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What Home Buyers Really Want | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

When I sit down with a client to work through the programming on their new home, we spend a lot of time trying to figure out “how” they live, not necessarily “how they want” to live. The number of dedicated offices isn’t going done in quantity but the square footage dedicated to these spaces is reducing.

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100+ tallest buildings in the world

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As soon as one of them takes the throne, it does not take very long before new projects are released with the purpose of building something even taller. According to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) , the city with the most skyscrapers is Honk Kong , followed by Shenzhen , New York City and Dubai. Floors: 69.

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

Community Architect

Other projects like high speed rail or new electric transmission lines get stuck in a political and regulatory morass. An estimated 84 million people were displaced in mid 2021, now with the war in Europe war-displaced Ukrainians swell the global ranks of displaced people to new records. The stress of uncertainty frays social cohesion.

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