Better housing
Housing can be cheaper, more sustainable, healthier, and more connected - why is it not? Resources, thoughts, and ideas on how—and why—to do just that.
Better housing
Katerra's $2 Billion Legacy | Architect Magazine
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Short story of Katerra, a failed industrial housing construction business: what not to do
... See moreMost people see circumstances as fixed; high-agency people see them as variables. When Depression-era customers couldn’t afford shotguns, Rose didn’t complain about the economy; she created a rental program overnight. The line stretched around the block the next morning. High agency isn’t magical thinking; it’s the refusal to accept artificial cons
From lessons learned about Rose Blumkin; my bold
The boundary between indoors and outdoors should be porous
adapted from Pace Layers issue 1
Why is it worth the time, talent, and treasury?
“time, talent, treasury” from 1991 internal Disney memo
BOXABL
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Median rent declined in all size categories: studio: $1,428, down $21 (-1.4%) year over year; 1-bed: $1,590, down $45 (-2.8%) year over year; 2-bed: $1,899, down $45 (-2.3%) year over year.
July 2025 Rental Report: Multifamily Supply Pulls Back Amid Growing Headwinds
1- and 2-beds don’t cost much more than studios, yet are bigger. Cost/ft2 goes down, but so does income/ft2.
What if a complex has mostly (well-planned) studios that have a physical divider (half-wall, etc) for a bedroom for a lil cheaper - will that
allow for more units to be built within the complex?
make up for the “lost” extra income from 1- and 2-beds?
Wittman Estes | Seattle Modern Architect, Landscape & Interior Design Firm
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Buildings that flow naturally from internal to external spaces
Mithun
mithun.com
Is there a way to pay rents through Web3? Would this notably reduce costs?