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Stockholm Wood City: Construction of the World's Largest Urban Construction Project in Wood to Begin in 2025

ArchDaily

Construction on the project is expected to begin in 2025, and the first buildings are expected to be completed in 2027. The project sets a sustainable example for the real estate market, which is essential because built structures contribute a sizeable 40% of the world's CO2 emissions.

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Why Is the Real Estate Market Booming in the UAE?

The Architecture Designs

During the second quarter of 2022, the UAE real estate market is standing firm on its ground. Despite the global headwinds and rising inflation concerns of the world government, the UAE real estate market has shown little to no effects. The real estate properties in Abu Dhabi also follow the same trend of rising demand.

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Manhattan’s office building spree is now ‘over,’ according to the New York Times

Archinect

Just three large office towers — of more than 500,000 square feet — are being built across New York City, with two expected to open in 2024 or 2025 and nothing else projected to go up for years.

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Decarbonization: Who can be the Tesla of Real Estate?

Community Architect

It came from an unexpected side: The real estate industry, the contributor of 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions! In many countries, real estate is the single largest contributor category. Real estate professionals and investors are key players at ULI. Clearly, ESG is, in part, "greenwashing".

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Kimberly Dowdell elected as AIA's 2024 president, the first Black woman in the position

Archinect

Architect, real estate developer, educator, and former NOMA national president Kimberly Dowdell has been elected as AIA’s 2023 First VP/2024 President-elect. Dowdell is joined by Britt Lindberg who was elected as the 2023-2024 AIA Secretary, and Illya Azaroff as the 2023-2025 At-large Director.

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Will Austin’s tall-buildings boom survive the skyscraper effect and looming tech recession?

Archinect

But joining the fraternity of cities with supertalls can also be a dubious distinction: Real estate is a lagging indicator, and skyscrapers often arrive after the boom is over, looming half-empty as monuments to a bust. For now, Austin’s only real crisis is the affordability of homes and a dearth of convenient worker housing.

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France’s rental ban on energy-inefficient homes

Brandon Donnelly

One of the things that you’ll notice on real estate listings in France is an Energy Performance Diagnostics (EPD) rating. And it is a requirement on all real estate listings and for all dwellings, except those that are occupied for less than 4 months per year. Go above this and the home becomes ineligible.