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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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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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For sale: One of New York's first skyscrapers

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The city’s landmark first skyscraper, designed by Daniel Burnham and Frederick Dinkelberg has sat empty since publishing house Macmillan left the building for greener pastures of FiDi in early 2019. We’re going to bid for the 25 percent,” explained GFP Real Estate Chairman Jeffrey Gural.

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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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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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Oceanwide Plaza, LA's unfinished high-rise graffiti mecca, faces impending sale

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The Chinese owners of the stalled residential, hotel and retail complex towering over Crypto.com Arena have hired real estate brokers to sell the property to buyers who could restart the project after work stopped in 2019. Taggers recently covered its outer walls with graffiti visible from far away.

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New report shows the architecture industry's resilience in California throughout the pandemic

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The design sector has traditionally been one of the losers of a market downturn, with big real estate developments being put on hold and the need for architectural design services kicked down the road. Between 2019 and 2020, architecture saw only a 2.2 When a recession hits, architects often take it in the gut.