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Banking on Borrowed Land

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Land banks and land trusts have overlapping missions—stewarding land—but different frameworks and financing. Nationally, land banks rely on myriad funding sources and strategies to cover expenses, including real estate revenue and nonrecurring government support. An abandoned pocket park, prior to WRLC’s improvements.

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Is There a Way Out of Hawaii’s Housing Crisis?

Dwell

The cost of real estate has steadily increased since then, fueled by tropical allure and increased accessibility, with only brief and mild downturns. Some of it is driven by locals trying to hold on, but Hawaii real estate is also popular purely for investment. Homes are on the market for an average of just 10 days.

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

Architizer

Tellingly, the idea to cofound the studio came while Bordas and her partner were working together at the Louis Vuitton Foundation, an experience where the paradoxical proximity and distance between the world of design and engineering was attenuated. Left: Women’s Opportunity Center, Rwanda; right: Sharon Davis, image via Curbed.

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100+ tallest buildings in the world

Architecture Quote

A huge white-clad podium frame form foundation and the three towers ascending at each intersection. Its foundation integrates a combination of structural steel and reinforced concrete named Buckling Suspension Braces , helping to counter the possible impacts of earthquakes. Hengqin International Finance Center – Height 337.7

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100 Best Architecture Firms in the World [2020 Update]

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In 2015, Mikio Chikusa was promoted to President from Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer. In 2015, he then went on to win “ Most Promising ” for Professional and Business Services at the Asia Pacific Entrepreneur Awards. They’re experts in skyscrapers and commercial real estate projects.

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How climate, pandemic, and war shape the "future proofing" of buildings, cities and regions

Community Architect

Future proofing in highly uncertain times Amortization in real estate frequently exceeds 25 years, comprehensive plans try to shape the future for 10 years, sometimes longer. What are those who shape the world as part of their job, the planners, architects, real estate developers and designers of all shades supposed to do?

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Architecture Market Analysis Report

Architecture Quote

The total amount of value estimated by country (see below) is a better representation of the quantity of finance and activity in the architectural field. And although the recent refugee crisis has left the country shaken, Germany looks set to remain an established economic power with a strong economic foundation. billion USD in 2023.