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Wed, Jul 8 2009

Book Launch for New Geographies #1

Also tagged: journals, new geographies, storefront for art and architecture, urbanism

Yesterday, the Storefront for Art and Architecture launched #1 (meaning, technically, #2) of the new urbanism/architecture/design journal, “New Geographies”. This issue explores the conditions...

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Thu, Apr 16 2009

The Architecture of Collaboration

Also tagged: Aaron Levy, and Studio 804, Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI), Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), community, Design Corps, Detroit Collaborative Design Center, Edible Schoolyard/Yale Sustainable Food Project, Firebreak Project, Gans Studio, Heidelberg Project, international Center for Urban Ecology (iCUE), Jonathan Kirschenfeld Associates, Laura Kurgen, Project Row Houses, Rebar, Rural Studio, Smith and Others, Teddy Cruz, Venice Architectural Biennial

What is the role of the architect in contemporary society? As the gap between the very rich and the very poor cracks wider, so do the emerging poles of architectural practice. At one end is the cult of...

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Fri, Jan 11 2008

Sustainable Architecture with Chad Oppenheim

Also tagged: chad oppenheim

In the past several years Miami has become a major cultural center and a booming real estate development area. As of 2008 it is undergoing a massive building boom that ranks second worldwide (and first...

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Sun, Nov 11 2007

Million Dollar Blocks

Also tagged: Laura Kurgan, million dollar blocks

Displacement. We’ve read about it in the context of refugee camps and en masse exoduses from war-torn regions, but few Americans consider it a domestic problem consistently growing in scale. But...

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