Alex is a reporter at Business Insider writing about real estate, the built world, and how technology and material conditions are changing the buildings we spend our time in.

He's interested in the ways real estate technology is reimagining what privacy looks like, the new ways companies are building more affordable and sustainable buildings, how remote work will change the office world and our relations with our employers, and shifting demographic patterns.

He's previously written about the challenges of one short-term rental company navigating an unprecedented global shutdown, how student loan forgiveness could jumpstart the housing market, and how the office is changing in the face of a pandemic.