Apartment City

French architect Stéphane Malka has a very interesting proposal for how to renovate an old apartment building in Paris. Plug-in City 75, as the project is named, calls for attaching a series of wooden boxes to the building’s façade, which will have the dual function of increasing the interior space of the apartments, as well as make the structure more energy efficient. Malka came up with this idea because the local building codes do not allow for extending buildings upward , but extending them outward is allowed. He has already designed the wooden boxes to be used for this purpose. They vary in size and are all prefabricated off-site. The building that is to get this interesting facelift is located in Paris’ 16th arrondissement, and was build in the 1970s. The prefab boxes to be used will be lightweight, and built using sustainably-sourced wood. Plans call for them to be mounted onto the building’s facade. The occupants of the building will be able to decide what they want to use the ...

The Howard Hughes Corporation (NYSE:HHC) Q2 2017 Earnings Conference Call August 8, 2017, 10:00 AM ET Executives David Striph - Executive Vice President , Investor Relations David Weinreb - Chief Executive Officer Grant Herlitz - President David O’Reilly - Chief Financial Officer Peter Riley - General Counsel Analysts Alexander Goldfarb - Sandler O’Neill Robert Majek - CJS Securities Will Randall - Citigroup Waheed Khorsand - BWS Financial Alex Barron - Housing Research Center Steve Shaw - Compass Point Operator Good morning. And welcome to The Howard Hughes Corporation Second Quarter 2017 Earnings Conference Call . All participants will be in a listen-only mode. [ Operator Instructions ] After today’s presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. [ Operator Instructions ] Please note, this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to David Striph, Executive Vice President , Investor Relations . Please go ahead. David Striph Good morning. A...