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A movement to encourage more housing projects along the California coast has stalled out in the California legislature. Earlier this year, lawmakers, with the backing of some housing activists, introduced a series of bills aimed at making it easier to build apartments and accessory dwelling units along California’s highly regulated coast.
Phius recently released, REVIVE 2024, a retrofit standard for more resilient buildings. The standard focuses on resilience against grid outages by ensuring structures remain habitable for at least a week during extreme weather events.
More than 1.2 billion sf of U.S. office space—14.8% of the nation’s total—have strong potential for conversion to residential use, according to real estate software and services firm Yardi. Yardi’s new Conversion Feasibility Index scores office buildings on their suitability for multifamily conversion.
A law passed earlier this year by the Washington State Legislature allows developers to defer sales and use taxes if they convert existing structures, including office buildings, into affordable housing.
These three developments faced certain obstacles during their building processes—from surrounding noise suppression to construction methodology.
While some new multifamily developments strive for modernity, others choose to retain historic aesthetics.
Here are nine specialized multifamily developments designed to assist their tenants’ needs.
Here are seven mixed-use, multifamily projects dedicated to providing affordable housing.
These multifamily developments are not only Passive House (PHIUS) certified, but affordable for tenants.
BD+C editors collected over 20 multifamily projects with a focus on affordable housing. These three developments took it to the extreme.
In our latest call for entries, Building Design+Construction collected over 20 multifamily projects with a focus on affordable housing. Here is a comprehensive list of all projects in alphabetical order.
