PEDAGOGICAL PROTOTYPE

Oct 7, 2016 by

PEDAGOGICAL PROTOTYPE

[Translate] Metropolis Magazine A well-designed transition space helped Riverdale Country School prepare for the innovations in its...

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INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Green Arc...

Sep 29, 2016 by

INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Green Architect & Cradle to Cradle Founder William McDonough

[Translate] /wiki/Sustainable_design”>green design movement and one of the preeminent thought-leaders of our time. His approach...

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ASLA LAUNCHES GUIDE TO RESILIE...

Sep 28, 2016 by

ASLA LAUNCHES GUIDE TO RESILIENT DESIGN

[Translate] ASLA Launches Guide to Resilient Design THE DIRT  Jared Green Resilient design / ASLAA new online guide launched today by...

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COLLABORATION IS KING

Sep 28, 2016 by

COLLABORATION IS KING

[Translate] Aaron King THE DIRT A rendering of the proposed Hudson Yards gardens by Nelson Byrd Woltz, with Thomas Heatherwick’s...

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TINY NEW FLAT-PACKED OFF-GRID ...

Sep 24, 2016 by

TINY NEW FLAT-PACKED OFF-GRID HOMES OFFER AFFORDABLE HOUSING BREAKTHROUGH

[Translate] by Lacy Cooke  INHABITAT View Slideshow For 11 years, Australia‘s five major cities have been listed as “severely...

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ASLA LAUNCHES GUIDE TO RESILIE...

Sep 22, 2016 by

ASLA LAUNCHES GUIDE TO RESILIENT DESIGN

[Translate] THE DIRT     BY Jared Green Resilient design / ASLAA new online guide launched today by the American Society of Landscape...

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BATTLING MOTHER NATURE: Why Ne...

Sep 22, 2016 by

BATTLING MOTHER NATURE: Why New York probably won’t abandon its waterfront in the face of climate change

[Translate] The city can’t surrender its waterfront. But it will have to do something to make it storm-proof. Ben Adler, Grist...

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Why de Blasio’s Huge Rezoning ...

Sep 19, 2016 by

Why de Blasio’s Huge Rezoning is Unlikely to Create Enough Affordable Housing

[Translate] By M. Barden Prisant, FRICS   COMMON EDGE.ORG I tried to rain on New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s parade. I was not...

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Landscape Architecture in the ...

Sep 17, 2016 by

Landscape Architecture in the News Highlights (September 1 – 15)

[Translate] J.R. Taylor  THE DIRT Kim Wilkie landscape / The Architectural DigestFire Pits Add Flare to the Backyard Gatherings – The...

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THE LANDSCAPE OF TYRANNY

Sep 17, 2016 by

THE LANDSCAPE OF TYRANNY

[Translate] Aaron King THE DIRT LA+ journal“The social and spatial manifestations of power are directly relevant to the design and...

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Housing for the homeless is a ...

Sep 12, 2016 by

[Translate] Editorial  la times Santa Monica residents have proposed an initiative that would require voter approval for most...

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What Really Happened to “World...

Sep 12, 2016 by

What Really Happened to “World Trade Center Building 7” on September 11, 2001?

[Translate] September 11th, 2016 By Andy Whiteley Contributing writer for Wake Up World Today, on the 15 year anniversary of 9/11,...

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Michael Kimmelman on the Chall...

Sep 11, 2016 by

Michael Kimmelman on the Challenges – and Opportunities – Facing New York

[Translate] By Martin C. Pedersen  COMMON EDGE.ORG When Michael Kimmelman was named architecture critic of the New York Times, he was...

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HOW ARCHITECTS HELPED HEAL THE...

Sep 11, 2016 by

HOW ARCHITECTS HELPED HEAL THE TOWN OF NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT

[Translate] By Martin C. Pedersen  COMMON EDGE.ORG Even for a country far too accustomed to gun violence, this was a horrific event:...

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Engineering ourselves against ...

Sep 10, 2016 by

Engineering ourselves against terror attacks: How building design changed after 9/11

[Translate] Most buildings had been built with defenses against total collapse, but progressive collapse was poorly understood...

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Electricity-Generating Windows...

Sep 9, 2016 by

[Translate] Business Wire In Brief SolarWindow has announced that they are working on transparent veneers that can be places on...

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Giant paper boats use holograp...

Sep 7, 2016 by

Giant paper boats use holographic photovoltaic cells to boost California coral growth

[Translate] 1 by Tafline Laylin  INHABITAT View Slideshow A team from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania envisions a bold new world where giant...

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A Letter to Prospective Archit...

Aug 27, 2016 by

[Translate] By Eva Hagberg Fisher   COMMON EDGE.ORG Is your child suddenly wearing angular clothes and pretending to need glasses and...

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Germany is building world’s la...

Aug 23, 2016 by

Germany is building world’s largest passive housing complex with 162 green units

[Translate]   by Lacy Cooke   INHABITAT View Slideshow In Germany, the world’s biggest passive housing complex is currently...

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TO GET TO NET ZERO, THINK BIGG...

Aug 20, 2016 by

TO GET TO NET ZERO, THINK BIGGER

[Translate] Allison Hibbs ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE Guest Author The importance of implementing net zero at the district scale   The...

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artists build floating freedom...

Aug 17, 2016 by

artists build floating freedom cove off the coast of vancouver island

[Translate]     aug 12, 2016   off the coast of vancouver island, a curious and colorful complex floats amidst the calm...

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Landscape Architecture in the ...

Aug 15, 2016 by

Landscape Architecture in the News Highlights (August 1–15)

[Translate] THE DIRT  J.R. Taylor Rail Deck Park / City of Toronto, via The Architect’s NewspaperWorking to Make Public Space for...

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Landscape Architecture in the ...

Aug 11, 2016 by

Landscape Architecture in the News Highlights (July 16 – 30)

[Translate] THE DIRT  J.R. Taylor Photograph by Simon Norfolk / Institute for the New YorkerAre Seawalls the Best Answer to Rising...

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From Venice to Venice Beach: D...

Aug 10, 2016 by

From Venice to Venice Beach: Denise Scott Brown’s “Wayward” Eye

[Translate] The influential architect-planner reflects on her colorful and analytic use of photography over the decades. Denise Scott...

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A GLOBAL ARCHITECTURE COMPETIT...

Aug 6, 2016 by

A GLOBAL ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION WITH NO TALL BUILDINGS IN SIGHT

[Translate]   By Carlin Carr  COMMON EDGE The Versova-Madh Ferry in Mumbai prepares for departure. On the horizon is Versova...

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DONALD TRUMP AS ARCHITECTURE&#...

Aug 6, 2016 by

DONALD TRUMP AS ARCHITECTURE’S NIGHTMARE CLIENT

[Translate] By Duo Dickinson Not since Thomas Jefferson has there been a presidential candidate more involved in designing and...

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Why Mexican Squares May Be the...

Aug 6, 2016 by

[Translate] By Dennis Pieprz How do you judge a public space? Is the prototypical, windswept plaza—a winner perhaps of countless...

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Your Green Home of the Future:...

Aug 4, 2016 by

Your Green Home of the Future: The LivingHomes Model House

[Translate] Take a sneak peek at this home of the future. By Natural Home staff LivingHomes (C.J. Berg/Sunshine Divis) Slideshow...

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2016: A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE &...

Aug 3, 2016 by

2016: A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE – INFOGRAPHIC

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ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS CAN...

Aug 3, 2016 by

ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS CAN CUT GAS IMPORTS

[Translate] By Paul Brown / Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     Making existing buildings in Europe more energy efficient could...

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