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Boston reprioritizes Planning and Development Agency as reformers push to eliminate structural inequality

Archinect

The Boston City Council passed a measure Wednesday to shift planning authority away from the Boston Planning and Development Agency, a body that's reshaped much of the city in the 20th century and has faced criticism for the power it wields over building and urban renewal. as overwhelmingly white and male. as overwhelmingly white and male.

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Real estate is a byproduct of economic growth

Brandon Donnelly

I sometimes wonder if I wasn’t born and raised in Toronto if I still would have gone to architecture school and become a real estate developer. in 2022, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, much higher than the 4.8% And I say this as a developer and builder of real estate.

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New report shows the architecture industry's resilience in California throughout the pandemic

Archinect

The design sector has traditionally been one of the losers of a market downturn, with big real estate developments being put on hold and the need for architectural design services kicked down the road. Between 2019 and 2020, architecture saw only a 2.2 When a recession hits, architects often take it in the gut.

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KPF breaks ground on a new headquarters for T. Rowe Price in Baltimore

Archinect

Overall, the total development takes up 3 million square feet when factoring in its 9.5 The global investment advisory firm’s sweet new digs come at a cost of $110 million and will include some 1.6 million square feet of offices in addition to parking areas, a hotel, 2,500 residences, and 250,000 square feet of retail establishments.

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TIC Art Center by Domani | Trade fair & exhibition buildings

Architonic

Since 2020, Chinese government has tightened macro control of the real estate sector, and the policy of rating real estate firms into four classes based on three key indicators signifies that the period of demographic, land and financial dividend is coming to the end.

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5 must reads for the AEC industry today: July 6, 2020

BD+C

The 156-page mass timber report—produced by The Beck Group, Forest Business Network, Treesource, and Kaiser + Path, a real estate developer/builder and architect—takes a deep dive into current and possible future supply and demand for mass timber components and panels for the U.S. and Canada.".

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Competitions: High-rise building at Tartu mnt 17: ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN CONTEST

Bustler

The portfolio will be assessed, and the winner of the competition will be selected by a jury consisting of members of the Union of Estonian Architects Ülar Mark, Risto Parve and Siiri Vallner, architect Jaak-Adam Looveer representing the Tallinn Strategic Planning Service, as well as three representatives of the developer.