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AIA: Crowd-funding shows promise for financing real estate projects

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Under the long-delayed "crowdfunding” regulations, small firms could sell shares through online "portals," where thousands of investors could pore over the business plans of small companies and choose promising investments. read more.

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GM and Bedrock seek to demolish skyscrapers surrounding Detroit's tallest building

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Bedrock said that it and GM have both pledged the "majority" of funds for the redevelopment, but that it will look to public funds to finance the remainder. This will require approval by local legislatures and regulators. GM had no comment on its statement to the Detroit Free Press when approached by Dezeen.

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How Design Professionals Can Find the North Star in the Fog of Upheaval

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Professionals who are guided not only by rules, codes, and regulations but also by societal values. Firm in the center of turmoil: The North Star (Image: NASA) Developers rely on these frameworks to prioritize and direct their projects. Knowledge cannot be undone. It will take courage, and persistence.

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Architecture at Home exhibition presents "human-centred" housing prototypes

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New York studio Levenbetts and Mexico City practice PPAA are among the firms that have designed sustainable and socially conscious architecture prototypes for an exhibition on housing at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas. The prototypes are positioned alongside The Fly Eye Dome by Richard Buckminster Fuller.

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Trends to watch shaping the future of ESG

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The social aspect of ESG is less regulated and structured than carbon emissions, and it’s still unclear what precisely it will mean and how it should get reported. financing more socially inclusive projects is often the stickiest issue—particularly if you want to take something that is classified as office and convert it.

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FCA proposed new rules to tackle greenwashing

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Our proposed rules will help consumers and firms build trust in this sector. To do so, it is vital to make green finance accessible, appealing and realistic to customers. The customer must always come first, and meeting the FCA regulations must not be allowed to get in the way of that fact. Sustainable Architecture News.

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The "miracle" of Taiwan's luxury social housing

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Photo by Ethan Lee Meanwhile, a US-style housing voucher system intended to help the poorest households rent privately is beset by discrimination from loosely regulated landlords. Financing social housing requires substantial and prolonged subsidies," Peng told Dezeen. Taiwan has some of the world's least affordable housing.

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