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

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When the pandemic began in 2020, Hawaii’s economy reeled. Some estimates show that more than 76,000 units are unoccupied and that 30,000 to 60,000 units have been converted to short-term rentals. On the supply side, the Hawaii Housing Finance & Development Corporation develops and finances low- and moderate-income housing projects.

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NEOM: Will the Multi-Billion Dollar Mega-City Ever Come to Life? 

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His aim, he said, is to help drive Saudi away from its dependency on finance from the crude oil industry, which has historically been the country’s largest export but is undoubtedly playing a part in the climate change that is adversely affecting areas across the Middle East. . View this post on Instagram.

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News: Harvard GSD reveals four 2023 Wheelwright Prize finalists

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The World Health Organization estimates that almost 800 women died from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth every day in 2020. s Awards for Research in 2018 and 2020. Almost 95% of these deaths occurred in low and lower middle-income countries, and most could have been prevented.

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Why All Architects Should Tackle an Adaptive Reuse Project At Least Once in their Careers

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In 2020, for example, Architizer introduced the “Adaptive Reuse” category to the A+Awards for the first time ever ; the following year, the Pritzker Prize was awarded to Anne Lacaton and Jeanne-Philippe Vassal, indicating that the values of interpreting place, rather than tabula-rasa scenography, were gaining momentum.

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A case for mid-rise: How multifamily housing can reshape our cities

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At the end of 2020, the U.S. million units of housing, whereas in 2022, an estimated 420,000 new rental apartments were built in the United States, the highest amount for new multifamily construction in a half-century. The main criticism of the “five-over-one” is that they are often too predictable. was short 3.8

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

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Left: Student Residence in Saclay_momentum, Saclay, France, 2020 A+Awards Popular Winner in the Small Multi-Unit Housing category; Right: Anna Maria Bordas via Bordas+Peiro. 2020 A+Award winner Anna Maria Bordas is an architect from ENSAVT and engineer of Ponts et Chaussées engineering school. Anna Maria Bordas. Cécile Brisac.

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140+ Software Tools for Architecture Firms [2020 Update]

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Here are 140+ software tools architecture firms need to know about to stay ahead in 2020. Outplanr is a tool used to keep projects on track , and it gives detailed information on the time spent on it against the own estimates. The best is to contact them for pricing estimates for your business. Workflow max. InSite Site Work.