EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the introduction to “Housing as Intervention: Architecture towards Social Equity,” a 17-essay volume of Architectural Design (AD), guest edited by Next City Vanguard ...

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KUMAMOTO, Japan >> Hotakubo Housing, a 1991 complex in Kumamoto City, was a new concept in housing for Japan that was introduced by Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto. The project offers a glimpse into ...

Affordable housing development funding is moving from reliance on previous years’ metro bonds, which have dried up, to some ...

This article is the last in a three-part series. The first, “Missing-Middle Solutions for Achieving State-Mandated Affordable Housing Requirements,” was published May 19, 2025. The second, “Designing ...

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Two middle housing buildings are being constructed two blocks apart on Division Street in Portland. The projects, E and Hutch, are designed by a small firm made up of two experts in ...

Women-owned Portland, Oregon-based architecture firm Holst Architecture has unveiled Argyle Gardens, a co-housing development consisting of “deeply affordable housing” in North Portland’s Kenton ...

Of the 553 AEC firms to participate in Building Design+Construction’s 2023 Giants 400 survey, 394 companies reported revenue from designing or building multifamily housing projects, including ...

While many things divide U.S. states, there is one thing they all have in common: a need for more affordable housing. No state has an adequate supply of affordable housing for its lowest-income ...

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The affordable housing market, after a couple of tough years, is showing signs of renewed momentum, says Sheila Kneifl, principal at JHP Architecture. “In today’s environment, affordable housing ...