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Multifamily Housing
As cities grow ever more crowded, multifamily housing construction is more necessary than ever. Finding ways to compress housing into smaller spaces while still creating true homes calls for a complex blend of innovative design and engineering.
Photo: Brett VA, Wikimedia Commons
February 24, 2016 | CBRE and BD+C Staff
Senior housing occupancy is at its highest level since 2007, and 2015 was a record year for sales...
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Westin hotel and transit center at Denver International Airport, Denver. Photo courtesy Gensler
February 22, 2016 | BD+C Staff
Technology is running wild in Gensler’s 2016 forecast, as things like virtual reality, "smart" bu...
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Courtesy David Siddons Group.
February 10, 2016 | Mike Chamernik, Associate Editor
The 57-story Elysee Miami will offer residents impeccable views and plenty of amenities.
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Greenpoint Landing in Brooklyn, New York City, a megaproject with affordable rentals. Image courtesy Handel Architects, via Gothamist.
February 05, 2016 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Aimed at designing efficient, flexible ground-floor space.
Photo Credit: William Lesch, Lori Carroll, Esthela J. Celya
February 02, 2016 | David Malone, Associate Editor
Floating vanities, tricked-out showers, and freestanding tubs highlight the top bathroom design t...
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Photo Credit: Mike Tuell, Tom E. Lutz, AKBD
February 01, 2016 | David Malone, Associate Editor
Charging stations, built-in coffeemakers, and pet stations—these are among the top kitchen design...
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Photo Credit: Björn Söderqvist, Flickr/Creative Commons
January 22, 2016 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
The move is expected to impact high-end condo development.
January 14, 2016 | Arthur L. Sanders & Benjamin J. Robinson, Hoffmann Architects
This AIA CES Discovery course discusses the six elements of an EIFS wall assembly; common EIFS fa...
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Ollie at Carmel Place in New York offers its renters furnished apartments and a host of hospitality services. Photo courtesy Ollie
January 08, 2016 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The co-living platform Ollie is leasing its initial building, in New York, with housekeeping and...
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San Diego's skyline is being transformed by new office, hotel, and residential building projects. Photo courtesy Pixabay
January 04, 2016 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The city's emission-reduction plan could drive influx into downtown
At 658 feet, The Independent will be the tallest building in Austin, Texas.
December 23, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Aspen Heights Partners evaluates seven metros for its initial projects.
Optimizing the window-to-wall ratio was a design focus for FXFowle (architect) on the 600-unit Crossing at Jamaica Station redevelopment, in Queens, N.Y. Also on the Building Team: ICOR Consulting Engineers (MEP), and WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff (SE). Image courtesy FXFowle.
December 17, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
A number of green prerogatives are having a beneficial impact on multifamily design and construct...
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December 14, 2015 | BD+C Staff
Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies released its biennial rental housing report, and it fo...
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December 10, 2015 | Mike Chamernik, Associate Editor
One resident says living in the curvy, glass 100 Eleventh Avenue building is like being in a wind...
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An Airbnb office in Toronto. Photo: Raysonho/Wikimedia Commons.
December 07, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Some developers are thinking about that possibility, says one West Coast real estate consultant. ...
A team of students from Virginia Tech and local architects from Brown Craig Turner submitted the BeMORE Flats design, which won the Most Resilient Design award.
December 07, 2015 | BD+C Staff
Teams competed to provide the best social and environmental design solutions for the city’s exist...
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Renderings via Dezeen
November 19, 2015 | Mike Chamernik, Associate Editor
The 160 Leroy building will have 49 luxury homes, along with a white concrete façade covered with...
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One of the residential towers as seen from Via Gaetano de Castillia on Google Maps
November 17, 2015 | Adilla Menayang, Assistant Digital Editor
Designed by Italian architect Stefano Boeri, the building design was applauded for its “extraordi...
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GLASS tower in Miami Beach, Fla. Renderings courtesy Terra Group.
November 17, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
GLASS is one of several residential buildings in the works in that city’s hot South of Fifth neig...
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The four residential towers will surround a lush atrium, which from afar will seem like a green mountain. Renderings courtesy of M+S Pte Ltd
November 05, 2015 | Adilla Menayang, Assistant Digital Editor
Imagine a high-rise with lush greenery on every floor—that’s the design Ingehoven Architects and...
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Labor City is 8.6 miles from Doha, covering an area of 0.4 square miles.
November 04, 2015 | Adilla Menayang, Assistant Digital Editor
The project is just one of seven house complexes built by the government for the country’s approx...
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Chevron-patterned tiles are trending. All images courtesy Novità
October 27, 2015 | Novità
Supersized tile and 3D walls are among the trending tile design themes seen at Cersaie, an exhibi...
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According to Upbrealla Construction President Joël Larouche, the approach is the future for projects on small lots.
October 27, 2015 | Adilla Menayang, Assistant Digital Editor
The method eliminates the need for scaffolding and cranes.
The concrete and steel modular units at My Micro NY are currently being stacked and bolted together. Renderings courtesy nArchitects
October 22, 2015 | Mike Chamernik, Associate Editor
The Manhattan modular building will be completed in December and will contain apartments with low...
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The main exhibit hall is the Chicago Cultural Center, which opened in 1897 and served as the city’s main library until 1977. Photo by Adilla Menayang
October 20, 2015 | Adilla Menayang, Assistant Digital Editor
From lightweight wooden pallets to the largest lengths of CLT-slabs that can be shipped across No...
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Construction on a Plymouth, Penn., multifamily residence. Photo: Montgomery County Planning Commission/Creative Commons.
October 20, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Starts and completions were up solidly in September, but permits are leveling off.
Counting House Lofts still has its history on display. Images courtesy The Architectural Team.
October 16, 2015 | Mike Chamernik, Associate Editor
The Counting House Lofts is a 200-year-old building that still has its train tracks, exterior tra...
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The project will have 434 condominiums and rental units combined. Renderings courtesy of LSR Gesdev Inc.
October 15, 2015 | Adilla Menayang, Assistant Digital Editor
Its 434 condo, townhouse, and rental units in three eight-story buildings are made from sustaina...
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Lyric 440, Washington D.C., Alpolic/fr in MFS Mica Silver, SBP Dragonfly Prismatic, BNT Bone White Solid Finishes
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The new Lyric 440K Apartments is a 14-story structure housing 234 one- and two-bedroom units in t...
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New apartment under construction. Places like Long Island, N.Y., are seeing a rise in construction jobs because of demand for multifamily housing. Photo: Sonia Sevilla/Wikimedia Commons.
October 12, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Vacancy rates and rent growth are “converging” in most markets.