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Urban, market-rate housing that lower-income workers can actually afford is one of our country’s biggest needs. For multifamily designers, this challenge presents several opportunities for creating housing that workers can afford on their salaries.
Demolished in 1989, The Phoenix Ironworks Steel Factory left a five-acre hole in West Oakland, Calif. After sitting vacant for nearly three decades, the site will soon become utilized again in the form of 316 affordable housing units.
In the Watts neighborhood in Los Angeles, a new affordable multifamily housing project using shipping containers resulted in 24 micro-units for formerly unhoused residents. The containers were acquired from a nearby port and converted into housing units at a factory.
AI ChatBots, ambient computing, floating MRIs, low-carbon cement, sunshine on demand, next-generation top-down construction. These and 35 other innovations make up our 2024 Great Solutions Report, which highlights fresh ideas and innovations from leading architecture, engineering, and construction firms.
Modular building is the growing trend of assembling structures from prefabricated, interchangeable components. After being constructed in a controlled environment away from the building site—such as a factory—the components are then transported to the final location and assembled on-site.
This growing collection of news, trends, case studies, white papers, and innovative projects bring you the latest in modular design and construction.
Ernst & Young’s white paper makes its cases for the technology’s myriad benefits.
Predicts second-half improvement toward normalization next year.
iBUILT plans to double its production capacity this year, and usher in more technology and automation to the delivery process.
This 70-page PDF features AEC firm rankings across 51 building sectors, disciplines, and specialty services.
A new JLL report assesses which tech options got a pandemic “boost.”
For a building to be truly sustainable, it must maintain the three corners of the triangle paradigm throughout the building’s lifecycle.
The 2020 Giants 400 Report features more than 130 rankings across 25 building sectors and specialty categories.
Prefabrication played a major role in quickening construction.
R&D hubs, modular-built hotels, and an award-winning student center on the August 6 “The Weekly”
Boxyard RTP, made from 38 shipping containers, will serve as a community gathering and social space.
