Robert Cassidy is Executive Editor of Building Design+Construction and the Editor of Multifamily Design+Construction. A city planner, he is the author of several books, including “Livable Cities,” and was a co-founder of the Friends of the Chicago River.
Life Fitness says it will sell its exercycles to apartment and condominium property owners.
Life Fitness is adding interactive content to its exercycles for hotels and health clubs, but will it sell to apartment building owners?
The Oxford word of the year: climate emergency. Graph sourced from the Oxford Corpus
Reviewer Elyse Betters-Picaro gives high marks to the ProForm Studio Bike Pro ($999) as her best buy for alternatives to Peloton. Photo: ProForm
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Ed Oswald of DigitalTrends.com recommends the Echelon Smart Connect EX3 MAX Indoor Cycle as an affordable alternative to Peloton.
Peloton bikes at Weinstein Properties, Bexley Triangle Park, Raleigh, NC. Courtesy Weinstein Properties
Compact washer/dryer combo. Courtesy Whirlpool.
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Design Partners Incorporated provided surfboard storage at The Collection (above), a 397-unit, 43-story condo tower and 54-unit mid-rise (plus 14 townhomes) for developer The Collection LLC (subsidiary of A&B Properties Inc.); and at Waihonua at Kewalo, another 43-floor condo community, for client Kewalo Development. Both are in Honolulu. Photo: Ryan Kamo/Design Partners Inc.
Henry Gifford's Buildings Don't Lie challenges AEC professionals to build better buildings through a better understanding of basic building science.
Independence Library and Apartments, a hybrid library and affordable housing development in Chicago. Designed by John Ronan Architects
Annual mortgage payment plus property tax per average square foot of housing in US cities.
Source: World Business Chicago
Yotel, New York City. Photo: JasonParis, flickr creative commons
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American Standard's SaTo sanitary toilet pans (shown here installed in a latrine in Haiti) seal off pit latrines from flies to prevent the spread of pathogens.
Illustration: ratch0013 via FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Qianhai Development - Goettsch Partners, August 2014
