Bamboo houses win RICS competition

Corporate social responsibility
WORLD Earl Patrick Forlales from the Philippines has won the ‘Cities for our Future’ competition held by RICS with an idea to help replace Manila’s slum housing.
CUBO – a project to build low-cost and environmentally friendly housing units – will now receive the GBP 50,000 prize (app. PLN 240,000) money to start work next year. Manila is one of the fastest growing cities in East Asia, with a population of 12 mln. An additional 2.5 mln ware expected to move into the city over the next three years to work on the government’s infrastructure programme, but already around 4 mln people live in abject slums. Earl has designed a new type of m
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Poland Nrep acquires Gdańsk co-living centre

schedule 13 June 2025

Scandinavian investor Nrep has acquired its third co-living centre in Gdańsk: Noli Gdańsk Old Town. The building, at ul. Łąkowa 59, was developed by Moderna Holding through the conversion of the historic Czerwone Koszary barracks and now becomes part of the Noli Studios portfolio.

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schedule 13 June 2025

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schedule 13 June 2025

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Poland IKEA to set up showroom office in .KTW

schedule 13 June 2025

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schedule 12 June 2025

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schedule 12 June 2025

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schedule 12 June 2025

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Poland Industrial Bank of Korea opens in Warsaw

schedule 12 June 2025

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schedule 12 June 2025

JLL has completed the modernisation of its offices in the Warsaw Spire building. The theme behind the design was ‘ReThink. ReUse. ReSpire’, emphasising a modern, sustainable approach to interior design.

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schedule 11 June 2025
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schedule 11 June 2025
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schedule 10 June 2025

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schedule 09 June 2025
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schedule 09 June 2025
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schedule 05 June 2025
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schedule 05 June 2025
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schedule 22 March 2024

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schedule 11 May 2023

Panattoni sticks to the fairway

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schedule 08 March 2022

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schedule 01 March 2022

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schedule 28 February 2022

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schedule 25 February 2022

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schedule 08 April 2021

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schedule 14 December 2020

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schedule 06 March 2020

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schedule 07 November 2019

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schedule 14 January 2019

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schedule 30 November 2018

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schedule 29 August 2018

Volley of good will

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schedule 29 August 2018

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schedule 14 August 2018

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schedule 20 July 2018

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schedule 20 April 2018

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schedule 23 March 2018

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schedule 20 December 2017

Rehab for amputees in Kraków

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