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The government’s national policy on housing will take into account the country’s urbanisation and urban migration. Myanmar's commercial capital will need 1. 07 million housing units by 2040 and the entire country will require an additional 4. 8 million units by then, according to an official from the Ministry of Construction. The whole country will need 4. 8 million housing units by 2040, based on the population growth rate between 1983 and 2014, said U Nway Hmu, deputy director of the Housing Development Division under the Ministry of Construction. 8 million housing units required by 2040" alt="image" style="border: 0px;" /> The deputy director made the re- marks during a presentation organised by the property website House . com.mm. According to the 1983 census, the national population was 35.29 million. It increased to 51.48 million in 2014, according to the 2014 census. Based on that population growth rate , Myanmar is expected to have 70.5...

The unassuming apartment buildings that proliferated in the Greek capital after the Second World War represented a new idea of modern life and Greek identity 20th century city , Athens, 1957." />Man contemplating the expansion of the 20th century city , Athens, 1957. Credit: Benaki Museum, Costas Megalokonomou Archives Builders, Housewives and the Construction of Modern Athens is a book for those of us who, blinded by the classical wonders of the Acropolis, have never given much thought to the nondescript cityscape below. This is not about architect- led building design but an effort to understand the positives of Athens’ 20th century urbanism, warts and all. The heroes of the book are the polykatoikia – the prolific post- war apartment buildings that were built at impressive pace using reinforced concrete frames with masonry infill. While their white facades, flat roofs and horizontal lines bore some similarities to the forms of modern architecture, these were, as autho...