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Adaptive reuse: 5 benefits of office-to-residential conversions

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Adaptive reuse: 5 benefits of office-to-residential conversions FitzGerald completed renovations on Millennium on LaSalle, a 14-story building in the heart of Chicago’s Loop. Originally built in 1902, the former office building now comprises 211 apartment units and marks LaSalle Street’s first complete office-to-residential conversion.

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A Texas Empty Nester Home and Studio With Room for Family, Too

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A Texas Empty Nester Home and Studio With Room for Family, Too. A renowned residential designer takes on the task of creating his next home, and the result is both beautiful and functional. As a residential designer, I’ve learned that creating designs for homeowners can be both challenging and gratifying. Garnett, FAIBD.

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Modular adaptive reuse of parking structure grants future flexibility

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Beginning with Buffalo in 2017, all have abolished parking minimums as a requirement for new residential development. Last November, Austin, Texas, followed suit, eliminating parking requirements for new development, with an exception for accessible parking. .; Hartford, Conn.; and San Jose, Calif., have in common? Park House 2.0

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How Excessive Design Standards Hurt Home Affordability

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Stringent residential design standards imposed by local governments are affecting housing costs; the impact of new residential construction on the broader economy (chart). The fact that certain classes of homebuyers are excluded from buying a home makes excessive residential design standards an inappropriate policy option.

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Flyin' high: Humphreys & Partners Architects keeps soaring to new heights

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As an architecture student at Texas Tech in the mid-1970s, he took a part-time job designing apartment buildings for a local developer in Lubbock. Before you could say “Go Red Raiders,” he had a posse of other Texas Tech architecture students punching out residential designs for his own business.

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Design Trends Survey: What's in Store for Housing's Look and Feel

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What’s on the drawing boards of residential architects today reflects up-and-coming design trends for the next several years, according to a recent survey conducted by Pro Builder in collaboration with the New Home Trends Institute (NHTI) by John Burns Real Estate Consulting. Old Building Materials, New Tricks.

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LRK opens office in Orlando to grow its presence in Florida

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LRK opens office in Orlando to grow its presence in Florida LRK, a nationally recognized architectural, planning, and interior design firm, has opened its new office in downtown Orlando, Fla. rcassidy Tue, 05/30/2023 - 12:30 LRK New office, near two transit links, is planned to be WELL-certified.

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