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Real estate is a byproduct of economic growth

Brandon Donnelly

I sometimes wonder if I wasn’t born and raised in Toronto if I still would have gone to architecture school and become a real estate developer. Or if I grew up in Park City, maybe I would have started a snowboard company, slash become a ski bum. And I say this as a developer and builder of real estate.

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Harvard announces new Master in Real Estate degree

Brandon Donnelly

The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) just announced a new 12-month degree called the Master in Real Estate (MRE). Here’s a short excerpt about the program: The MRE program is designed to train future practitioners to address new and urgent realities facing the built environment and cities today.

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Feel-good stories about city building

Brandon Donnelly

One of the things that I have learned over the years from sitting on panel discussions about city building is that, if I talk about the challenges and economic realities of development, I will be less popular than if I just tell feel-good stories about urbanism and architecture. City building always involves compromises.

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News: ACSA and Buell Center select 2024 winners of Course Development Prize in Architecture, Climate Change, and Society

Bustler

Year one will include material testing; Year two will incorporate construction faculty and students; and in Year three students will work with Real Estate faculty and students to develop an economic model in parallel with an architectural proposal.

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Before & After: A Houston Photographer Casts New Light on a Historic Craftsman

Dwell

For years, photographer Divya Pande and physician Nakul Gupta would take walks in the Montrose neighborhood of Houston, admiring the historic homes in Avondale Place, one of the few remaining historic districts adjacent to Houston’s city center. We always said that property in particular would be our dream house," recalls Divya.

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Architecture Articles: Building Design

e-architect

Architecture Articles, Architectural Developments, Global Design Project News, New Property Posts Architecture Articles: Building Designs Building Debate – Architectural Information + International Construction Projects Architecture Articles Information : Building Links Architectural Projects + Key New Property Designs, alphabetical: Building (..)

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Gorskaya Territory Development | Selected Participants

ArchiDiaries

The geography of the participants is vast, including 16 countries and 28 cities. International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP). The International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP, founded in 1965) is an association of professional urban and regional planners.