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The landscape is who inhabits the house
3+ hour, 33+ min ago (332+ words) Diari ARA In Ses Clotades, Formentera, architects Mari" Castell" and Lorena Ruzafa turn architecture into an extension of the landscape Built on the isthmus that joins La Mola with the rest of the island, in a territory shaped over centuries…...
Less bureaucracy and facilitating land transformation: Competition's recipe to make housing cheaper
1+ week, 3+ day ago (344+ words) Diari ARA Less bureaucracy, more administrative agility, and facilitating urban planning and land transformation This is the recipe from the National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC) to increase housing supply and, therefore, reduce housing prices The CNMC has prepared…...
Rent: the offer collapses
1+ week, 4+ day ago (744+ words) Barcelona has gone from 110 applicants per rental dwelling to 437. This data was provided this week by KPMG at the APIE courses, and it summarizes the market situation better than any other. Before the housing law, there was already tension. Now…...
Jean-Philippe Vassal: "The homes built today must escape the idea of a financial product"
1+ week, 4+ day ago (620+ words) With Anne Lacaton, they met in the 70s when they were studying architecture in Bordeaux. Their relationship continued when you went to work in Nigeria in the field of urban planning, after finishing your degree, and she visited you in summers…...
Housing, a true emergency
1+ week, 5+ day ago (418+ words) A few days ago, the governor of the Bank of Spain, Jos" Luis Escriv, warned that housing is a true national emergency. He is not wrong. This problem, which is a growing concern for citizens, has become the main source…...
Living in Barcelona's most iconic public housing block: "We've won the lottery"
1+ week, 5+ day ago (509+ words) Diari ARA...
X-ray of a transformation: this is how the flats where we live have changed
1+ week, 5+ day ago (783+ words) Diari ARA For a long time, housing has become one of the country's main challenges Often, however, the debate is reduced to figures Those that refer to how many apartments need to be built Those that tell us about the…...
A block of flats made of wood in the neighborhood that will transform Girona
1+ week, 6+ day ago (156+ words) A block of flats made of wood in the neighbourhood that is to transform Girona Diari ARA One of the residents of the block is Gemma Estruch, an engineer, owner of one of the ground-floor apartments for the past four…...
The increase in the price of housing spreads like wildfire
3+ week, 4+ day ago (535+ words) For many years, the increase in housing prices has been discussed, especially in the city of Barcelona, but now the data show that this rise has spread like wildfire throughout the territory. In fact, if we analyze the growth in…...
The surprising ranking of municipalities where housing has become more expensive
3+ week, 4+ day ago (495+ words) In twelve town halls, the price has more than doubled. And, in 100 of the 203 analyzed, the amount has increased by more than the average of 63%. In perspective, the average gross salary in Catalonia has risen by 30% until 2024, the last year…...