Tag: Housing
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Call for Solutions for the Future of Low Carbon Housing
Call for solutions for the future of low carbon housing – join the online kick-off on October 29, 2021, to hear more! As the largest lessor in Finland, Helsinki City Housing Company HEKA maintains a building portfolio that includes over 50,000 apartments serving over 92,000 residents. The HEKA Innovation Program is intended to source and pilot new, innovative…
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Autovol’s Affordable Housing Project with Robotic Automation
First-of-its kind Idaho factory nears completion of a five-story San Jose, CA apartment building. Just over two years since breaking ground, Autovol is now using automation in new ways as it nears completion of its first major affordable housing project. The project, Virginia Street Studios, will make high-quality apartment homes more affordable to seniors in San…
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BLOK, a Wired UK Hottest 100 Housing Market Startup, Gets Funding from a Renowned Group of Investors
Blok, listed as one of the Hottest 100 European Startups by Wired UK, has secured several renowned investors to promote the company’s product development and marketing in its second round of financing. The Helsinki-based startup company aims to revolutionize the housing market through automation and artificial intelligence. Blok believes that the future of the housing…
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A Showcase of Virtual and Augmented Reality for Housing
The annual Housing Market Conference took place in Helsinki on January 31, 2017. During the event, the attendees had a chance to try out virtual and augmented reality solutions for housing. Nine service providers were showcasing their solutions. My company, AE Partners, organized the Virtual Housing Showroom. Tekes, another partner of the event, kindly supported the arrangements. The service providers…
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REDI: High-rise Housing and Service Hacking
When you come to Helsinki by boat, the most prominent buildings on the skyline are a few churches. In fact, the city of Helsinki has not favored high-rise buildings, until now. Several projects that will reach unprecedented heights are under construction, and I visited one of them, REDI. Meeting at REDI Living Lab Juhani Katko,…
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Housing Solutions for Asylum Seekers: Competition Winners
An architectural competition titled From Border to Home was set out to find temporary housing solutions for the unprecedented flood of asylum seekers coming to Finland. The Museum of Finnish Architecture organized the competition in collaboration with the Finnish Association of Architects SAFA from October 19 to November 30, 2015. From Border to Home received…
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UK Rented Housing Heat Map
This interactive heat map visualizes the rented housing hotspots in the UK. Explore the live map. The post UK Rented Housing Heat Map appeared first on AEC Business. View the original article and our Inspiration here
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Sealing the Deal with Buyer Bait – The Secrets of Dressing Your Housing Project
For even the finest architectural gems, selling a new build is not just about selling cutting edge design. The property market relies upon selling emotions. How will the buyer feel when they live there, holiday there or build a business there? The only way to create these emotions for a buyer is to set the…