Archinect

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Buildner Architecture Competitions has announced the results of its Las Vegas Affordable Housing Challenge. Part of the organization’s Affordable Housing series, the competition challenged participants to propose a “flexible, innovative, pilot-phase concept for affordable housing within Greater Las Vegas.”

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Archinect

DECEMBER 29, 2022

New legislation aimed at enacting a countrywide mandate for the use of passive house design standards in all new housing developments is gaining traction in Scotland after Labour MSP Alex Rowley’s bill was endorsed by the national government earlier this month. ” Related.

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ArchDaily

MARCH 7, 2024

© Filip Beránek architects: RDTH architekti Location: Opatová, 911 01 Trenčín-Opatová, Slovakia Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Filip Beránek Area: 228.0 m2 Read more »

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Archinect

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The new Winthrop Center in Boston by Handel Architects has just been certified by the Passive House Institute (PHI) as the largest Passive House office design in the world, according to an announcement made Friday by the Germany-based international research institution.

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Archinect

MARCH 25, 2024

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has provided an outline to overhaul its 66 Portland Place London headquarters into a “once-in-a-generation” home of the new House of Architecture initiative. For a reported cost of £85 million ($107.4 million ($74.3 million USD) in outturn costs.

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Archinect

AUGUST 14, 2023

million people, approved no new units of housing last month and just 10 buildings with 279 units in total were approved last month in the other four boroughs combined. The lack of new housing starts mirrors a nationwide dip that was recorded at 24% for the month of June, according to the latest Dodge Construction Network report.

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Archinect

AUGUST 21, 2023

The Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley has released a statewide assessment of the development of housing five years after the implementation of California's Senate Bill (SB) 35 began in 2018. The rate of successful developments peaked in 2020, with a noticeable dip recorded in the past year.

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Avontuura

MARCH 28, 2024

The new community reimagines the site of a historical steam mill, integrating 52 modern dwellings into the fabric of the existing suburban tapestry. The post Former mill site reborn as new housing community with an architectural nod to the past appeared first on Åvontuura.

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The Architect's Newsletter

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Yesterday, two New York lawmakers rolled out a bill that would empower the state to build copious amounts of publicly-owned rental units from Brooklyn to Buffalo using 100 percent union The post The Social Housing Development Authority is a new agency posited by New York lawmakers to tackle the state-wide housing crisis appeared first on The Architect’s (..)

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Archinect

MARCH 27, 2024

Goldstein and his team of architects, builders, engineers and landscape designers have been working on the Lautner house addition since 2003, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Goldstein’s property, which he has been tinkering with for more than 50 years. [.]

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Archinect

AUGUST 1, 2023

Appearing to substantiate reports that UCSB’s controversial Munger Hall proposal has been scrapped, the university issued a formal “request for qualifications” this week for architectural firms to design a new student housing project at the same campus location previously reserved for Munger Hall.

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Archinect

MARCH 29, 2024

If you're in search of new, exciting architecture and design competitions, take a look at the latest curated picks of challenges listed on Bustler.

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Archinect

MARCH 22, 2024

For the complete directory of newly listed competitions, click here.

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e-architect

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

This residential home resides atop Mt Pleasant in Christchurch, New Zealand overlooking the natural landscape of the mountain and the waters of the Estuary. The Wall House has been formed to address, and exist alongside, its exterior world.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Dattner Architects recently celebrated the opening of a new 26-story affordable housing project in New York City it says sets a new standard for the application of one of the building industry’s most sustainable techniques in the design of high-rise apartment structures.

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Dwell

MARCH 28, 2024

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders’s plan would open the door to new construction, but its focus would be making existing buildings more sustainable. The Green New Deal was formally introduced to the American public as a congressional resolution by then-newly elected Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Edward J.

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Deezen

MARCH 2, 2024

Prague studio Byró Architekti has renovated a 19th-century house in the Czech town of Kutná Hora, adding unexpected openings and colourful joinery that create a playful contrast with the original interior. The house's main feature is a spiral staircase that forms a vertical circulation core at the centre of the plan.

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Archinect

AUGUST 2, 2023

Progress on the 5 World Trade Center (5WTC) project by KPF moves forward after a press conference announcement on July 27 from New York Governor Kathy Hochul. In January 2022, Archinect reported on the project and its online petition for creating affordable housing options for 5 World Trade Center.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The complete list of newly listed competitions can be found here.

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e-architect

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

G House, Waikato, New Zealand Building Project, NZ Architecture, Property Images G House in Waikato, New Zealand 14 September 2023 Design: Parsonson Architects Location: Taupō, Waikato, New Zealand Photos: David Straight G House, Waikato, New Zealand This lakeside home in Taupo sits on a flat sunny site looking west across the road to the lake.

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ArchDaily

JUNE 4, 2023

© Masatomo Moriyama architects: New Material Research Laboratory Location: Tokyo, Japan Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Masatomo Moriyama Area: 313.0 m2 Read more »

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Archinect

JANUARY 11, 2022

A consortium of private developers recently closed on a $600 million loan to complete renovations and infrastructure upgrades across a 1,673-unit NYCHA public housing portfolio. The properties include the Boulevard Houses, Fiorentino Plaza, and the Belmont-Sutter Area Houses.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Construction spending in New York City will reach an all-time high of $86 billion this year, up $38 billion from 2021, according to a new report from the New York Building Congress. The New York Building Congress says the shortfall will only get worse as a result of the absence of the 421a tax incentive program.

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Archinect

MARCH 28, 2023

3D printing construction technology startup Mighty Buildings has offered a first look inside their new factory in Monterrey, Mexico. Image credit: Mighty Buildings The components printed in the factory will form part of the company’s existing Mighty Kit System for prefabricated housing and.

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The Architect's Newsletter

MARCH 6, 2024

The State of Housing Design | Edited by Joint Center for Housing Studies | $30.00 There’s a surefire way to rile up a neighborhood: just talk about housing. It seems The post Harvard’s new book on the state of housing underscores architecture’s limits appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Archinect

JULY 12, 2023

A pair of new interventions commissioned for East London’s Becontree Estate by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA ) and Create London have debuted this summer as an artistic effort to provide space for residents of the historic community that was at one time considered to be the largest social housing development in the western world. (..)

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Archinect

MARCH 20, 2023

The initiative is a new competition that seeks to provide a case study of “missing middle” housing designs that will aid the delivery of 30-100 units to neighborhoods located in the city’s South and West Sides. A participatory feedback portal is also included as part of the exhibition.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

No matter how many times it happens, no matter how many cities and states try to blunt it with recommendations to build more housing and provide subsidies for those who can’t afford the new stuff, no matter how many zoning battles are fought or homeless camps lamented, no next city, as of yet, seems better prepared than the last one was.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

A sculptural facade defines the Allan & Geraldine Rosenberg Residences, a housing block with affordable senior apartments in Freeport, New York , designed by German architecture firm Studio Libeskind. Senior housing isn't just about accommodation; it's about people," said Libeskind. The photography is by Inessa Binenbaum.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

US-based architecture studio SOM has completed a restoration of the Lever House seventy years after the studio originally designed the historic New York City office building. This renovation reactivates Lever House for the 21st century," said SOM partner Chris Cooper.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The polycarbonate-lined Green House that architecture studio Hayhurst & Co slotted into a tight site in London has been named the RIBA 's House of the Year for 2023. It was hailed by the jury of this year's RIBA House of the Year prize as "a true oasis within the city".

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Hotel Designs

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Image credit: Lepogo Lodge Melote House is inspired by the rock formations of the Waterberg region and has sustainability at its core, built in tiers on the side of the hill to maximise the magnificent views over the Lapalala Wilderness. Melote House has been designed to be as sustainable as possible.

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ArchDaily

AUGUST 14, 2023

© MIHA BRATINA Slovenia has continuously redefined design across rural life. With an architecture that’s intimately tied to the country’s geography, Slovenia emerged as a crossroads of European cultural and trade routes. This produced hybrid building styles and typologies defined by history and exchange.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The White House has announced the establishment of a task force to enhance the sustainability credentials of federally-funded buildings. The Buy Clean Task Force will promote the use of construction materials with lower embodied carbon emissions and pollutants across their lifecycle, including at each stage of their manufacturing process.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

New LA Mayor Karen Bass has elevated current City Planning Commissioner Jenna Hornstock to a newly-created post as the Deputy Mayor of Housing, according to the city's announcement on Wednesday afternoon. The appointment aligns with Bass’ comprehensive shakeup of the city’s existing multifaceted housing apparatus.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Los Angeles must rezone to accommodate an additional quarter-million new homes by mid-October after state housing regulators rejected the city’s long-term plan for growth. Los Angeles County had previously planned to add exactly 10% of the new mandate in the form of housing specifically for the homeless by the year 2025.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

In a rainy region of western Scotland , an architectural masterpiece has been given a new lease of life. Built in 1904, the Hill House is regarded as one of the most iconic residential homes to be designed by the famous architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The Hill House Box, designed by Carmody Groarke, was completed in 2019.

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