Canada’s Queen City has become renowned for its housing boom. As the most populous location in the country, Toronto is also one of the world’s hottest luxury real estate markets. An hub for arts, business, and media, the city is sited on a sloping plateau with a unique ravine system. While it boasts incredible architecture and high-end designs, Toronto risks a housing correction. Rapid increases in home prices, overvaluation, and overbuilding have all attributed to the city’s mounting situation. Amidst these unstable conditions and uncertainty, new residential projects continue to be built.
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Building Toronto: New Housing on the Rise in Canada’s Queen City
https://www.archdaily.com/967299/building-toronto-new-housing-on-the-rise-in-canadas-queen-cityEric Baldwin
We Already Have Viable Models for Quality Affordable Housing
This article was originally published on Common Edge.
In this week's reprint, author Walter Jaegerhaus explores the U.S. housing challenge, drawing a timeline of the evolution of different architectural solutions, from around the world. Seeking to "inspire designers today to create new housing options", and hoping "that the U.S can again embrace its experimental origins and try out new ideas and methods", the article highlights examples from Europe and the Americas.
https://www.archdaily.com/963912/we-already-have-viable-models-for-quality-affordable-housingWalter Jaegerhaus