February 21, 2019 | Codes and Standards | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
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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.
The Square Apartments complex in Richmond, Va., was under consturction in 2014. Photo: Eli Christman/Creative Commons.
October 06, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The Census Bureau estimates that 255,600 multifamily housing units were completed in 2014 in buil...
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Even when a building has smart meters, the owner cannot get total kilowatt hour use from the utility. Photo: Portland General Electric/Creative Commons
October 02, 2015 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Owners of multi-tenant buildings lack basic information.
The ground floor is designed to be publicly accessible, composed mostly of retail and public lobby space. Renderings courtesy of Wiel Arets Architects
October 01, 2015 | Adilla Menayang, Assistant Digital Editor
The development, Bahrain Bay Tower, will consist of two residential towers connected “by a plinth...
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Rendering courtesy Soho Properties
September 29, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Sharif El-Gamal of Soho Properties is looking to cash in while lower Manhattan’s real estate mark...
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Diamond Lotus in Ho Chi Minh City. Renderings courtesy Vo Trong Nghia Architects (via Designboom)
September 28, 2015 | Mike Chamernik, Associate Editor
The 22-story housing complex in Ho Chi Minh City will have façades covered with plants and a roof...
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The tower’s plaza is entirely dedicated for public use. Renderings by Vize, courtesy Richard Meier & Partners
September 23, 2015 | Adilla Menayang, Assistant Digital Editor
The sleek and minimalist luxury tower will offer guests and residents views of the iconic Taipei...
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The shapely tower is planned for a site in downtown Vancouver's West End. A moss garden at it's base will be a public amenity. Renderings courtesy Kengo Kuma/Westbank Projects Corporation
September 16, 2015 | Adilla Menayang, Assistant Digital Editor
The 40-story residential tower, to be built in downtown Vancouver’s West End neighborhood, will h...
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LG Construction + Development proposed a 15-story apartment building in Chicago's Printers' Row. Renderings courtesy LG Construction + Development (via Curbed Chicago).
September 16, 2015 | Mike Chamernik, Associate Editor
The building will hold 90 micro apartments, 40 pre-furnished extended-stay hotel rooms, and a sma...
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Photo: United States Navy
September 10, 2015 | BD+C Staff
BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest military sector design and construction firms, as reporte...
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Seattle's Sunset Electric Apartments. Photo: Joe Wolf/Creative Commons
September 04, 2015 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Includes linkage fee to further goal of constructing 6,000 new affordable units.
Whole Foods at Oahu's Ward Village, image courtesy Ward Village by Howard Hughes Corporation
August 31, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Several high-rise projects include street-level Whole Foods Markets.
The scheme envisions a single container being subdivided into several studio flats, while three-bedroom family residences could be crafted out of three containers. Renderings courtesy CRG Architects
August 27, 2015 | Adilla Menayang, Assistant Digital Editor
The firm says approximately 2,500 containers would be needed to complete the design, which aims t...
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The explosive demand for tech office space in and around metropolitan areas has led to creative redevelopment opportunities for Building Teams. The Playa Jefferson complex in Playa Vista, Calif., remade a series of nondescript, low-rise office buildings into state-of-the-art tech space for mature and startup companies. Photo: Benny Chan Fotoworks, courtesy Gensler
August 26, 2015 | David Barista, Editorial Director
In the race for highly coveted tech companies and startups, cities, institutions, and developers...
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The swimming pool will suspend approximately 115 feet above ground. Renderings courtesy Ballymore Group
August 25, 2015 | Adilla Menayang, Assistant Digital Editor
Residents and visitors will be able to swim 10 stories above ground, and see views of London.
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To meet the code requirements of the elevator enclosure and ensure that the ocean views were available, SAFTI FIRST supplied SuperLite II-XL 120 with GPX Curtain Wall Framing for the 2-hour segmented wall starting from the lobby. Renderings courtesy of Metrostudio.com.
Sponsored | August 24, 2015 | SaftiFirst
The 60-story, 132-residence luxury Porsche Design Tower designed by Sieger Suarez Architects prom...
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1188 & 1198 Junipero Serra Blvd., designed by Kwan Henmi
August 10, 2015 | Adilla Menayang, Assistant Digital Editor
The first 1,000 residential units will kickoff a decade-long plan to add 5,6779 new housing units...
ZINC Apartments, West Cambridge, Mass., just outside Boston. The owner, Wood Partners, will start accepting tenants in September. The Building Team: Symmes Maini & McKee Associates (architect), J Derenzo (site work), EM Duggan (MEP), McPhee (electrical contractor), JK Glass (curtain wall/glass), Canatal (steel), Sanford (wall panels), and Lend Lease (GC). Rendering: Wood Partners and Monogram Residential Trust
August 07, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
For the last three years, rental apartments have occupied the hot corner in residential construct...
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Renderings courtesy Reza Kabul Architects
August 07, 2015 | Adilla Menayang, Assistant Digital Editor
The 1996 Iconic Tower will be a tribute to the country’s cricket team, which won the World Cup in...
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Photo: Dallas's Centerpoint Energy Plaza is one of the façade retrofits listed on the site. Ken Lund/Creative Commons
August 05, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The site allows users to submit information about new projects, or supplement information on thos...
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A 3,251-sf plaza at the tower’s base will provide a public gathering spot. Renderings courtesy Studio Libeskind
July 29, 2015 | Adilla Menayang, Assistant Digital Editor
Are pyramids making a comeback? The city of Paris recently approved a triangle-shaped building th...
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Photo: Cjp24 via Wikimedia Commons
July 29, 2015 | AIA
Despite the adverse weather conditions that curtailed design and construction activity in the fir...
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Renderings courtesy Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
July 28, 2015 | Mike Chamernik, Associate Editor
The 62-story, 157-unit luxury condo tower widens at the 40th floor, resulting in a gently flared...
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The Miami Herald reports on several new multifamily projects, including the Paramount Miami Worldcenter (pictured), whose homes include maid’s rooms, larger terraces, boutique-size closets, and guest suites. Rendering courtesy Paramount Miami Worldcenter
July 27, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The Miami Herald reports on several new multifamily projects, including the Paramount Mi...
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Photo: Bainbridge Bethesda, Creative Commons
July 20, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Predictions that multifamily housing construction would taper off in 2015 may have underestimated...
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Photo: Stevens Community Apartments in Minneapolis. Michael Hicks, Wikimedia Commons.
July 16, 2015 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
The city cut the number of spots required for large developments by half. It also will accept pla...
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Photo: Berkeley City Hall. Almonroth, Wikimedia Commons.
July 16, 2015 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Apartment building balconies will be subject to inspections every three years under new regulatio...
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The team came up with the design using parametric modeling to optimize passive heating and cooling. Soon after, a director noticed the form's similarity with a certain pop star in a music video. Renderings courtesy Elenberg Fraser
July 09, 2015 | BD+C Staff
The bootylicious tower is composed of 660 apartments and a 160-room hotel at the west end of Melb...
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July 08, 2015 | Peter Fabris, Contributor
Court cites affordable housing crisis of ‘epic proportions.’
Renderings courtesy Bjarke Ingels Group
July 07, 2015 | BD+C Staff
Several levels in the center of the 185-meter tower are shifted outward to allow for terraces wit...
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A bicyclist sits in traffic near a housing construction project in San Francisco. Photo: Reuters/Robert Galbraith
July 01, 2015 | Megan Cassella, Reuters
Baby boomers—not Millennials—will drive demand for apartments long term, according to U.S. Fed study
The volatile U.S. multifamily housing market has returned to pre-recession investment levels, dri...
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