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Grace Farms Opens Long-Term Exhibition Focused on Forced Labor and Building Materials Supply Chains

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The exhibition also presents the work of “ Design for Freedom ,” a collaborative global movement launched in 2020 at Grace Farms. The initiative aims to change architecture by raising awareness of these issues and helping disrupt forced labor in the construction industry.

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Hygge Supply by OPEN OFFICE

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OPEN OFFICE is the sole design partner for Hygge Supply, a modern kit home company with projects nationwide. Hygge Supply prides themselves on designs which incorporate a sleek aesthetic using enviromentally viable methods and materials.

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Arizona to limit construction in the Phoenix area as groundwater supply shrinks

Archinect

Arizona has determined that there is not enough groundwater for all of the housing construction that has already been approved in the Phoenix area, and will stop developers from building some new subdivisions, a sign of looming trouble in the West and other places where overuse, drought and climate change are straining water supplies.

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Leveling construction material costs and supply chain relief may signal inflation cooling, new report finds

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Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index data indicates that increasingly stable construction materials prices and recent supply chain improvements over the past few months may signal "positive economic outcomes" within the United States, Construction Dive reports. That has propelled transactional volume and economic growth."

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Arizona's state water supply loophole is causing a gold rush for multifamily construction

Archinect

Permitting of new subdivision construction has been curtailed in the Phoenix area over water scarcity, though a loophole over multifamily construction has led to a recent boom there as developers are still free to open state taps when needed in search of a requisite 100-year groundwater supply.

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March Architecture Billings Index declines significantly due to inflation and supply chain issues

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The AIA /Deltek’s latest Architecture Billings Index (ABI) for the month of March has posted a decline to a score of 43.6. The new figures indicate a reversal of February’s “most modest easing.”

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Construction costs projected to see largest increase in years due to supply and demand pressures

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Construction Cost Trends report, nationwide industry price levels have posted the largest increase in years, driven by labor shortages , inflation , supply chain disruptions, the ongoing impact of the pandemic , and the war in Ukraine. percent in 2024 as supply chain issues, inflation, and material production difficulties ease.