says, “I think, Yeah, this was the perfect choice. There is still so much transition in San Antonio, and I can say I was part of that. It’s not necessarily something you can do in an already-established city like Portland or Seattle.”

Gonzalez and Esserlieu both chose to stay close to San Antonio after receiving their UTSA degrees, but others, like Martinez in Bogotá, have gone farther to affect change. Carla Burrell ’09, M.S. ’15 says she always hoped to help people live better.

Thinking she’d achieve that, though, by improving their experiences with home comforts, she studied interior design as an undergraduate. But she realized she wanted to do something even more substantial.

She is now an environmental planner with a private firm that has been tasked with delivering the first phase of California’s high-speed rail, which will connect the San Francisco Bay area to Los Angeles. As California’s population has grown, the demand for intrastate travel has as well. Proponents believe that the rail line is the most cost-effective and environmentally friendly way of meeting that demand.

Any project this massive, however, doesn’t happen without some controversy, and the planned rail service is no different. “I take comfort,” Burrell says, “in the fact that I am attempting to provide people with sustainable development through green public infrastructure, good air, land and water stewardship, economic development, and expanded mobility choices.”

With cities and regions around the world growing and changing so rapidly, urban planners will be an integral part of the future, according to UTSA’s Tangum. “Our program is paying off because we can see the results, and our graduates are moving along even faster in job responsibility than I’d anticipated,” he says. “But one of our basic philosophies from the start was to do everything we can to get our students in professional positions where they can succeed.” TBB

As it ramps up for accreditation, one of UTSA’s newest graduate programs is showing big successes among its alumni Texas Border Business Story Highlights UTSA’s urban and regional planning master’s program launched less than a decade ago.

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