Project financing tempers robust demand for multifamily housing
AEC Giants with multifamily practices report that the sector has been struggling over the past year, despite the high demand for housing, especially affordable products.
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Resiliency
Phius introduces retrofit standard for more resilient buildings
Phius recently released, REVIVE 2024, a retrofit standard for more resilient buildings. The standard focuses on resilience against grid outages by ensuring structures remain habitable for at least a week during extreme weather events.
Adaptive Reuse
6 key fire and life safety considerations for office-to-residential conversions
Office-to-residential conversions may be fraught with fire and life safety challenges, from egress requirements to fire protection system gaps. Here are six important considerations to consider.
Senior Living Design
The growing importance of cultural representation in senior living communities
Perkins Eastman architect Mwanzaa Brown reflects on the ties between architecture, interior design, and the history and heritage of a senior living community’s population.
Senior Living Design
Multifamily Housing | Apr 23, 2020
Tankless water heaters: 12 things to know about these energy savers for multifamily housing
Twelve factors to consider in using tankless water heaters in multifamily housing.
Coronavirus | Apr 5, 2020
COVID-19: Most multifamily contractors experiencing delays in projects due to coronavirus pandemic
The NMHC Construction Survey is intended to gauge the magnitude of the disruption caused by the COVID-19 outbreak on multifamily construction.
Senior Living Design | Oct 19, 2018
Construction begins on suburban Denver senior living facility
Chicago-based CA Senior Living LLC is developing the project.
Senior Living Design | Jeff Alexander | Aug 7, 2018
8330 On the River
A housing community offering beautiful views of the Detroit River and Belle Isle as the city's waterfront is undergoing dramatic restoration.
Senior Living Design | Jul 5, 2018
KFA designs 70 units of affordable senior housing in Los Angeles
The development includes a mix of low- and very-low-income units.
Senior Living Design | Apr 24, 2018
96-unit senior housing community opens in Orland Park, Ill.
The units are split between assisted living apartments and memory care studios.
Senior Living Design | Jan 31, 2018
Senior living design trends for 2018
Public-facing fitness centers and “sense of place” design accents are among the emerging trends in senior living facilities, according to design firm studioSIX5.
Industry Research | Nov 28, 2017
2018 outlook: Economists point to slowdown, AEC professionals say ‘no way’
Multifamily housing and senior living developments head the list of the hottest sectors heading into 2018, according a survey of 356 AEC professionals.
Senior Living Design | Oct 5, 2017
New senior housing community is first in U.S. to offer Spark of Life dementia care
Aspired Living of Westmont is a 107-unit assisted living and memory care community.
Senior Living Design | Gensler | Sep 7, 2017
BoomTown: A Future for all ages
Despite our enhanced understanding of how integral socialization and engagement are to long-term health, we continue to perpetuate a senior housing paradigm that places people in self-contained communities.
