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Great Solutions

41 Great Solutions for architects, engineers, and contractors

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.


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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 | Jun 1, 2015

Sacramento moves forward on multifamily project with new modular supplier

Guerdon Modular Buildings will provide modules for 118 apartments.

Multifamily Housing | May 30, 2015

Fannie Mae offers incentives for energy, water efficiency in multifamily buildings

Owners of apartment buildings and cooperatives may be eligible for loans with reduced interest rates for upgrades that reduce their energy or water consumption by at least 20%, under a new Fannie Mae refinancing program.

Multifamily Housing | May 30, 2015

Energy Department releases resources to assess building energy benchmarking policies, programs

The new handbook demonstrates methodologies using real data from New York City.

Multifamily Housing | May 28, 2015

Census Bureau: 10 U.S. cities now have one million people or more

California and Texas each have three of the one-million-plus cities.

Multifamily Housing | May 27, 2015

‘European’ living comes to The Woodlands with its first condo tower

Treviso at Waterway Square will offer a dynamic downtown setting with numerous live/work/play options.

Multifamily Housing | May 19, 2015

Zaha Hadid unveils 'interlocking lattice' design for luxury apartments in Monterrey, Mexico

Hadid's scheme was inspired by the Mexican tradition of interlocking lattice geometries.

Multifamily Housing | May 19, 2015

Study: Urban land use policies costs U.S. economy $1.6 trillion a year

The research contends that more affordable housing options can help cities generate significantly more income.

Multifamily Housing | May 17, 2015

New York City runs into affordable housing dilemma

New York City’s affordable housing policy has created attractive low-cost housing, but the price of success has been high.

Coatings | Jeff Alexander | May 14, 2015

Prismatic coatings accent the new Altara Center

This multi-use campus will contain a university, sports facilities, medical center, and world-class shopping

High-rise Construction | May 6, 2015

Two new designs submitted for New York City Riverside Center

Both designs reference the cantilevers and other elements featured in architect Christian de Portzamparc’s original masterplan for the complex, which has now been scrapped.

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