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Form followed finance in 2021, for better and for worse

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2021 was a year where form continued to follow finance. Throughout the year, our coverage included many examples of the world’s largest architecture firms designing for some of the world’s largest companies. What are the human consequences of placing the governance of civic space in private hands?

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A4 Guide: Financing your Project

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Financing A Project Diagram Let me preface this article by stating I am an architect and not an accountant or a finance professional, but without a proper financial foundation for a project, it cannot happen. –Financial situation: Evaluate your savings, credit score, and risk tolerance before opting for debt-based financing.

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The evolved architecture and design of high-street finance you can bank on | News | Architonic

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The complicated worlds of both technology and finance, however, continue to fill many customers with confusion and dread, so perhaps the friendly face of a physical bank storefront with actual humans still has a place.

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Greater Bay Area Technology Finance Centre

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Greater Bay Area Technology Finance Centre Guangzhou Building, Architect, GDD Holding Group Project Design News. Greater Bay Area Technology Finance Centre Guangzhou. Greater Bay Area Technology Finance Centre Guangzhou Building. 2 December 2022. Design: Aedas, Architects. image courtesy of architects practice.

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Charles Munger makes devaluing comment on the architecture of windowless dorms

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Finance is reporting on comments the would-be billionaire designer of the derided and then dropped megadormitory project at the University of California, Santa Barbara had in a podcast conversation hosted by MarketWatch. “The world of architecture is a game of trade-offs,” Munger told the outlet.

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Largest clean energy infrastructure project in U.S. history begins construction

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The project is being delivered by Pattern Energy , which has secured $11 billion in financing to begin construction on the project. The joint SunZia Transmission and SunZia Wind projects will span New Mexico and Arizona , bringing power to 3 million people.

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Longhu International Center by Shanghai HuaDu Architecture & Urban Design Co., Ltd. (HDD)

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In 2018, a consortium formed of Shanghai HuaDu Architecture & Urban Design Co., HDD) and the Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning & Design Institute (TJUPDI) secured the bid for the Henan Luxembourg Center project.

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