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Michael Kimmelman checks in on a case study for affordable housing in NYC

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It wasn’t a visual spectacle, but it was handsome and dignified, standing out with its prefab metal facade not just in a neighborhood of empty lots, aging apartment blocks and derelict rail tracks but also against a backdrop of dreary, bare-bones affordable housing developments all across the city.

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Daniel Libeskind completes senior housing development on Long Island

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Studio Libeskind has shared photos of its recently completed senior housing project on Long Island. Declaring “Senior housing isn’t just about accommodation; it’s about people.

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Frances Anderton says LA must end the stigma of apartment dwelling to survive

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“There’s still an ingrained cultural stigma here, that renting an apartment means you haven’t quite made it," Anderton reminds us. “There’s still an ingrained cultural stigma here, that renting an apartment means you haven’t quite made it," Anderton reminds us.

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Departamento T by Chain + Siman

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The remodeling of Departamento T, a 415 m2 home in Mexico City, arose from the need for a radical change in the space to reflect a new chapter in the life of its user. The apartment occupies the entire 8th floor of a building in the urban heart of Mexico City, a refuge from the clamor of the streets.

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Dattner debuts a record-setting new 26-story passive house high-rise in the Bronx

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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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Canada's traditional shopping centers are turning into mall cities

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“You can’t predict the future.” The government has attempted to mitigate this via a new ban on foreign property ownership. “Ten years ago, I was expanding malls, 20 years ago I was building malls, five years ago we were talking about demolishing malls,” one developer tells the Globe and Mail.

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Penn Station's proposed redevelopment is raising the specter of 'blight'-backed urban planning tactics in Manhattan

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The same tactic was used in the urban cores of major American cities such as Los Angeles to break apart mostly residential areas and redevelop them into high-rise-laden commercial districts, a practice which may now be boomeranging in the post-pandemic economy.