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China Evergrande ordered into liquidation after $300 billion debt spiral

Archinect

A court in Hong Kong has ordered the winding up of Evergrande Group, the world’s most indebted property developer, dealing another blow to investor confidence as China’s ailing real estate sector continues to weigh on its economy. Overseas creditors are currently owed a reported $25 billion.

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"We need a major shift in the way we look at public housing"

Deezen

A 2017 UN-backed report said real estate represented 60 per cent of the value of all global assets, with residential real estate comprising 75 per cent of that total. This is a competition most of us simply cannot win, and the defeats are being played out in escalating social problems around the developed world.

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Decarbonization: Who can be the Tesla of Real Estate?

Community Architect

It came from an unexpected side: The real estate industry, the contributor of 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions! In many countries, real estate is the single largest contributor category. Real estate professionals and investors are key players at ULI. Clearly, ESG is, in part, "greenwashing".

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Concept to Completion: A Tale of Tenacity in Small Community Architecture

SW Oregon Architect

The modest mid-century Modernist design was originally constructed in 1953 in accordance with a design developed by Max P. The City identified another development option in March of 2004. We updated the project’s cost estimate in 2006 and once more in 2008. I developed a connection with the folks there over the years.

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Miguel McKelvey: From UO Architecture to WeWork IPO

SW Oregon Architect

It was while he was in New York that he met Adam Neumann at a party in 2008. The two soon developed the concept of an eco-friendly, semi-communal, coworking space business. At one point, WeWork was the largest single holder of real estate in Manhattan, with over 5.3 This led to WeWork, which they established in 2010.

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Merchant City mural to be 'largely retained' by mixed-use development

Urban Realm

A long-standing Glasgow city centre gap-site is set to be plugged following its acquisition by Artisan Real Estate. The regeneration specialists are already on-site.

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Will This Off-grid, Solar-powered Home in the New Mexico Desert Help the Housing Crisis?

Dwell

Rylander, who worked as a biologist, real estate agent, and builder before leaning into decades of volunteering and social action, built a solar-powered home out of cob and rammed earth in Black Mountain, North Carolina’s Earthaven Ecovillage. He was a curator and teacher at UNT’s Natural History Museum, a captain in the U.S.

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