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Ron Nyren

Ron Nyren is a freelance architecture, urban planning, and real estate writer based in the San Francisco Bay area.

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Design and Planning
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San Francisco
ULX: The Eclectic Tech Workplace
Ten high-tech companies are redefining the workplace. The following projects include adapted textile factory buildings and liquor distribution warehouses, workplaces with amphitheaters and secret rooms, and a net-zero-energy structure.
November 9, 2015
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Resilience and Sustainability
Measuring Resilience, Mitigating Risks
Over the past decade, the increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events has focused attention on resilience—the ability of cities to prepare for and bounce back from adverse events. “For cities the question becomes, what are the vulnerabilities?” said Eileen Marrinan, director of research for Grosvenor, speaking at a session at the 2015 ULI Fall Meeting. “How severe are they, what are the resources to grapple with them, and how can cities improve their resilience? “
October 26, 2015
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Resilience and Sustainability
Innovations in Resilience along the Water’s Edge
With sea levels rising and catastrophic storms and flooding becoming more frequent and severe, waterfront cities need to reinvent themselves to protect land, buildings, infrastructure, and people. At the 2015 Fall Meeting in San Francisco, panelists discussed projects that tackle these challenges in ways that enhance public safety and also create value.
October 26, 2015
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Design and Planning
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San Francisco
The Transformation of Transbay
How public and private interests combined forces to overhaul the transit hub, now home to San Francisco’s tallest building, Salesforce Tower.
September 21, 2015
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Development and Construction
ULX: 10 Radical Repurposings
The following ten projects, all completed during the past five years, reconstruct historic buildings to serve completely different purposes.
August 31, 2015
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Development and Construction
Industry Outlook for Reinventing Cities
How can cities redevelop with the flexibility needed to handle population growth, increasing density, and changing uses? Members of ULI’s Urban Development/Mixed-Use Councils discuss challenges that cities face in reinventing themselves, exemplary projects, the role of municipalities in encouraging transformation, the potential pitfalls of attempting reinvention, and other trends.
August 13, 2015
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Design and Planning
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Resilience and Sustainability
Industry Outlook for Sustainable Design
Members of ULI’s Sustainable Development Council discuss ideas for redesigning the urban realm in ways that consume fewer resources and reduce or reverse environmental impacts. New technologies include driverless vehicles, decentralized water systems, landscapes that filter water, and buildings that reduce urban air pollution.
August 3, 2015
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Design and Planning
ULX: 10 New Projects by High-Profile Designers
The following ten projects by internationally known architecture firms—all completed during the past five years—include buildings that create and shape public open space, fitting inventively into neighborhoods and historic contexts without dominating them.
July 6, 2015
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Development and Construction
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Resilience and Sustainability
Industry Outlook: Recreational Development
How are developers catering to boomers, gen Xers, and millennials whose expectations were affected by the Great Recession? Members of ULI’s Recreational Development Council discuss opportunities for repositioning and new construction in the coming years, changes in consumer preferences and demographic trends, and other factors influencing resort, vacation, and second-home destinations.
April 20, 2015
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Economy, Market & Trends
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Industry Sectors
Product Council Outlook for Affordable Housing
Experts on affordable housing and members of ULI’s Affordable/Workforce Housing Council discuss how to make affordable housing less costly to build and more supportive for residents.
March 16, 2015
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