2024
"How Muji is collaborating with Japan’s housing agency"
It’s a logical collaboration. Both want to bring good and affordable design to the masses. And obviously there are brand benefits for Muji. It’s a way to expose more people to their products.
...More"Tiny Storefronts (By the Sidewalk)"
A neat way of looking at food trucks and tiny businesses
...More"Panoramic clears hurdle for cinema-to-homes conversion in Berkeley"
Front of theater earns landmark status, but not the back where developer plans 227 units
...More"Housing at historic Berkeley site now ‘full speed ahead’ after surviving objections"
A large apartment project planned at the site of a former Regal United Artists movie theater in Berkeley survived objections over the building’s historic status – clearing the way for the project to move forward in the process.
...More"Why Japanese cities are such nice places to live"
“America is a place where you live INSIDE your house, your car, your office, or maybe a mall.
Japan is a place where you live OUTSIDE, in public spaces that are made to provide you with both adventure and comfort.”
"NIMBYs still block housing in San Francisco. They’ve just updated their language"
New housing is always ‘too tall,’ ‘too dense’ or just ‘not right for this neighborhood.’ Is there anywhere we can build desperately needed homes?
...More"CA Court Ruling Could Crack Down on Tactics to Delay or Block Housing Construction"
California’s perpetual conflict over housing, pitting advocates of state-level pro-development policies against defenders of local government land use authority, has often involved friction between two state laws.
...More"CA Court Ruling Could Crack Down on Tactics to Delay or Block Housing Construction"
California’s perpetual conflict over housing, pitting advocates of state-level pro-development policies against defenders of local government land use authority, has often involved friction between two state laws.
...More"Tech Leaders Fled San Francisco During the Pandemic. Now, They’re Coming Back."
Founders and investors who moved to Miami and elsewhere are returning to a boom in artificial intelligence and an abundance of tech talent
...More"The Great Compression"
Thanks to soaring housing prices, the era of the 400-square-foot subdivision house is upon us.
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