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Chinese architects facing nightmare working conditions amid real-estate crisis

Deezen

Spiralling developer debt and stalling projects After a long period of booming urban development, China's property industry is in turmoil, with developers struggling under spiralling debt and construction projects grinding to a halt. Photo by Simbaxu. Photo by Chao Zhang Then, in 2021, Evergrande dropped a bombshell.

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"The people of Los Angeles waited patiently for half a decade to make use of a useless site"

Deezen

This billion-dollar tomb to foreign real-estate speculation in the western corner of downtown Los Angeles (DTLA), laid hollow since 2019, was revived early this year by graffiti artists and paragliders that made it their night-time playground.

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Super-prime home sales in New York and London

Brandon Donnelly

Here’s what I can tell you this morning: Real estate development is a bit more fun when you don’t have to constantly worry about supply-chain issues, access to labor, high inflation, and regularly increasing interest rates. no money down).

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

Dwell

Soon after, remote work combined with the state’s low infection rate beckoned people with means from across the country to move to the islands, while sprawling estates owned by the likes of Jeff Bezos , Larry Ellison , and Mark Zuckerberg continued to metastasize. Homes are on the market for an average of just 10 days. Hale O Maui.

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LWK + PARTNERS Architects, Hong Kong

e-architect

MixC Dongguan Songshan Lake District Mixed Use Development , Dongguan, China. Taking into account Qianhai’s urban planning objectives to be ‘ecological’, ‘all-dimensional’ and ‘compact’, the landscape scheme will establish the overall development as a contemporary urban landmark. Zhongshan OCT Harbour Development. 25 Nov 2019.

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How to Sell a City

Dwell

Such a hashtag does exist, and its contents include quaint cabins (which just so happen to be the setting of the movie) along with farms, exquisite food, fishing, and a lot of real estate agents’ listings. The May 2019 cover story of the Albany Business Review asked "What is Albany’s brand?"

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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. Technology continues to develop at a breakneck pace but there is growing pessimism about the balance of solutions and harm.

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