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NYT: Rising insurance costs impinging on affordable development efforts nationwide

Archinect

Unlike market-rate apartment developers, those building multifamily projects financed by subsidies and tax credits do not have the ability to simply pass on those higher insurance costs to tenants, since they are limited by government guidelines as to how much rent they can collect.

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Get Lectured: University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury, Winter/Spring '24

Archinect

The school describes: "Speakers will cover subjects including: the financing of architecture and design projects; the role of developers, clients, and unions; gentrification; the visual and material culture of money; economic histories of architecture and design, critical creative explorations of the economy."

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Greater Bay Area Technology Finance Centre

e-architect

Greater Bay Area Technology Finance Centre Guangzhou Building, Architect, GDD Holding Group Project Design News. Greater Bay Area Technology Finance Centre Guangzhou. Greater Bay Area Technology Finance Centre Guangzhou Building. Greater Bay Area Technology Finance Centre, Guangzhou – Building Information.

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Nordre Fasanvaj – Client representation and design proposal // KHR Architecture

Architizer

KHR initially prepared a design proposal, which can be seen in the pictures here, but has since been selected as the client’s consultant on the project. Nordre Fasanvaj – Client representation and design proposal Gallery. © KHR Architecture. © KHR Architecture. © KHR Architecture.

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How to Sell an Architecture Firm: Build for Growth, Plan for Exit

EntreArchitect

But when the firm owner is doing the technical work, were not doing the higher-value worklike finding clients, building systems, or leading a team. That means training leaders early, developing business skillsnot just design skillsand planning financing options like phantom equity. As architects, many of us love the work.

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Labor Day

SW Oregon Architect

Clients compel architects to deliver projects faster and faster, in return for progressively inadequate compensation. Understandably, financing burdens and market forces weigh on limited budgets, so I do not expect demands to do more in less time abating anytime soon. He has eliminated the need to cultivate a client base. (2)

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Why Is Spain’s Social Housing So Well-Designed?

Dwell

Since the cooperative is the client for the build (rather than a generic developer), it also creates a more participatory design process, giving those who will actually live there a voice on the architecture.

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