Cities looking to boost density and affordability should look to the work of architect Louis Sauer, who designed stylish modernist housing in the 1960s and ’70s. To an onlooker, population density can be counterintuitive. The thumbnail image for American density will always be...
4 Bed, 3 Bath, No Garage Door: The Unlikely Woes Holding Up Home Building
A single house under construction in America today faces all kinds of problems, starting with a run on lumber, then bricklayers in demand, subcontractors with Covid, appliances...
A Scholar, Dr. Adewunmi Badiora, has said that poor planning and design of buildings in Lagos are affecting the safety and security of residents.
Presenting a paper at the Priority Complex Problems (PCPs) workshop of the African Cities Research...
Group will prioritize lower embodied emissions materials in federally funded projects
The Biden administration is moving to put the U.S. government’s purchasing power behind construction materials with lower embodied emissions and pollutants, with the White House launching a “Buy Clean...
Rafe Bertram, sustainability lead at Meridian Water, Enfield’s 25-year, £6 billion regeneration project, spoke about sustainable development on projects large and small at a recent AJ event at Roca’s London Gallery Bertram opened his talk by describing six scales for...
“Green buildings are perhaps the most important area on the path to carbon neutrality, but they’re also among the most difficult to achieve,” says Miguel Eiras Antunes, Smart Cities & Urban Transformation Global Leader at Deloitte. However, with new funds...
The healthcare sector constantly invests in building environments that help clinics and hospitals harness natural daylight and improve thermal performance and aesthetics. Healthcare facilities play an essential role in our lives. As a global leader in architectural aluminum systems, Kawneer...
The Master Plan for Ilorin, Kwara State capital, will be unveiled on Wednesday, May 11, at the state’s Banquet Hall, Ilorin, the Chairman, Working Committee on the Master Plan, Shittu AbdulMutalib, had said. According to him, the modeling, which would...
The Federal Government, through the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has approved the appointment of Adetunji Adeniran as Registrar/Secretary Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON). In his new role, he is expected to bring his rich social...
The government of the United States has been accused of going into business with Gilbert Chagoury, a Nigerian-Lebanese developer and funder of Eko Atlantic, despite his criminal records. Chagoury who was born in Nigeria to Lebanese immigrants co-founded the Chagoury...
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