The San Francisco Affordable Housing Challenge is part of Bee Breeders’ Affordable Housing competition series. Run in partnership with ARCHHIVE Books, this competition tasked participants with submitting innovative design proposals for mitigating San Francisco’s affordable housing crisis. This design series...
BARCELONA (Spain)HOUSINGHOUSING developmentURBAN planningHOUSING policyZONINGWATERFRONTSThis paper analyzes the concept of affordable housing and urban planning instruments that incentivize its development, especially in city centers. Considering the shortage of affordable housing in Zagreb,...
AHIS is conceptualized to initiate a dialogue around affordable housing through three broad principles: Dissemination of information with latest trends in the affordable housing sector; Help developers tackle administrative and financial challenges; and find innovative, affordable solutions to the current hou...
Here's a breakdown of the average costs of housing, food, and transportation in Spain, compared to North America: Housing: The cost of housing in Spain is often significantly lower than in North America, especially in smaller towns and rural areas. For example, in the metropolitan capital of...
One of the big possibilities of 3D-printed architecture is that it could revolutionize affordable housing. Portugal's Havelar shows this may soon be within reach with its inaugural 3D-printed home, which took just 18 hours to print.
“On the other hand, though, expats are rather dissatisfied with the housing market. They describe local housing as neither easy to afford nor easy to find in the first place. “Dublin also does very poorly with regard to healthcare. Such factors do not only affect the local population nega...
It's easy to find affordable housing in Arkansas, where housing costs are 22% less than the national average. Arkansas'transportation costs are 9% lowerthan the national average and about two-fifths of the U.S. population lives within 550 miles of the state's borders, according to the Arka...
Affordable Housing Challenge was the first competition I undertook under my new company name and I was pleased to continue my collaboration with Raphael on the project. Since the start of my own venture, I have been commissioned for housing developments in Central South Africa coupled with ...
The Norman Foster Foundation presents the Cities: Affordable Housing workshop, which will take place November 14–18, 2022, with the support of the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction. How do we deliver affordable housing in our cities? The 2022 NFF Cities: Affordable Housing workshop ...
"Housing in Spain is a constitutional right, but not a real right," he told the paper. "Young people have to wait an unacceptably long time to access housing and become independent." The property portal Fotocasa said on Monday that rents in Spain have risen by 10 percent in the past yea...