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It Takes Too Many Studies for the Government to Do the Right Thing

In two years, the American Southwest is expected to cut the ribbon on one of the biggest and most environmentally…

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How the Labour Party Wants to Change the U.K. Economy

The Labour Party, which won Britain’s general election on Thursday, has made it one of its missions to revitalize Britain’s…

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Oklahoma Stakes Its Claim to the Tallest Building in the U.S.

The Oklahoma City Council voted this week to clear the way for a 1,907-foot tower, surpassing One World Trade Center…

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6 Beaches for Budding Swimmers, Surfers and Castle Builders

For families with children, we found half a dozen beaches in the United States and Mexico, each tailored to a…

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Antoine Predock, Architect Who Channeled the Southwest, Dies at 87

His striking, acclaimed structures evoked the desert. But for major projects elsewhere in the world, he adopted the same principle:…

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‘An Incoherent Riot’: Why London’s Skyline Looks So Weird

London has a jarring profusion of odd skyscrapers with funny names or nicknames. There are the Shard and the Scalpel,…

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Billionaire-Built Cities Would Be Better Than Nothing

A company backed by Silicon Valley’s most powerful investors, including the LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and the venture capitalist Marc…

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The OpenAI Coup Is Great for Microsoft. What Does It Mean for Us?

There was the coup that hit the headlines: the OpenAI board’s abrupt ousting of its co-founder and chief executive, Sam…

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New York City May Pay You to Build a ‘Granny Flat’ in Your Backyard

Fifteen New Yorkers living in single-family homes could get up to nearly $400,000 to build an extra apartment on their…

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California Slams San Francisco for ‘Egregious’ Barriers to Housing Construction

The city adopted a state-approved plan in January to build 82,000 new housing units in eight years. It’s already failing.

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