Multifamily Housing

All renderings couretsy Helmut Jahn.
Helmut Jahn designed the project.

Courtesy Magnusson Architecture and Planning
Magnusson Architecture and Planning designed the building.

Reata Glen, designed by KTGY Architecture + Planning for Spieker Senior Development, is a 480-unit life plan community that opened in May in Rancho Mission Viejo, Calif. Photo: Matthew Anderson
Ben Seager, AIA, Named KTGY’s New 75+ Service-Enriched National Practice Area Leader

A large dune will protect Cinnamon Shore South, a 300-acre subdivision in Port Aransas, Texas, that is one of several mixed-used projects under construction there. Images: Sea Oats Group
Three mixed-use communities in Port Aransas are expanding.

ALl renderings courtesy FXCollaborative
FXCollaborative designed the building.

A new study wonders how many retiring adults will be able to afford housing.
Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies focuses on growing income disparities among people 50...
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All renderings: Paperfarm
RAMSA designed the project.

Video surveillance cameras can enhance security at apartment and condominium communities, but they're not the total solution, according to security consultant Michael Silva, CPP. Photo: radionyx/stock.adobe.com
“Cameras can be part of a security program, but they’re not the security solution itself.” That’s...
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Ed Oswald of DigitalTrends.com recommends the Echelon Smart Connect EX3 MAX Indoor Cycle as an affordable alternative to Peloton.
Readers and experts offer alternatives to Peloton bicycles for their apartment and condo projects...
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Renderings courtesy Plant Prefab
It is Plant Prefab’s first multifamily system.

Renderings courtesy Dattner Architects
Dattner Architects is designed the project.

Five reasons why property owners and managers are choosing to take control of their wireless netw...
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Minneapolis-based Dominium owns or manages more than 30,000 apartment units at over 200 sites in 22 states,
Dominium receives eight MADACS Awards

Photo courtesy Prescient
Prescient combines 5D software, clever engineering, and advanced robotics to create prefabricated...
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Project Open, a net-zero energy, $16 million, 112-unit rental community in Salt Lake City’s Guadalupe neighborhood. Utah artist Chuck Landvatter painted the seven-story, 30-foot-wide mural of a man and girl (modeled on the artist’s daughter). Photo: Brandon Hyatt Photography
Project Open has no carbon footprint, but the six-story, solar-powered building is already leavin...
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Peloton bikes at Weinstein Properties, Bexley Triangle Park, Raleigh, NC. Courtesy Weinstein Properties
Peloton will no longer sell its bikes to apartment communities.

Compact washer/dryer combo. Courtesy Whirlpool.
In-unit washer/dryer heads our ranking of the top indoor amenities in multifamily housing develop...
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Matt Gough, Director of Innovation and Work Winning, Mace Group
From building prefab factories in the sky to incubating the next generation of AEC tech startups,...
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No humans necessary. A transfer platform slides under the car's wheelbase and positions the vehicle to be parked automatically in a basement of 500 Walnut. Image: Westfalia Technologies
This is the first “palletless” system that Westfalia Technologies has installed.

Hewitt architects is designing the project.

Renderings courtesy RKTB
RKTB Architects is designing the project.

Photo: Pexels
Top 10 results in the “Outdoor Amenities” category in our Multifamily Design+Construction...
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Courtesy Pixabay
Year-over-year growth tops 3% for 13th month. Will the economy stifle momentum?

Capitol 650, a new construction 351-unit residential community designed by KTGY Architecture + Planning and developed by Lennar Multifamily Communities is located in Milpitas, Calif. Capitol 650 sits directly across the street from the future Milpitas BART station and adjacent to the existing VTA Light Rail Station in the city of Milpitas’ Transit Area Specific Plan. Photo: Les Tirmenstein, courtesy KTGY Architecture + Planning
Humphreys & Partners, KTGY, SCB, CallisonRTKL, and Perkins Eastman top the rankings of the na...
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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.
What amenities are “must-have” rather than “nice to have” for the local market? Which amenities w...
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Whirlpool washer and dryer in one machine can provide laundering solutions in apartments with limited space.
Whirlpool washer and dryer in one machine can provide laundering solutions in apartments with lim...
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Henry Gifford's Buildings Don't Lie challenges AEC professionals to build better buildings through a better understanding of basic building science.
Review of "Buildings Don't Lie," by engineer Henry Gifford.

Wilsonart, maker of Enchanted Rock Traceless Cabinets and other products, is about to acquire Czech manufacturer Technistone.
U.S. manufacturer Wilsonart, maker of High Pressure Laminate, Quartz, Solid Surface, Coordinated...
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Students working in a communal space. Photo courtesy GBBN
When it comes to the design and space planning of your residence life program, the quality of the...
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Independence Library and Apartments, a hybrid library and affordable housing development in Chicago. Designed by John Ronan Architects
How the city of Chicago and nonprofit groups partnered to build three libraries plus affordable h...
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