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Budget Breakdown: Two Designers Lean on Friends to Build a Home During The Pandemic

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When construction was slated to start in March of 2020, Kyle Hovenkotter and Tiffany Rattray relied on common materials and loved ones to get the job done. Kyle Hovenkotter and Tiffany Rattray had been living in New York City for a decade when they stubbornly accepted an all-too-familiar fact: they couldn’t afford to buy a home. "We

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Budget Breakdown: Two Designers Lean on Friends to Build a $740K Home During The Pandemic

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When construction was slated to start in March of 2020, Kyle Hovenkotter and Tiffany Rattray relied on common materials and loved ones to get the job done. Kyle Hovenkotter and Tiffany Rattray had been living in New York City for a decade when they stubbornly accepted an all-too-familiar fact: they couldn’t afford to buy a home. "We

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Seattle is building more accessory dwellings than single-family houses

Brandon Donnelly

The result is that the city is now permitting close to 1,000 ADUs per year (2022 figure). And for the first time ever, this figure now exceeds the number of permits issued for single-family houses. And since they were launched in September 2020, these plans have been permitted 130 times.

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Construction Diary: The Founder of a Cabin Rental Company Builds a Fire Island Retreat of His Own

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Jon Staff, founder of cabin rental company Getaway, and his partner Michael Thorton purchased an overgrown bayside lot in the Cherry Grove community of Fire Island, New York, in February 2020. We closed on the lot in February 2020. Justin Kaneps Starting the Process Jon : We inherited the plans and permits for the house.

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Parking Reform

SW Oregon Architect

20-04 in March of 2020, which directed all state agencies to take actions to reduce and regulate greenhouse gas emissions. To the matter at hand, cars require a significant amount of real estate merely for the purpose of storing them. (Photo by Chris Mok || @cr.mok on Unsplash ) Governor Kate Brown issued Executive Order No.

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What Role Do Architects Play In The Global Housing Crisis?

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Catchphrases like ‘gentrification,’ ‘political agenda’ and ‘financialization of real estate’ are used to try and rationalize why the majority of the world’s population cannot afford safe, permanent shelter. 3D Printing Process by ICON Photograph by Regan Morton Photography. and by a mere 0.6%

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Use-it-or-lose-it entitlements

Brandon Donnelly

To give a specific project example, we had planned to launch condominium pre-sales for our One Delisle project in the fall of 2020. In other words, cities would also need to do things like commit to issuing permits within Y months of receiving a submission — or else. Timing is important. And we were ready to do that.

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