Maybe the biggest constraint on the urban U.S. housing market, a $61 billion annual industry, is the amount of available space. In response, developers and architects have been searching for creative solutions to zoning regulations. What started as a creative solution is now the standard blueprint for all modern apartment construction. Cheddar explains why this building is now everywhere.
Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-02-13/why-america-s-new-apartment-buildings-all-look-the-same
Curbed
https://archive.curbed.com/2018/12/4/18125536/real-estate-modern-apartment-architecture
International Building Code https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/IBC2015/chapter-6-types-of-construction
NFPA Journal
https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Publications-and-Media/NFPA-Journal/2018/November-December-2018/Features/Large-Loss-Fires-2017
Seattle.gov
http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/research/GIS/webplots/Smallzonemap.pdf
U.S. Census
https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/mfu.html
Crosscut
https://crosscut.com/2015/04/the-new-seattle-where-everything-looks-the-same
Common Edge
https://commonedge.org/architecture-aesthetic-moralism-and-the-crisis-of-urban-housing/
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