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Chinese architects facing nightmare working conditions amid real-estate crisis

Deezen

Chinese architecture firms are struggling to land new projects as the country's real-estate boom falters. Known for designing supertall buildings , it employed almost 3,700 people at its peak five years ago following a strong period of growth driven by China's real-estate boom. Photo by Simbaxu.

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This architect has identified the qualities office buildings need for converting to residential

Archinect

That simple recipe for pandemic lemonade—offices people no longer use, combining with central urban locations where people want to live—is blissfully ignorant of a wide range of architectural and economic factors that make the vast majority of office buildings simply unsuitable as housing.

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Calling all building design professionals: BD+C needs your expertise on design innovation in 2021

BD+C

For the March/April issue of Building Design+Construction , the editors are conducting a research project on "design innovation" in the AEC industry and real estate market. . We invite all U.S.

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Don’t get me started

Brandon Donnelly

But generally speaking, I do try and keep this forum focused on things that are related to city buildingreal estate, housing, design, transportation, etc. And I do try and share some of the things that I have learned (and the mistakes that I have made) since I started working in real estate development back in 2007.

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LA VIE in Muscat by 10 Design

aasarchitecture

Image © 10 Design “Inspired by landforms embraced by a coastline, we wanted to bring the green to the terraces and the roofs of the buildings, blurring the boundaries between architecture and nature, for a truly immersive experience,” said Design Principal, José Cláudio Silva.

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Nya Hovås Apartment Building, Gothenburg

e-architect

Nya Hovås Apartment Building, Gothenburg Real Estate Development, Swedish Housing Architecture, Images. Nya Hovås Apartment Building in Gothenburg. Nya Hovås was proposed in 2006 by the real estate the developer Next Step Group after they acquired a property containing Kodakhuset. Acoustic Engineer: SWECO.

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Water Drop Library at Shuangyue Bay by 3andwich Design

aasarchitecture

The building is located in Shuangyue Bay Central Park, Pinghai Town, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, China. There are also challenges in the base: several residential buildings exist in the east and southeast of the base, and the high volume of the residence blocks the sight of the building to a certain extent.