A Pennsylvania developer has purchased nearly 30 acres of land in Auburn to build an apartment complex, and all in, expects to spend $25 million on the project. A.R. Building Co., headquartered in Seven Fields, Pa., plans to develop 128 housing units, which will be a mix of one- and […]
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Low-carbon construction: check Passive low-energy design: check Right next to a planned major transit stop: check Mid-scale “missing middle” housing: check Deluxe bicycling facilities instead of off-street parking: check Article continues after advertisement A recent proposal for a Northeast apartment building seems tailor-made for the Minneapolis 2040 Comprehensive Plan, which passed […]
Space-saving innovations are nothing new—Murphy beds, folding desks, integrated storage, and multitasking furnishings have long been staples of tiny home design. Recently, however, Spanish architecture practice Enorme Studio has combined all these elements with robotics to create Beyome, a new system for flexible living in tight urban spaces. The company […]
When a couple in their 40s tasked Miogui Architecture with turning a 137-square-foot Parisian apartment into a flexible live/work space, the firm focused on scale, sunlight, and geometry. “Before our intervention, the bathroom and the kitchen were too large for the size of the apartment, and the bathroom had very […]
There’s an element of spectacle and obsession, perhaps even a bit of madness, in the work of Astrid and Eddy Sykes, founders of the multidisciplinary Mexico City–based firm wrinkleMX. Tucked discreetly behind the historical façade of an early-20th-century building on the outskirts of the Mexican capital, the duplex apartment that […]
As a screenwriter (her partner is an architect), Alexandra Cadena is no stranger to the glitz and glam of Hollywood. In fact, it was the town’s allure that led her to their one-bedroom rental, designed by the same architect behind the iconic Sunset Tower, Leland Bryant. “Charlie Chaplin used to […]