Ellen Browning Building: Shared Living With Room for Independence
Ellen Browning Building in Portland connects private homes, shared amenities and planted terraces in a small co-housing development.
Housing
Northfield Gate reaches full height as Oxford advances 51 affordable homes
The two apartment blocks at Northfield Gate in Littlemore, Oxford, have reached their full four-storey height. Oxford City Council reported…
Maryland closes $49.3 million financing for 150 affordable apartments in Baltimore
Maryland has closed more than $49.3 million in financing for the next 150 affordable apartments in the Perkins Homes redevelopment…
Austin approves $21 million for five affordable-housing developments near transit
Austin City Council and the Austin Housing Finance Corporation approved more than $21 million on 22 October 2026 for five…
New York City Council passes COPA, adding acquisition windows to distressed-housing sales
New York City Council passed Introduction 905-A, the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA), on October 22, 2026. The measure…
Cerritos Circle: How a 1963 Duplex Still Reads as Two Homes
Clifton Jones Jr.’s 1963 Long Beach duplex uses mirrored plans, separate courtyards and timed daylight to give two households distinct homes.
Oasis Student Housing: Green Glass, Cross-Ventilation and Shared Life in Nice
Atelier Stéphane Fernandez organizes 200 student units around open-air galleries, shared services and a recycled-glass facade at the edge of a park in Nice.
DIGITAL NOMAD VILLAGE
DIGITAL NOMAD VILLAGE is an international ideas competition asking entrants to design a community where remote work, housing, shared facilities…
Town Housing
Town Housing is the Lyceum Fellowship’s 2027 student architecture competition. It asks entrants to propose housing for a community of…
Surf Road House: Turning Coastal Elevation Into an Arrival Sequence
Coughlin Scheel Architects expands a Fire Island house that survived Hurricane Sandy, using elevation, cedar screens and layered circulation as design tools.
Calm Haven House: Levels, Light and the Space Around the Stair
How a planted stair void, raised kitchen and filtered openings organize shared life and retreat inside a house in Can Tho.
HASEKO RESIDENTIAL DESIGN COMPETITION
Competition briefThe 20th edition of HASEKO RESIDENTIAL DESIGN COMPETITION asks students to rethink collective housing through overlapping individual and shared…
US Opens FHA Financing to Build-to-Rent Housing: What Changes for Construction?
The United States has opened FHA-insured financing to eligible build-to-rent communities, extending a route into the rental market for developments…
Lion Green Road: Housing Shaped Around Shared Ground
Five brick-clad blocks accommodate 157 homes at Lion Green Road. A reading of the paths, planted edges and shared ground that connect the development.
CCLM 280: A Weekend House with Two Rhythms of Use
A weekend house separates everyday occupation from guest stays while its stair and covered edges keep the garden in view.
The Narrow House: What Does a Missing Piece of Floor Give Back?
A small house presents an apparently straightforward problem: how much living can fit inside a limited footprint? Yet filling every…
Canada’s Building Permits Rise 8.8%, but Annual Housing Authorizations Fall
Canadian building permit values rose 8.8% in August to C$13.6 billion, according to Statistics Canada’s October 14 release. Multi-unit housing…
Hong Kong Moves to Acquire Land for 20,400 Public Homes in Tuen Mun
Hong Kong’s Lands Department posted notices on October 15 to resume 320 private lots covering approximately 16.9 hectares for developments…
One in Five U.S. Adults Struggled to Pay Rent or Mortgage
One in five U.S. adults reported difficulty paying their rent or mortgage during the preceding year, according to findings published…
Housing Condition Data Gaps Trigger C3 Grades for Two English Councils
England’s Regulator of Social Housing has awarded C3 consumer grades to Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council and the Royal Borough of…
