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Western resort real estate is in very high demand

Brandon Donnelly

Here’s how expensive expensive is: Over the last four years, Covid has stoked demand for western resort real estate. Because you can’t talk about new development and real estate without talking about traffic. One home was listed in September for $65 million, which could set a record for the state.

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Ray Kappe's Rustic Canyon marvel lists for $4.99 million in Santa Monica

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Kappe died in 2019 with a portfolio of around 100 private home designs. Image courtesy Christie's International Real Estate SoCal Image courtesy Christie's International Real Estate SoCal Image courtesy Christie's International Re. Our 2016 Archinect One-to-One interview with the late architect is available here.

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Chinese architects facing nightmare working conditions amid real-estate crisis

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Chinese architecture firms are struggling to land new projects as the country's real-estate boom falters. Known for designing supertall buildings , it employed almost 3,700 people at its peak five years ago following a strong period of growth driven by China's real-estate boom. Photo by Simbaxu.

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Construction tech start-up sends AI-powered "micro-factories" to the US to build affordable housing

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Founded in 2019, AUAR functions by licensing its technology to builders and contractors to build low-energy homes at the price of normal homes, at scale. British construction tech start-up Automated Architecture (AUAR) is sending two of its pop-up, robotic micro-factories to the U.S.

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Checking in on Jony Ive’s San Francisco plans post-Apple stardom

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The former Chief Design Officer at Apple , Ive, is fresh off a $100 million-plus real estate buying spree in San Francisco’s Jackson Square, where a large-scale redevelopment is now planned for 2025. Ive formed the company in 2019. Clients of LoveForm are paying up to $200 million for his services, per the Times.

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Real estate is a byproduct of economic growth

Brandon Donnelly

I sometimes wonder if I wasn’t born and raised in Toronto if I still would have gone to architecture school and become a real estate developer. “ If you look at all of the industries that make up the Canadian economy , “real estate and rental and leasing” is at the top with 13.01% of GDP (as of 2020). .

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Following a Frank Gehry overhaul, the Philadelphia Museum of Art is hiring an exhibition designer

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Following last week’s look at an opening for a Deputy Director, Occupancy Management - Real Estate at the MTA Metropolitan Transportation Authority , we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open role on Archinect Jobs for an Exhibition Designer at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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