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Austin Transit Partnership names UNStudio, HKS, and Gehl to lead city's public transit expansion

Archinect

Austin voters approved Project Connect in November 2020, followed by the formation of ATP, an independent organization created in partnership with the City of Austin and CapMetro. The voter-approved investment includes new light rail , expanded bus routes, a subway , and more services across Austin.

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Foster + Partners and Sasaki Associates designing Sierra Leone island city for Idris Elba

Deezen

Development for "up to a million people" According to the BBC, the project for the island in the southwest of the country is set to be "financed through a public-private partnership", with Sherbro designated as a special economic zone. I'm not qualified for that. But I am qualified to dream big." The photo is by Harald Krichel.

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Echo living: Australia’s first passive house development

Habitus Living

The climate crisis has jolted a segment of consumers to think otherwise, encouraging Melbourne developer, C Street Projects, to offer Australia’s first off-the-plan certified Passive House project. What sets V-ZUG apart is their commitment to sustainability at all levels in their research, development and manufacturing process.

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An Organization Is Using History to Rehab Public Housing

Dwell

The president, since 2012, of Harlem-based Ascendant Neighborhood Development , Cirillo leads a nonprofit organization with a 30-year track record of building affordable housing in Upper Manhattan. Ascendant has only been called Ascendant for about six years—we were called SFDS Development Corporation originally.

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Two ideas for increasing the supply of new rental housing

Brandon Donnelly

Of course, since I wrote that post in 2020, we have seen upward pressure on cap rates (meaning downward pressure on values). Take-out financing availability 5. But if you want to encourage new supply, somebody needs to pull out a development pro forma and make the call to improve the cost structure for new rental housing.

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Port of Beirut renewal by ALIPH: buildings

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Ashrafieh 569 building before the intervention: photograph © Marianne Gharzouzi Thanks to ALIPH’s agility and its strong network of partnerships, many of these projects were financed quickly and launched without delay. ALIPH finances concrete projects carried on the ground, hand-in-hand with local partners, authorities, and communities.

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Yasmeen Lari wins 2023 RIBA Royal Gold Medal

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These include Pakistan's first public housing scheme, the Anguri Bagh project and landmark buildings such as the Finance and Trade Centre and the Pakistan State Oil House in Karachi. Lari has developed an ecological cooking stove Lari is an advocate for utilising traditional materials including mud, lime and bamboo.