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Analysis: Student loans will cost housing industry $83 billion in 2014

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8% fewer homes will transact than normal in 2014, purely due to student debt. This week, our clients received a 30-page paper that assesses the impact of student loans on home buying for households under the age of 40. Our conclusion is that 414,000 transactions will be lost in 2014 due to student debt.

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Shigeru Ban receives 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize

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Shigeru Ban will receive the 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize. He designs elegant, innovative work for private clients, and uses the same inventive and resourceful design approach for his extensive humanitarian efforts. Architects Designers Engineers Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Interior Architecture'

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Surman Weston self-builds "characterful family home" with three gardens in London

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Surman Weston has self-built a "characterful family home" in London The nature of the self-build project meant the duo was not guided by a client brief and instead largely free of parameters, requiring them to set their own. Surman Weston – formerly known as Weston, Surman & Deane – was founded by Surman and Weston in London in 2014.

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Kaleidoscopic substation in London "celebrates the spirit of the local community"

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IF_DO was founded in 2014 by Castle, Thomas Bryans and Al Scott. The structure is one of the first completed elements of the Brent Cross Town development, which is being developed by Related Argent and Barnet Council.

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DLR Group adds executive leaders

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Designers Engineers Architects DLR Group Chief Executive Officer Steven McKay, AIA, RIBA, announced new executive leaders for the 100% employee-owned, globally integrated design firm. He will also lead the integration of new firms to ensure continuity in operations and continued delivery of design excellence for clients.

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Alexander Symes arranges Pepper Tree Passive House around existing tree

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It is also used to demonstrate the benefits of Passive House construction to prospective clients. As the existing home functioned well for the clients already, preference was given to create a new self-contained addition and use the budget to create moments of delight across the site," the architect added. Builder: Souter Built .

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GCA Architects completes the Office Tower in Plaza Europa 34

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It is linked to the urban complex through a compositional dialogue with another tower in the complex, Torre Puig, designed by GCA Architects in collaboration with Rafael Moneo and Lucho Marcial in 2014.