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Multifamily Housing 2024

In Seattle, Mass Timber Tackles the Workforce Housing Crunch

Seattle

May 6, 2024

An apartment building by atelierjones leverages new building code provisions to create a scalable and sustainable model for middle-income housing.

Multifamily Housing 2024

With the San Mateo County Navigation Center, Charles F. Bloszies Pioneers a Rapid Response to Homelessness

Redwood City, California

Clare Jacobson

May 3, 2024

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The architect's open-source housing model offers a readily deployable solution to the Bay Area’s homelessness crisis.

Continuing Education: Affordable Housing and Energy Performance

Katharine Logan

May 1, 2024

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Three housing developments—in the Bronx, Bay Area, and Vancouver, B.C.—achieve lofty social and environmental goals on tight budgets.

Multifamily Housing 2024

Michael Maltzan’s Latest Supportive Housing Project Pops with Color

Sarah Amelar

May 1, 2024

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Named for life's marathon-like challenges, the playful 26 Point 2 apartment complex in Long Beach, California, provides residents with communal spaces and on-site services.

Multifamily Housing 2024

May 1, 2024

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A diverse group of North American projects showcases architects breaking through budgetary, spatial, and legal barriers to provide innovative housing solutions.

Josephine Minutillo, Editor in Chief of Architectural Record

May 2024 Editor’s Letter

At All Costs

Josephine Minutillo

May 1, 2024

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This month's issue explores how good design can navigate political and economic hurdles to affordable housing.

Alexander Gorlin and Victoria Newhouse Collect Strategies to House the Nation

Excerpt: 'Housing the Nation: Social Equity, Architecture, and the Future of Affordable Housing,' edited by Alexander Gorlin and Victoria Newhouse

Alexander Gorlin, FAIA Victoria Newhouse

February 8, 2024

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In this forthcoming volume, experts take stock of America’s affordable-housing crisis and suggest various solutions to rectify it.

In South London, Witherford Watson Mann Offers a Clever Take on the Almshouse Typology

Tim Abrahams

October 25, 2023

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A new residential development for seniors references traditional charitable housing in a distinctly urban setting.

On Long Island, Studio Libeskind Delivers Supportive Housing With a Distinctive Facade

Freeport, New York

Matthew Marani

October 24, 2023

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The 44-unit Allan & Geraldine Rosenberg Residence in Freeport is the firm’s first foray into senior housing.

The Future Cities Summit Confronts Crisis and Opportunity in Affordable Housing

Pansy Schulman

October 10, 2023

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As an increasing number of Americans struggle to pay rent, the National Building Museum convened policymakers, designers, and researchers from the private and public sectors to highlight paths forward.