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SOM, Mithun sign on to deliver seven-building Munger Hall replacement at UCSB

Archinect

The two-phase project will deliver accommodations for 4,000 students by 2029, led by the new 2,140-bed San Benito complex that will be completed in time for Fall 2027 after a two-year construction. This led to the controversial self-design proposal for a mostly windowless 3,500-bed dorm building.

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MAD designs Chinese waterfront arts center as a ‘gentle ripple by the lake’

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” When completed in 2029, the Nanhai Art Center will cover an area of 640,000 square feet, housing a grand theater, a museum, and a sports center. MAD Architects has designed a waterfront arts center in China’s Foshan City described as a “gentle ripple by the lake.”

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Prefab construction startup Vantem plans 15 U.S. factories

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The company, which just raised a Series A round of investment from the Bill Gates-founded firm Breakthrough Energy Ventures, builds homes using panels with a proprietary design that sandwiches an insulating layer between two structural boards.

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California climate action plan calls for all-electric new homes by 2026

Archinect

The plan suggests the state require all new homes to have electric appliances starting in 2026 and new businesses by 2029. Related on Archinect: California to build solar panels over canals following UC graduate’s research The plan is not final, however. Hydrogen infrastructure would also need to expand.

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Foster + Partners designs Hollywood offices with spiralling plant-covered terraces

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Located on a two-acre lot on Sunset Boulevard, the 22-storey building will host creative offices across 525,000 square feet (48, 770 square metres). A series of terraces, covered in plants, dip into the building's facade as they ascend in a spiral pattern, giving the impression of green walls wrapped around the structure.

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It shouldn’t take 17 years to build affordable housing

Brandon Donnelly

If you are the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and you own excess land next to a transit line that you’ve just recently built, one possible option could be to give this land to a non-profit housing developer so that they can build some affordable housing. million to build. Time isn’t free.

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Zaha Hadid Architects designing sinuous lookout at Neom ski resort

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Neom also revealed renders of the structure seemingly showing two possible options for the building. Named the Mountain Observatory, the building will overlook the central lake as part of a district within Trojena named Discover. The mountain-top building will overlook the resort's central lake.