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Tiny Homes vs Traditional Homes: Which One is the Better Investment?

Architecture Ideas

Despite rising interest rates (~7%), many buyers still lean toward conventional housing due to better long-term financing options and property appreciation. However, hidden costs such as purchasing land, hooking up to utilities, or navigating local zoning laws can erode these initial savings.

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

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"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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Competitions: Pre-announcement | Total Prize Money RMB 17.4 Million, International Competition for Implementation-Oriented Urban Design and Conceptual Architectural Design of the Riverfront Area of Hangzhou Jiangnan City of Science

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The Riverfront Area has the potential to become the CBD of Jiangnan City of Science in the future, optimizing the technology finance, high-end business, and high quality commercial functions in the area.

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Competitions: Open Call | Total Prize Money RMB 17.4 Million, International Competition for Implementation-Oriented Urban Design and Conceptual Architectural Design of the Riverfront Area of Hangzhou Jiangnan City of Science

Bustler

The Riverfront Area has the potential to become the CBD of Jiangnan City of Science in the future, optimizing the technology finance, high-end business, and high quality commercial functions in the area.

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

Community Architect

Even local zoning has become so byzantine that specialty zoning lawyers and expediters are needed maneuver a project through the labyrinth of permitting and still finding it at times mired in lengthy litigation. In the chaos a consideration of the foundational values of our professions might help.

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Port of Beirut renewal by ALIPH: buildings

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To implement this plan, the Foundation has been closely cooperating with the Lebanese Directorate General of Antiquities (DGA) and international or professional organizations (including UNESCO, ICCROM, ICOM, ICOMOS, IFLA, Blue Shield) to assess the needs and identify projects. Today, most of these initiatives are completed.

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Ukraine Cultural Heritage Grant Award by ALIPH + Getty

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ALIPH (The International alliance for the protection of heritage in conflict areas) is the main global fund exclusively dedicated to the protection and rehabilitation of cultural heritage in conflict zones and post-conflict situations. Additional information is available at www.getty.edu/foundation. Location: Ukraine.