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A Vertical Gallery?Ersha Island MAN LAP FONG / FEI Architects by FEI Architects

Archinect

In the beginning of 1990's, the government started to build a "Cultural Golden Coast" along its southern bank and a series of first-class art venues including the Guangdong Museum of Art and Xinghai Concert Hall emerged one after another on the scene. Now the Island has become synonym of "high-brow" in the eyes of Guangzhou people.

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Foster + Partners and Sasaki Associates designing Sierra Leone island city for Idris Elba

Deezen

"Never in my lifetime would I have thought I could build the foundation for a new smart-city. Development for "up to a million people" According to the BBC, the project for the island in the southwest of the country is set to be "financed through a public-private partnership", with Sherbro designated as a special economic zone.

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A4 Guide: Financing your Project

A4 Architects

Financing A Project Diagram Let me preface this article by stating I am an architect and not an accountant or a finance professional, but without a proper financial foundation for a project, it cannot happen. Fixing up your home can be emotionally and financially rewarding.

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

Dwell

On the supply side, the Hawaii Housing Finance & Development Corporation develops and finances low- and moderate-income housing projects. And slow government application processes can’t keep up with the overheated market. "I These measures help, but they haven’t been enough to turn the tide. million in Maui County."

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Work starts on one of the Netherlands' largest construction projects to date

BD+C

Construction on the European Patent Office building in Rijswijk, the Netherlands, started today with a foundation-stone laying ceremony. With around 861,000 square-feet and a budget of €205 million self-financed by the EPO, it will be one of the biggest office construction sites ever in the Netherlands until its completion in 2017.

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Work starts on Jean Nouvel-designed European Patent Office in the Netherlands [slideshow]

BD+C

Construction on the European Patent Office building in Rijswijk, the Netherlands, started last week with a foundation-stone laying ceremony. With around 80,000 sm and a budget of €205 million self-financed by the EPO, it will be one of the biggest office construction sites ever in the Netherlands until its completion in 2017.

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“A different way of developing cities” — SERA Architects' Tim Smith discusses the OMSI District and civic ecology

Portland Architecture

The idea behind it is to eliminate the concept of NIMBYism: that you engage citizens as the third leg of a local government and private developer stool, so that they co-create the vision and the steps to implementation for change in any given place. There’s a movement afoot to change Portland’s system of government. So what can we do?