Tag: decade
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Small Studios Drive 400K-Firm Growth in Architecture Decade
On World Architecture Day, CompanyData.com publishes new figures showing the rapid global growth of the architecture sector. In 2015 there were just over 540,000 firms worldwide. By 2025 that number has risen to 943,000, an increase of more than 400,000 firms in a decade. A major global employer Architecture firms now employ more than 7.2…
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Construction Job Openings Fall to Lowest Level in Nearly a Decade
The construction industry had 188,000 job openings at the end of August, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS). That figure marks a decline of 115,000 from July and 116,000 fewer openings than a year ago. “Construction…
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How a Decade of Planning Transformed Wynwood into a Miami Cultural Hub
Few neighborhoods tell the story of Miami’s evolution like Wynwood. Once a declining garment district, Wynwood now is one of the city’s most popular destinations. Today, locals know Wynwood for its art and entertainment, but a rich history of community-driven revitalization lies behind these murals. Wynwood didn’t change overnight. A decade ago, it was still…
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US Adds 4.1M Apartments, 500M Sq. Ft. Storage in Decade
America’s shrinking apartments are fueling a self-storage surge. As multifamily construction booms, renters squeezed into smaller units are driving record demand for off-site storage, according to new research from StorageCafe. Over the past decade, more than 4.1 million apartments were built nationwide — over half of them studios or one-bedrooms. During the same period, more than 500 million sq. ft.…
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7 Design Trends That Scream 2025, For Better Or For Worse (& How We Think They’ll Fare A Decade From Now)
In anticipation of the onslaught of 2026 design trend posts that will surely start appearing right after the calendar flips over to September, I thought it a good time to assess my own personal entries into the 2025 home style Hall of Fame before we all move on. What happened this year in decorating that,…
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Increase homebuilding target to 4m over next decade, CLC co-chair tells MPs
The government should go beyond its 1.5 million new homes target and aim for four million units within the next decade, the co-chair of the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has told MPs. Mark Reynolds made the suggestion during a Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee evidence session with industry experts on construction’s capacity to meet…