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As cities grow ever more crowded, multifamily housing construction is more necessary than ever. Finding ways to compress housing into smaller spaces while still creating true homes calls for a complex blend of innovative design and engineering.

 

Multifamily Housing | Nov 5, 2015

Architects propose residential tower in Singapore with gardens on every floor

Imagine a high-rise with lush greenery on every floor—that’s the design Ingehoven Architects and A61 propose for Marina One, a series of residential towers in Singapore.

Multifamily Housing | Nov 4, 2015

Labor City: The Qatari complex for 70,000 migrant workers opens

The project is just one of seven house complexes built by the government for the country’s approximately 260,000 labor migrants.

Architects | Oct 27, 2015

Top 10 tile trends for 2016

Supersized tile and 3D walls are among the trending tile design themes seen at Cersaie, an exhibition of ceramic tile and bathroom furnishings held in Bologna, Italy in October.

Multifamily Housing | Oct 27, 2015

Multifamily building in downtown Montreal is being built from the roof down

The method eliminates the need for scaffolding and cranes.

Modular Building | Oct 22, 2015

My Micro NY will soon be New York's first micro-apartment building

The Manhattan modular building will be completed in December and will contain apartments with low rents, but small space.

Architects | Oct 20, 2015

Four building material innovations from the Chicago Architecture Biennial

From lightweight wooden pallets to the largest lengths of CLT-slabs that can be shipped across North America

Multifamily Housing | Oct 20, 2015

Builder confidence rises on multifamily’s strength

Starts and completions were up solidly in September, but permits are leveling off. 

Multifamily Housing | Oct 16, 2015

Textile factory turned multifamily has train tracks running through it

The Counting House Lofts is a 200-year-old building that still has its train tracks, exterior train bay doors, and a watch house tower.

Multifamily Housing | Oct 15, 2015

Montreal apartment is world’s largest residential cross-laminated timber project

 Its 434 condo, townhouse, and rental units in three eight-story buildings are made from sustainably harvested wood turned into panels by Canadian company Nordic Wood Structures together with the Cree Nation in Chibougamau.

Multifamily Housing | Oct 15, 2015

Apartment takes progressive turn in architecturally traditional D.C.

The new Lyric 440K Apartments is a 14-story structure housing 234 one- and two-bedroom units in the heart of D.C.'s up-and-coming Mount Vernon Triangle

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