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"The people of Los Angeles waited patiently for half a decade to make use of a useless site"

Deezen

This billion-dollar tomb to foreign real-estate speculation in the western corner of downtown Los Angeles (DTLA), laid hollow since 2019, was revived early this year by graffiti artists and paragliders that made it their night-time playground.

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Is There a Way Out of Hawaii’s Housing Crisis?

Dwell

The cost of real estate has steadily increased since then, fueled by tropical allure and increased accessibility, with only brief and mild downturns. Some of it is driven by locals trying to hold on, but Hawaii real estate is also popular purely for investment. Homes are on the market for an average of just 10 days.

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Banking on Borrowed Land

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Land banks and land trusts have overlapping missions—stewarding land—but different frameworks and financing. Nationally, land banks rely on myriad funding sources and strategies to cover expenses, including real estate revenue and nonrecurring government support. An abandoned pocket park, prior to WRLC’s improvements.

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Guardian Building Bridge

A Detroit Architect's Journal

It was nicknamed the Cathedral of Finance and is particularly known for it's vaulted Lobby and pewabic tile decorated Banking Hall. One year later, DTE Energy sells the Guardian Building to a private real estate investor: The Sterling Group. Rowland, who at the time was employed by Smith, Hinchman & Grylls.

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30 Best Architecture and Design Firms in Sweden

Architizer

The work of the office is idea driven with an aim to find unexpected solutions that enhance the potential of a site and add value to real estate. Förstberg Ling © Förstberg Ling Förstberg Ling is an office for architecture and design established in 2015 and based in Malmö, Sweden.

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

Architizer

Sharon Davis ’s Women’s Opportunity Center in Rwanda won both the Popular and Jury A+Award for Architecture +Community in 2015 and it isn’t hard to see why: the complex is one of the most inspiring community-oriented projects in recent memory. Left: Women’s Opportunity Center, Rwanda; right: Sharon Davis, image via Curbed. Sharon Davis.

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Detroit Walking Tour

A Detroit Architect's Journal

Purchased by Bedrock Real Estate Service (Dan Gilbert) in 2015, it is undergoing a complete restoration with a scheduled opening in 2018. In 2015, Dan Gilbert gained ownership and in 2017 began renovation of the building into apartments. The ground floor was once home to the SkyBar Lounge.