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News: Harvard GSD reveals four 2023 Wheelwright Prize finalists

Bustler

The research will inform the design of a prototype space for birth that could be implemented in both rural and urban areas by international health organizations and NGOs. The act of dredging from underwater systems and channels, sand mining erodes riverbanks and disrupts ecosystems, resulting in a long chain of consequences and dependencies.

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How To Become a Heavy Equipment Broker: Your Path to Success

The Architecture Designs

Becoming a heavy equipment broker involves combining expertise in sales with specialized knowledge of machinery used in construction, mining, and agriculture. Here are some tips to keep you informed: Read industry reports to understand market dynamics. Acquire relevant experience in sales, equipment handling, and market analysis.

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Mya and The Shop SLC, Salt Lake City, Utah

e-architect

photo © Tim Hursley Deal Structure Mya had a unique finance capital stack defined by deferred development fees, tax exempt bonds, and housing tax credits equity. A standalone ground-up commercial project with no direct subsidies like The Shop would have been challenging to finance on its own.

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Almost 40 Tips for Starting an Architecture Firm

EntreArchitect

We decided to submit our proposal for an event called “Planning a Practice”, which would bring together an Architect, attorney, finance, and branding/strategic marketer to teach young architects the fundamental skills for starting their own practice. Keep track of your finances. Remember, we all need help sometimes.

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From Cubicles to Community: The Future City. (Part 2)

Community Architect

Looking forward, it could well be that the traditional school districts and classroom based learning systems disintegrate in a transition where education will shift from providing information to one that teaches capacity, knowledge and self actualizing. Notes from the AIA Symposium.

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6 Reasons Why Architects Are Not Earning the 20% Profit They Need

EntreArchitect

You Show Me Yours & I’ll Show You Mine. For detailed information on Developing a Time Management Discipline, see my article posted on this blog back in January. How to Improve Your Annual Profit as an Architect. The 7 Key Financial Performance Indicators of the Profit/Loss Statement. .:

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Ten Pairs of Books for Christmas

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

It's an excellent book, as is the second installment in Leslie's series of books on skyscrapers in Chicago, but the subtitle of the second book, How Technology, Politics, Finance, and Race Reshaped the City , indicates the incorporation of those wider contexts eschewed in the first book. and "foundation" (piles, spread, caissons).

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