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SVA Architects’ design for Sacramento’s Mirasol Village approved

SVA Architects’ design for Sacramento’s Mirasol Village approved

Posted by | Mar 19, 2020 | 0 |

On Thursday, February 27, the Sacramento Planning Commission approved SVA Architects’ site plan and design reviews for the last two primary blocks of the Mirasol Village redevelopment.  Formerly known as Twin Rivers, the Sacramento public housing community and the surrounding River District neighborhood will be transformed into a fully connected, vibrant community with new transit, employment centers, services, retail, and recreational amenities. 

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Living Building Pilot Project breaks ground in Chicago

Living Building Pilot Project breaks ground in Chicago

Posted by | Feb 25, 2020 | 0 |

In 2018, Fifth Avenue Apartments was one of only a dozen projects nationwide, and the only one in Illinois, to be selected to participate in the International Living Future Institute’s (ILFI) third round of the Living Building Challenge Affordable Housing Pilot Project program. The development has been designed by national integrated architecture and engineering firm, HED, and is being constructed by Chicago-based McShane Construction Company.

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Architecture Design Collaborative breaks ground on affordable apartment community in Fontana, Calif.

Architecture Design Collaborative breaks ground on affordable apartment community in Fontana, Calif.

Posted by | Feb 4, 2020 | 0 |

Architecture Design Collaborative’s partners with Jamboree Housing Corporation and the Fontana Housing Authority in the construction of Sierra Avenue Apartments. “We wanted to give the development a modern agrarian look and feel to go with one of the main service concepts we originally planned for which was farm fresh to table,” said Chris Weimholt, Principal with ADC. “We planned for a robust community garden where residents could work with the JHC’s service partners to educate them on healthy eating and growing their own fruits and vegetables”.

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Arkansas nonprofit received $440K to construct 56-unit housing development

Posted by | Jan 26, 2020 | 0 |

Strategic Community Investments of Fort Smith, Arkansas, was recently awarded a $440,000 Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grant from Arvest Bank and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas). The grant will help fund the construction of Electric Park, a 56-unit apartment and four-plex community for low- to very low-income, special-needs, elderly and homeless individuals.

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Studio One Eleven announces container-based supportive housing

Studio One Eleven announces container-based supportive housing

Posted by | Nov 4, 2019 | 0 |

Studio One Eleven has unveiled its design for a four-story transitional housing development using modular construction in Los Angeles’ Watts  neighborhood. Watts Works, at 9502 S. Compton Avenue, uses stacked shipping containers to create 24 320-square-foot, studio apartments for low-income residents and one 480-square-foot manager’s apartment. The project also offers bike storage and multiple community spaces.

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Two KTGY designs selected as 2019 NMHC Innovation Challenge finalists

Two KTGY designs selected as 2019 NMHC Innovation Challenge finalists

Posted by | Oct 21, 2019 | 0 |

KTGY Architecture + Planning announced that the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) has named its five finalists for its 2019 Innovation Challenge competition, with KTGY receiving two finalist honors. This year’s challenge sought solutions for reducing the construction costs or time to bend the cost curve of housing production as a way to address the nation’s housing affordability crisis.

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Housing solutions for the chronically homeless using advanced modular construction

Housing solutions for the chronically homeless using advanced modular construction

Posted by | Sep 27, 2019 | 0 |

Hope on Alvarado, in Los Angeles’ Westlake neighborhood (166 S. Alvarado Street), is created by HBG Construction Corp, KTGY Architecture + Planning and Aedis Real Estate Group. The project, with wrap-around supportive services for homeless individuals, is the first of a series of superior-quality Hope On developments in Los Angeles using an advanced, new modular design.

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Two more buildings of the Bronx’s La Central mixed-use project top out

Two more buildings of the Bronx’s La Central mixed-use project top out

Posted by | Sep 23, 2019 | 0 |

FXCollaborative, in collaboration with MHG Architects, is the design architect for the new 1.1-million-square-foot development. A combination of on-site cogeneration, solar panels and a super-tight building envelope will provide a sustainable environment for residents including savings on energy costs and a reduced reliance on the area’s electric grid.

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Kulana Hale, mixed-use development in Kapolei, to help address the critical issue of affordable housing in Hawaii

Kulana Hale, mixed-use development in Kapolei, to help address the critical issue of affordable housing in Hawaii

Posted by | Jul 30, 2019 | 0 |

SVA Architects joins development team and Governor Ige for Phase II groundbreaking of Kulana Hale, mixed-use development in Kapolei, that will help address affordable housing in Hawaii. According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, Hawaii is the most “Out of Reach” rental housing market, with the highest housing wage in the nation. Earning minimum wage of $10.10 per hour, a Hawaii resident would need to work 111 hours each week to afford a modest one-bedroom apartment at fair market prices. 

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Container-based building manufacturer Adaptive Modular Solutions rebrands as CRATE Modular Inc., hires Amanda Gattenby

Posted by | Apr 4, 2019 | 0 |

Adaptive Modular Solutions, California’s first manufacturer of container-based multi-unit housing and school buildings, has unveiled a new brand identity and name. Effectively immediately, the company is known as CRATE Modular, Inc. Lisa Sharpe remains as president of the newly rebranded CRATE Modular, Inc., which has recently hired Amanda Gattenby to serve as vice president of development.

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Cradle to Cradle Certified products

The Cradle to Cradle program certifies products based on five quality categories—material health, material reutilization, renewable energy and carbon management, water stewardship, and social fairness. Click here to see a list of building supply & materials, as well as other products, that are Cradle to Cradle certified.

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