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Size of the main building of the “People’s Palace” in the Syrian capital of Damascus, where the ruling Assad family lived until the beginning of December 2024, while tens of... René Ammann

Share of the 100 tallest buildings currently under construction worldwide that are in China: 61 René Ammann

Price paid in 2024 for a European-style home in Hong Kong owned by Hui Ka Yan, founder of the onetime property giant China Evergrande, who in 2009 paid $130... René Ammann

Amount the tenant of a 2-bedroom apartment in a low-energy property in West Kirby, England, pays monthly in energy costs in the winter: £10 ($12.50) René Ammann

Age of the Stirling Prize-winning Centenary Building at England's University of Salford, set to be demolished after standing empty for eight years and be replaced by about 900 homes amid a... René Ammann

Age of American architect Victor A. Lundy — Word War II veteran, child of Russian immigrants, and designer of the iconic St. Paul Lutheran Church built in 1959 in Sarasota,... René Ammann

First year the British public rose in protest against urban planning — the destruction of Covent Garden in London and the intention to... René Ammann

Number of olive trees surrounding LA Almazara, a... René Ammann

Number of core-and-shell single-family homes per year that one of Automated Architecture's (AUAR) pop-up micro-factories... René Ammann

Number of years the construction of Saudi Arabia’s kilometer-high Jeddah Tower, which will become the world’s tallest skyscraper upon completion, was stalled René Ammann

In the United States in 2019, 37% of businesses were located in large urban areas. The share today, after the pandemic and working... René Ammann

Price per person per night that fans of the late superstar Prince will pay to stay at his two-story Purple Rain house in... René Ammann

Length of time that former President Donald Trump's 2020 executive order requiring government planners to “beautify public spaces and inspire... René Ammann

Number of floors the proposed mass-timber Marcus Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will exceed the 25-story Ascent high-rise, also in Milwaukee, that is currently... René Ammann

Estimated number of stairways and interiors of modern gems around the globe that artist Adam Štěch has photographed: 5,000 René Ammann

Number of rental units expected to be completed in the United States by the end of the year, marking new heights in apartment construction: 518,108 René Ammann

Reduction in the surface temperature of a building if its facade takes the shape of a zigzag: 3 °Celsius... René Ammann

Sale price of a 23-floor Midtown Manhattan office building with 920,000 square feet (85,471 square meters), which sold for $332 million (€305m) in 2006:... René Ammann

Purchase price for a one-room government house in Kenya’s capital of Nairobi: $3,800 (€3,500) René Ammann

Number of ownerless apartments in Mariupol listed for sale by the statelet Donetsk National Republic, where roughly 350,000 Mariupolans from a... René Ammann

Years beyond which the doomed Ontario Science... René Ammann

Minimum number of pensioners living in Mirabella, a 20-story “university retirement community” on the campus of Arizona... René Ammann

Years the Michigan Central Station Detroit stood vacant before more than 3,100 skilled tradespeople worked 1.7 million hours to restore the iconic building that... René Ammann

Number of years the Interdesign Building, a brutalist concrete structure in Beirut designed by the late architectural designer Khalil Khouri, René Ammann

Amount the Los Angeles City Council has approved to set up barriers, install an all-encompassing fence, enlist private on-site security, and... René Ammann

Number of companies in major markets, including the UK, Germany, and France, that are seeking to decrease their footprints in the next three to five years, René Ammann

Number of “new well located properties over the five fiscal years to June 2029” the Australian government plans to build because of the increased record of... René Ammann

Number of workers complaining about temperature in a new mixed-use building in Oslo avoiding traditional HVAC (in a typical office,... René Ammann

Estimated damage to homes around the world by the year 2050 due to global warming: $25 trillion (€23.3 trillion) René Ammann

Cost of a DIY home in California built by using cob, earth, water, hemp, straw and only paying for screws, glue, and silicone: $200 (€187) René Ammann

Number of swimming pools constructed or renovated for the upcoming Olympic Games taking place in Paris from July 26 to August 11: 25 René Ammann

Number of people living in Forest City, a luxury complex in southern Malaysia that was built by China’s largest developer, Country... René Ammann

Number of solar panels the new Central Control Building in Konya, designed by Bilgin Architects for Turkish company Kalyon Energy, serves across an area of 20 square kilometers (7.7... René Ammann

Cost to lease and retrofit some 30,000 square feet of empty office space in downtown Ottawa, Canada, to provide shelter for 130... René Ammann

Time it took to erect Europe’s biggest 3D-printed building — The Wave House, a data center in Heidelberg, Germany — measuring 600 m2 (6,600 sf): 140 hours René Ammann

Number of years a resident of Taipei has to save their entire salary, without expenditures, as the price-to-income ratio hits a historic high (15.5) in Taiwan: 15 René Ammann