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The NYT asks: In a housing crisis, is building ‘bland’ better than the alternative?

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The new developments look startlingly alike, often in the form of boxy, mid-rise buildings with a ground-floor retail space, sans-serif fonts and vivid slabs of bright paneling. The larger question of whether drabness is a permanent condition of contemporary architecture, however, remains unanswered. But a lot of people dee.

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Future Firm's Hem House has all the makings of an award winner at half the price

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The design team worked with real estate developer Jacob Root to create the project with the hopes of diversifying the housing stock available to those interested in the area where new residential construction costs usually begin at $600,000.

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Aluprof solutions in scientific and technological buildings

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Nevertheless, contemporary buildings tailored to the requirements of rapidly advancing technologies often serve scientific and technological purposes. It consists particularly of the selection of sustainable materials as well as a thorough analysis of the building to make it as energy-efficient as possible.

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Via Apartments Building, Ryde, Sydney

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Built within the local City of Ryde area this buildings main concept was to make a new public space activated by commercial/retail uses. Formally the building responds to the roof geometry of the adjoining churches. A simple sculptural form resting on a symbolic podium defines the top of the building on Victoria Road.

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Two linked skyscrapers proposed for casino complex in New York City

Deezen

Real estate developer Silverstein Properties has enlisted architecture studio CetraRuddy for a proposed entertainment complex near New York City's Hudson Yards neighbourhood. These include a housing crisis, public safety challenges, budget shortfalls, and a commercial real estate market in transition."

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Mannerheimintie 14 Helsinki office and retail building

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Mannerheimintie 14 Helsinki building, SARC Architects Finland, Finnish office interior design, Architecture. Building permit granted for a sustainable state-of-the-art office and retail building at Mannerheimintie 14. The permit allows for the development of a premium new office and retail property in the heart of Helsinki.

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Colony Square Midtown Atlanta Development

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Colony Square Midtown Atlanta Development, North American Properties Georgia Buildings, USA Architecture News. Colony Square Development, Midtown Atlanta. Colony Square Midtown Atlanta Mixed-Use Development. Beyer Blinder Belle Reintroduces Colony Square , A Six-Acre Development Revitalizing Midtown Atlanta.