Taipei 101, a 2.1-million-sf, 1,667-foot-tall office building in Taiwan that was completed in 2004, was chosen by the Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat as the winner of its 2016 Performance Award for efficiency and sustainability. CTBUH also selected what it considers to be the best tall buildings in four regions of the world. Image: @Taipai Financial
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat selects winners in four regions.
The $46 million Charlotte Park Apartments project, part of the 295-acre Hitachi master-planned community in San Jose, Calif., features 200 affordable apartments built by ROEM Buillders, Inc. In its latest “State of the Nation's Housing Market” report, the Joint Center for Housing Studies laments that projects like this one, for moderate- and low-income renters, are fewer and farther between. Image: ROEM Builders
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San Francisco. Photo: Tony Webster/Creative Commons.
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The Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, with the 3737 Chestnut building in the background. Courtesy BLT Architects. Click here to enlarge.
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New rendering of Monad Terrace. Courtesy JDS Development Group, via Curbed Miami
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A 24-story building with 241 affordable housing units will include a charter school, medical center, cultural spaces, and a supermarket. Image: Dattner Architects
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Indie Apartments in Austin. Rendering courtesy Transwestern Development. Click here to enlarge.
Indie Apartments will consist of 139 one- and two-bedroom units at 350- and 520-sf each.
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A planned mixed-use development called Bayside, in a suburb of Dallas will feature a lagoon and water fountain that would be a first for Texas. Phase I construction on the residential, office, and retail parts of the 262-acre project is scheduled to begin in the few months. Image: Humphreys and Partners Architects
Construction will soon begin on housing, retail, and office spaces.
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The StratIS app gives property managers wireless control over thermostats and door locks. Image: StratIS
Ease of installation is one of StratIS’s selling features.
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Designers without previous multifamily experience could overlook key provisions.
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Recently approved for development, the 67-story building will have more than 900 units.
Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle opened its first on-campus student housing building last fall. The residence hall has 16,850 sf of academic space as well as a first-floor “living room” with a fireside lounge. Photo courtesy Ankrom Moisan Architects
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Westin hotel and transit center at Denver International Airport, Denver. Photo courtesy Gensler
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Courtesy David Siddons Group.
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.
Aimed at designing efficient, flexible ground-floor space.
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The move is expected to impact high-end condo development.
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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
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San Diego's skyline is being transformed by new office, hotel, and residential building projects. Photo courtesy Pixabay
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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.
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An Airbnb office in Toronto. Photo: Raysonho/Wikimedia Commons.
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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.
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