1. Housing Is A Human Right; 2. It is possible to provide housing at a reasonable cost to the lower 50% of first world citizens; 3. Try to be kind to everyone
A traditional Ondol room, Numaru porch and sliding paper partitions shape this contemporary house around rituals of stillness and tea drinking.
📍 South Korea
Project by: Studio Gaon
Details: https://t.co/x9USgrEj0z
Over the last 17 years:
China: +505% GDP → largest index down 35%
U.S.: +75% GDP → S&P500 up 440%
Same time period.
I asked Kyle Bass (@Jkylebass) to explain why in this clip.
You think the S&P 500 Index is too concentrated? Try going to another country for a while. The US is one of the *least* concentrated markets. Here's countries ranked by the % of market made up by top 10 biggest stocks, via @psarofagis in a banger note out today that is part of our ongoing 'Stop Overthinking Everything Because the Market Loves Punishing Midwits' theme..
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@kevin_j_oneill@bobbyfijan I was thinking the same. Two sets of walls cost more than internal separations. The higher cost is usually due to fire code/ratings around at least two means of exit (typically at least two staircases separated by certain distances). That reduces overall net building usable sq ft
THE NEXT LEG OF THE TRADE @grok@cvpayne
Everyone is still crowded in:
$NVDA $SMCI $AVGO
That trade worked. But the next rotation is upstream.
Watch this carefully:
Energy / Power (the bottleneck):
$XLE $XOP $ET $KMI $LNG $CEG $VST $OKLO
Grid / Infrastructure (under-owned layer):
$ETN $GEV $ABB $PWR $PRIM $IESC $FIX
Domestic supply chain (fabs actually getting built):
$INTC $GFS $GLW $AMAT $LRCX $KLAC
AI + Defense (integration layer):
$PLTR $TSLA $RTX $LMT $CRWV $NBIS
Data center / cooling / backbone:
$DLR $EQIX $VRT
Next-gen / high beta (flow-driven):
$IONQ $RGTI $QBTS $QUBT $IREN $CIFR $NVTS
But here’s the twist…
The REAL winners will be the ones solving the power constraint
The US should be overhauling and standardizing our building codes to allow this sort of development. The latter is key: to build quality at scale and affordability, you need standardized codes.
A restaurant made from 12 recycled shipping containers welded together, clad in rammed earth
Finally shipping container architecture that looks great!
By Wallmakers, in Tuticorin, India
Five detached houses form this build-to-rent residential project designed for flexible living. Each home includes adaptable rooms for work or rest, along with gardens, pools and outdoor spaces.
📍 Valencia, Spain
Project by: ERRE architecture
Details: https://t.co/Jd1goXFTdT
Sources & more in depth details from National Zoning Atlas report: https://t.co/VHMrJvp0JY
Report analyzing the impact of minimum lot sizes in Greater Boston. https://t.co/ZVVAtOE5Ol
The divergence between the performance of China’s economy and its stock market has been a topic for decades. This may finally explain it. https://t.co/Kuo5CiNr8e
Some houses aren’t designed from scratch.
Some houses are already there, just waiting to be heard.
📍Merida, Mexico
Project by: Veinte Diezz Arquitectos
Photography: Eyes of Memo
Details: https://t.co/f0IzBmJXdk
Over the past 20 years, America has basically stopped building condos. Owing to a mix of restrictive financing regulations and endless defect litigation, the most viable path to urban homeownership has largely disapprared. In my latest for @TheAtlantic, we explain why.