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White House announces new guidebook to funding office conversions nationwide

Archinect

The Biden Administration has announced a new initiative aimed at financing office conversions in an effort to combat the growing problem of high vacancy rates and housing affordability in markets large and small across the country. The announcement comes as vacancy rates have skyrocketed to 30-year highs, according to the White House.

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Greater Bay Area Technology Finance Centre

e-architect

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. Greater Bay Area Technology Finance Centre Guangzhou Building. 2 December 2022.

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Energy efficiency as a service gaining ground as financing approach for adopting innovations

BD+C

In recent years, innovations in energy efficiency technology has opened many new avenues to reduce electric consumption in buildings. But it is hard for building owners to keep up with these developments, analyze which options are most cost effective, and decide how best to invest their money.

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Greater Bay Area Technology Finance Centre Guangzhou Building by Aedas

aasarchitecture

To keep pace with the development of the Greater Bay Area (GBA), which is deemed a key strategic role in the country’s development blueprint to implement innovation-driven reforms, the Greater Bay Area (Guangzhou) Technology Finance Centre comprises of a five-star hotel, offices, retail and residential spaces.

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Five business management and entrepreneurship courses for designers

Deezen

Find out more about the course › Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Central Saint Martins The Master of Business Administration (MBA) course at Central Saint Martins trains students to combine creative thinking with business skills such as marketing, finance, human resources and management.

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“A different way of developing cities” — SERA Architects' Tim Smith discusses the OMSI District and civic ecology

Portland Architecture

The district is projected to include 1,200 housing units, forming with the Burnside Bridgehead development to the north a residential bookend to the otherwise non-residential Central Eastside. In the 1960s, that community was really suffering from the failure to compete with suburban development. Is that a step in the right direction?

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Architecture is Awesome: #32 Every Building is a Prototype

SW Oregon Architect

While iterative prototyping is a vital tool for design and innovation in many industries, the use of prototypes is severely limited in the production of architecture. The customization inherent in architecture makes it challenging to develop a one-size-fits-all prototype that can accommodate diverse project needs.

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