Half A House Builds A Whole Community: Elemental’s Controversial Social Housing

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Villa Verde in Constitución, Chile by Elemental. Image via 99 Percent InvisibleShare ShareFacebookTwitterMailPinterestWhatsAppOr https://www.archdaily.com/797779/half-a-house-builds-a-whole-community-elementals-controversial-social-housingIn Chile, a middle-class family may inhabit a house of around 80 square meters, whereas a low-income family might be lucky enough to inhabit 40 square meters. They can’t afford a large “good” house, and are therefore often left with smaller homes or building blocks; but why not give them half a “good” house, instead of a finished small house? In the 1970s a professor by the name of John FC Turner, teaching at a new masters program at…Continue Reading

Contractors Increase Use of In-House Design to Better Manage Project Demands | 2019-04-03

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Long ago, project roles were well defined. Architects and engineers designed, contractors built, and owners wrote the checks. Over many decades, however, the lines defining those roles have blurred, with contractors increasingly handling or overseeing elements of design. And it’s a trend that’s accelerating. More than 43% of contractors are gearing up to perform design work in-house, a 5% increase from 2018, with another 25% considering such a move in the near future, according to the “2019 AGC/FMI Risk Management Survey” from Associated General Contractors of America and FMI Corp. While closely integrated design and construction organizations have long been…Continue Reading

Gold Coast star designer: how house designs will change

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GOLD Coast house designs will shift to a more “minimalistic design phase” as building costs and interest rates soar, says a leading designer. Emerging star designer Reece Keil, based at Mermaid Beach, believes building supply issues, a lack of trades, rising interest rates and a sporadic real estate market will cause new luxury house designs to change.Star designer Reece Keil at his office at Mermaid Beach. Picture: Glenn HampsonTallebudgera’s Kooringal Lodge is almost complete and up for sale. Supplied by Reece Keil.“I think the immediate future of the landscape design is going to be forced to shift…Continue Reading

Design team launches plans – News-Herald

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Several new designers have come on board for the 2019 Lake County YMCA Dream House project. Following the fundraiser’s 25th anniversary in 2018 many of the former designers stepped down after dedicating numerous years to the endeavor. At the helm of design plans for the new home in the Maple Valley Subdivision of Willoughby Hills is Realtor/designer and ProBuilt Homes staffer Lindsay Davis. Other new members are Tammy McIntosh of Conceptual Stone Design, Katie Ryan of ProBuilt Homes and Robyn Spataro of Firenza Stone. All of the businesses are located in Lake County. Spataro, of Mentor, said that as a…Continue Reading

Beyoncé spotted at the Knowles-Rowland House renovation celebration in Houston

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HOUSTON – Beyoncé, her family, and partner organizations gathered in Midtown on Friday for a celebration to kick off the renovations at the Knowles-Rowland House. Beyoncé spotted at Knowles-Rowland House renovation celebration in Houston (Copyright 2023 by KPRC Click2Houston – All rights reserved.) Local non-profit, Bread of Life, Inc., will be heading a redevelopment project of the Knowles-Rowland House here in the city. The Knowles-Rowland house was originally known as the Knowles-Rowland Center for Youth, which burned in a fire in March 2021. The building was initially constructed in 1999 with the help of financial support from the Knowles family.…Continue Reading

David Tronnes: Man murdered wife ‘after she refused to go on home renovation TV show’ | US News

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A husband murdered his wife after she refused to appear on a home renovation TV show, according to prosecutors. David Tronnes, 55, strangled and beat Shanti Cooper-Tronnes to death at the couple’s home in Orlando, Floridain April 2018. On Wednesday, Tronnes was convicted of the 39-year-old’s murder and sentenced to life in prison. Jury members were told how Tronnes had hoped to appear on “Zombie House Renovations” – a reality show where participants flip dilapidated properties into stunning homes. “Tronnes had spent thousands of dollars on renovations and had hopes of appearing on the reality television show,” prosecutors said. “This…Continue Reading

Your landlord wants to renovate your rental home. Now what?

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The term renovation has become common parlance in recent years — referring to a situation where a tenant is evicted from a rental home for renovation purposes, and the unit is re-rented for a much higher rate thereafter. As per Ontario’s Rental Tenancies Act (RTA), landlords have the right to renovate rental units, but must follow a prescribed process that has some built-in protections for tenants. While the RTA does not differentiate between necessary repairs and less urgent upgrades, it does stipulate that for a tenant to be evicted for renovations, the work must be so extensive that it requires…Continue Reading

Chupi Sweetman reveals her second home renovation

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It wasn’t a case of love at first sight when luxury jewelery entrepreneur Chupi Sweetman viewed the Dublin property which last year became home to her, husband Brian, daughter Aya, three, and her mother Rosita. Looking at it now, it would be hard for any interiors enthusiast not to develop a strong crush on this 170-year-old beauty, built in the early Victorian era, but bearing the features of the Georgian period — lightsome rooms, elegant proportions and original features, including wooden floors, window shutters, and decorative stucco work worthy of Palladio. The kitchen/dining room in Chupi Sweetman’s home. “I had…Continue Reading