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As homelessness becomes more visible, building shelters presents opportunities to AEC firms

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On any given day, there are close to 600,000 people who are homeless in the United States, according to estimates by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The number among those homeless that is unsheltered has been rising since 2016, and now exceeds 226,000.

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BIG and Samoo unveil design for "flood-proof" floating city Oceanix Busan

Deezen

Architecture firms BIG and Samoo and tech company Oceanix have revealed their design for a first-of-its-kind climate-resilient floating city , destined for the seas off Busan in South Korea. Oceanix Busan will be a first-of-its-kind floating development in South Korea. Construction will begin in 2023, reported The Independent.

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Sustainability and liveability claims of Saudi 170-kilometre city are "naive" say experts

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My first feeling was that it's interesting because we need a shock in urban development to endorse this idea of compactness and everything being mixed-use," she said. Oldfield has estimated that building The Line would produce upwards of 1.8 "Will you really be allowed to have a picnic on a ledge above a 200-metre-high atrium?".

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Urban Terrarium: Only Architect-Landscape Architect Collaboration Can Truly Delivery Biodiversity

Architizer

See which projects and firms made the cut and have your say in who wins a coveted Popular Choice A+Award. Even Nestlé , itself no stranger to environmental embarrassment and controversy, won’t buy from the firm again. See which projects and firms made the cut and have your say in who wins a coveted Popular Choice A+Award.

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Liverpool Building News: Merseyside Architecture

e-architect

Ashwin Karjatkar’s is currently working on the largest urban development project in Scandinavia – RiverCity Gothenburg. 5 Jul 2017 Liverpool Waters Development News Elite Synergy, have signed a ten year lease at No. The firm are relocating from their current offices in the Cotton Exchange on Bixteth Street.

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Architecture Market Analysis Report

Architecture Quote

Where do architectural firms find their potential customers, how do they meet, and what does the architecture market look like in these places? For countless decades, architecture firms have been dependent on word-of-mouth tactics. Estimated size of architectural market. Scope of this research. Source Mirza & Nacey Research.

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We're Off to See the Waltons

Dwell

The population is estimated to reach nearly 1 million by 2045. It has ballooned rapidly, the population increasing by more than 105,000 people and accounting for more than 100 percent of the state’s total growth in the last decade. Right now, more than 30 people move there every day, and the cost of living is swelling accordingly.