3 Questions: How urbanization and revolutionary innovation are shaping global real estate
The Center for Real Estate’s Albert Saiz talks about worldwide trends affecting housing, commercial real estate, and investment in the built environment.
Eastgate, Warehouse graduate communities seek new heads of house
Faculty are invited to learn more at an informational reception on March 8.
3Q: Karen Gleason on the iconic Metropolitan Storage Warehouse
MIT proposes to repurpose the historic structure into a mixed-use undergraduate residence.
Park to be constructed at Bexley site
Interim plan will provide opportunities for student and faculty installations.
At the intersection of real estate and urban economics
Albert Saiz leads research efforts looking at what's really going on in real estate and urban housing markets.
Soft design for a sustainable world
Sheila Kennedy pioneers soft design techniques and materials to meet pressing global challenges in housing and energy.
Rethinking architecture
Mark Goulthorpe teaches and practices new design and construction logics for the next generation of high-performance buildings.
Recommendation made to demolish Bexley Hall
Decision based on building condition; process for next steps will include student input
An entrepreneur aims to work in Africa
Graduate student Sarah Dimson is hatching plans for renewable energy and affordable housing in Tanzania.
Walter Torous tapped as senior lecturer
Top scholar in real estate finance to teach at MIT Center for Real Estate, MIT Sloan School of Management
The new challenges for urban planners
In MIT talk, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan emphasizes the need for creative urbanism in a time of economic strain.
Bexley to close at end of semester for up to three years due to structural problems
Dean for Student Life Chris Colombo says helping affected students is his top priority; seniors permitted to stay through Commencement.
Are we purging the poorest?
In a new book, MIT urbanist Lawrence Vale examines the downsizing of public housing.