Month: July 2022

As Demand For Affordable Housing Increases, One Construction Firm Seeks A More Sustainable And Inclusive Future

Courtesy of Swinerton La Fénix at 1950, the first affordable housing development in San Francisco’s Mission District in 10 years. The housing affordability crisis in the U.S. has reached a breaking point. A Pew Research survey from October 2021 found that nearly half of Americans believe that a lack of affordable housing is a serious problem …

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Renderings Reveal Mixed-Use Commercial Project at 1160 Flushing Avenue in Bushwick, Brooklyn

The Department of City Planning is now reviewing proposals to construct a nine-story mixed-use development at 1160 Flushing Avenue in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Designed by S9 Architecture and developed by Totem Brooklyn, the property will comprise more than 238,000 square feet and include a mix of retail, office, and light industrial components. If approved, the building will replace …

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Alfredo Caldaroni Obituary (2022) – Lake George, NY

Caldaroni, Alfredo LAKE GEORGE Alfredo Caldaroni, age 87, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, at his home in Lake George, while watching his favorite sport, Italian football. Alfredo was born on March 11, 1935, the son of Tomaso and Giuseppina (Raponi) Caldaroni in Anitrella, a beautiful hill town South of Rome, the commune …

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Pawel Kentaro Grendys explains how to avoid common real estate purchase errors in Latin America

Real estate investing can be very simple. This is a great business that offers high returns and little risk. This type of opportunity is abundant in Latin America, which has relatively affordable land for both properties and for raising livestock. Investors should invest in this market as soon as possible to increase their …

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Conversation pits: Time to chat about the groovy home feature making a comeback

It’s time to chat. We want tell you that the conversation pit, an ultra-kitsch feature of Australian retro homes, is cool again. Many architecture and interior design aficionados would say the conversation pit never went off the agenda. A clutch of listings on the market nationally have this sunken lounge feature, and in properties built …

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Telangana sanctions Rs 2,410 crore to develop 104 road corridors in GHMC, 10 ULBs- The New Indian Express

By Express News Service HYDERABAD: Giving a major boost to road infrastructure, the State government on Saturday accorded administrative sanction for the construction, development, improvement of 104 road corridors in the limits of Greater Hyderabad and 10 adjoining ULBs at an estimated cost of `2,410 crore under Phase-III of the missing link roads programme. The …

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Difficult to retain younger architects who leave for higher pay or better hours, firms say

STUDENT INTAKE REMAINS “FAIRLY STABLE”  Firms CNA spoke to also said that pickings for talent are slim, noting that fewer architecture students move on to do their master’s degree, which is typically needed to practice architecture in Singapore.  “They also realise that they’ve got so many years of studying, and then when they come out, …

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Multi-alarm fire breaks out in Boston high rise under construction

Crews battled a multi-alarm fire Saturday at a high rise under construction in downtown Boston. It’s the second time in about five weeks that fire has broken out in the building. Saturday’s four-alarm fire was reported at 1 Congress St. at about noon. The building had construction crews working at the time, but all got …

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Siphon water from Mississippi River – Twin Cities

In all-too-sunny Southern California, residents of the popular Sonoran Desert city known as Palm Springs are roasting in the heat and worried about their water. With an eye toward future shortages, desert denizens have drawn up what they consider to be a logical proposal, which they’ve repeatedly promoted through the letters pages of their local …

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