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These are sprouting up in every rich neighborhood in America. I had to find out why.

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. For years, the house next door to ours was condemned. The retired federal employee who owned it lived elsewhere and seemed mostly to use the property to store a whole bunch of his junk. I would sometimes see him puttering around the library in our part of Arlington, Virginia. Though I would have preferred a neighbor who was friendly and present, I was grateful that for some unfathomable reason he never...
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Flurry of investments erodes Bali’s architectural identity – Regulations

alinese architects have expressed concerns over the growing number of buildings that violate local architectural guidelines and promote illegal architectural practices, prompting the island to lose its cultural identity.I Wayan Agus Novi Dharmawan, chairman of Indonesian Architect Association (IAI) Bali told The Jakarta Post on Feb. 18 that violations had been increasing with little to no strict measures coming from authorities to uphold local stipulations on architectural requirements on the island. Among those regulations are the limit to building heights of no taller than 15 meters, as well as the...