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The upper lobby in the apartment building ECO, one of eight buildings in the Green District complex in Allston, Mass. Common areas in multifamily buildings, especially those charging higher rents, often look more like lobbies found in hotels. Photo: Warren Jagger
Demand for rental apartments and condos hasn’t been this strong in years, and our experts think t...
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Situated in Houston’s historic Hines Market Square district is a 32-story luxury tower that will be home to 274 residents. Most of the multifamily that’s being built in the U.S. is rental, and much of it is in or near urban centers where both young and older renters and empty nesters are gravitating. Photo: courtesy Ziegler Cooper
A survey of more than 25,000 adults found the renters to be more burdened by debt than homeowners...
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Trumark Urban’s 27-condo Amero, in San Francisco’s Cow Hollow neighborhood, features a rooftop terrace with a striking fireplace. Photo: ©Christopher Mayer Photography
Toll Brothers, Lennar, and Trumark are among a small group of production builders to engage in co...
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In the fourth quarter of 2014, investment in nonresidential structures increased 2.6%. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Real gross domestic product expanded 2.6% during the fourth quarter of 2014, following a 5% incre...
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The system sits at the edge of a building's roof, generating wind and solar energy. Images courtesy of Anerdgy.
The system was designed to take advantage of a building's air flow and generate energy even if it...
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NAHB's forecast shows multifamily starts reaching 358,000 units in 2015, or only 1.7% more than last year. Photo: Estormiz via Wikimedia Commons
New-home purchases, which recovered strongly in 2014, indicate that homeownership might finally b...
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Renderings courtesy Foggo Associates.
The much delayed high-rise development at London’s 60-70 St. Mary Axe resembles a can of ham, and...
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Photo: Terence Wiki via Wikimedia Commons
Investors bet big time on demand for rental properties over homeownership in 2014, when sales of...
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Rendering courtesy Tesla
Tesla Motors’ “gigafactory,” a $5 billion project on 980 acres in Sparks, Nev., could annually pr...
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The building components were prefabricated piece by piece using a printer that is 7 meters tall,...
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The Dutch practice NL Architects designed a proposal for a chain of hotels shaped like a rock cut...
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The 270-meter tower, dubbed the No. 1 Undershaft, will stand next to the city's "Cheesegrater" bu...
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Renderings courtesy Holm Architecture Office
New York-based HAO has released designs for the proposed Bolong 3D Movie Museum & Mediatek in...
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Nearly 100 years after Antoni Gaudí’s death, Chile will begin constructing a chapel using his des...
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After more than 15 years of work, the nonprofit design group Architecture for Humanity has closed...
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Minneapoliss Target Field Station opened last May 17. The $82.5 million hub is the western terminus of the new Green Line, whic
You can catch a train at Minneapolis’s new Target Field Station. You can also share in an experie...
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Hot Box, by Michaela MacLeod of Polymtis Architecture and Nicholas Croft, was one of five winning submissions.
Five winning designs have been unveiled for lifeguard stands that will double as public space art...
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Photo: Shmuel Spiegelman via Wikimedia Commons
A study released by the New York Building Congress shows that construction costs in Manhattan hav...
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All photos courtesy Andrew Pielage Photography
Artist Adam Reed Tucker used 180,000 LEGO pieces and 420 hours of work to recreate Frank Lloyd Wr...
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Construction input prices dipped 1.4% during the final month of 2014 and are down nearly 1% on a...
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Perched on the highest peak between Vilnius' historic quarter and downtown, the Vilnius Beacon wi...
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Holl designed the campus’ north side to be a pedestrian-centered cultural hub on a lively landsca...
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Calatrava reveals that he wanted to retain the “tiny home” feel of the original church building t...
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The U.S. construction industry added 48,000 jobs in December, including 22,800 jobs in nonresiden...
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Photo: Larry D. Moore CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The report identifies several barriers to investment in such retrofits, such as the costs and com...
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Plans of where the parks would be located if University of Chicago's bid were chosen. Image courtesy of the University of Chicag
There are two proposed sites for the plan, both owned by the Chicago Park District in Chicago’s S...
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Converting the Astrodome to an urban farm and public park is one of the proposals on the table in...
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Photo: Jdkoenig via Wikimedia Commons
Two major projects—a new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings NFL team and the city’s Downtown East...
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Kroenke Groups owner, billionaire real estate developer Stan Kroenke, is the first existing NFL owner to control enough land in
Kroenke Group is the latest in a series of high-profile investors that want to bring back pro foo...
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The plan by Snøhetta and WCIT Architecture features a building that appears square from the outsi...
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