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A new tall mass timber proposal is heating up the race to the top in Toronto

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The proposed 31-story residential tower is being floated by 26-year-old developer Jackey Chen, who says an impressive 80% of the building’s 494 total apartment units will be made affordable under the city’s Open Door program , with project costs totaling between $75 and $80 million.

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Canada's traditional shopping centers are turning into mall cities

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Penelope Gurstein balance the media’s mostly effusive coverage for such projects with criticism that they are marketed towards affluent retirees and wealthy overseas buyers whose apartments are vacant much of the year. The government has attempted to mitigate this via a new ban on foreign property ownership.

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SODA offers model for office-to-residential conversions with Roco in Liverpool

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The adaptive reuse project sees the 10-storey block, which spent decades as an office for HM Revenue and Customs, transformed into rental homes managed by operator Livingway. Communal spaces take up most of the ground floor Roca contains 120 one- and two-bedroom apartments, plus two floors of co-living -style amenities for residents.

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The Row skyscraper by Morris Adjmi pays homage to Chicago's heritage

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The building – which has a blocky, L-shaped footprint – holds 300 residential units and a range of tenant amenities, such as a fitness area, children's room and library. At the base of the tower is a five-storey podium that aligns with the height of the existing streetwall.

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Cutwork designs modular housing to be used for long-term living or emergency shelter

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ReHome units would be prefabricated to enable fast and cost-efficient construction According to Antonin Yuji Maeno, co-founder and lead architect of Cutwork , these homes could be easily adapted to accommodate different volumes of people. "The These units would be prefabricated off-site to enable fast and cost-efficient construction.

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Studio Libeskind creates social housing block for first New York project

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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.

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Yu2e draws upon historic styles to create pink housing block in Los Angeles

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Architecture and engineering firm Yu2e has completed The Axolotl, a three-storey apartment building near public transit that is meant to be an "evolutionary hybrid of Los Angeles middle housing". With characteristics taken from both bungalow courts and dingbat apartments, our project is an evolutionary hybrid of Los Angeles middle housing."

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