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DIY Renovations Don’t Have to Be Scary With These Tips from the Brownstone Boys

Dwell

In 2018, seven months into their relationship, the intrepid pair bought their beloved 1890 Brooklyn brownstone. As the pair documented their journey on their blog , YouTube videos , and social media posts , viewers followed the couple’s adventures in renovating their 120-year-old home.

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

Architizer

The firm’s designs for the Hamedan Chamber of Commerce , slated to be built in 2027, took home both a Popular and a Jury A+Award in 2018 in the unbuilt institutional category. Readers of Architizer have recently celebrated Carillo’s work as well, selecting her 2016 project Iturbide Studio as a Popular Winner in the 2018 A+Awards.

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Updated ADU Laws: SB 897 and HCD’s ADU Handbook

Santa Cruz Architect

Just recently, Freddie Mac updated their ADU financing options and CalHFA extended their ADU Grant Program to help even more homeowners build backyard homes. While the Senate voted to pass the law, it will need to be re-reviewed by the Committee on Governance and Finance before it can be passed into law. Objective Standards Only.

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Building Science, Climate Change and The Pretty Good House (Transcript)

EntreArchitect

It’s the economic argument based on US systems of buying and financing homes. It’s a little easier in Europe where they finance things differently basically. So it’s easier to finance these things a little bit longer. I published a couple of blogs there about what goes into a Pretty Good House.

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100+ tallest buildings in the world

Architecture Quote

The building was initiated in 2013, and completed in 2018. Year of Completion: 2018. The construction was started in 2014 and completed in 2018. Year of Completion: 2018. Year of Completion: 2018. Year of Completion: 2018. For more similar content: The Best 69 Architecture Blogs of 2020. Floors: 61.

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Why after 20 years EBDI is still no success story

Community Architect Daily

Success or failure I asked in a 2015 blog article about EBDI and in the end had no definite answer. Photo accompanying the Guardian article in April 2018 (Photo: Patrick Semansky/AP) How big? A lengthy 2018 article in the British Guardian put the project into the larger Baltimore context and remains an interesting well researched read.

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

Community Architect

Climate adaptation efforts currently account for a meagre 5–6% of climate-related finance and though we will need to build defenses in our infrastructure, the most significant climate adaptation measure would be large-scale population resettlement. Record heat in Delhi (pop 30.7

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