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From armadillo to origami: Why can’t we all live in Bartlett Street?
What Houston’s lack of planning laws tells us about housing markets, human ingenuity and traffic sprawl …
November 07, 2025
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Great article -love the pics
Christine Evans-Pughe - 2025 11 10
Fascinating article on architecture and how Houston’s planning laws allow innovation as well as awful buildings to go ahead.
BrendaC - 2025 11 10
Great piece!
ursula - 2025 11 08
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Loved this article with its pics and comment on housing in Houston. As we have so much red tape re planning housing rules here, it is good to see what the other side looks like. Never easy to solve . Thanks for your insight!
BrendaC - 2025 11 10