March 11, 2022
Let's talk about billionaire cities.
It seems like every billionaire's new favorite hobby is to buy a city and impart their version of urban utopia. Whether it's Marc Lore (ex-Walmart) and his vision for Telosa, Bill Gates' dream of a Smart City in Tempe, AZ, or Elon Musk's Starbase, these as of yet unrealized cities will have tremendous implications.
Will this infusion of capital and attention allow these areas to flourish? Will they create opportunities for jobs and wealth creation for the locals? Or will they displace existing communities in the name of a "better city"?
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Monograph is a first-of-its-kind platform that focuses solely on the operations side of architecture and design firms. In addition to building digital tools to manage budgets, projects and timetables, they host the annual Section Cut conference to highlight solutions in automation, efficiency, and business acumen for architects.
