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Bruce Snider

Posts by Bruce Snider

  • Gehry's Eisenhower Memorial

    I'm in DC for the AIA Convention and, it turns out, just in time for a dust-up over Frank Gehry's proposed design for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial.

    CUSTOM HOME May 16, 2012

     
  • Buy a First House or Rent?

    Here's a good give-and-take on whether it's smart for first-time buyers to make their move--or really, really not.

    CUSTOM HOME May 14, 2012

     
  • Monstrum's Amazing Playgrounds

    Danish playground design firm Monstrum performs magic.

    CUSTOM HOME May 11, 2012

     
  • An Inflatable Annex for the Hirshhorn Museum

    Liz Diller's TED Talk on Diller, Scofido + Renfro's inflatable addition to the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C.

    CUSTOM HOME May 10, 2012

     
  • Net-zero Homes for the Aleutian Islands

    If you think designing a truly efficient building for your region is a challenge, try making one work in Alaska's Aleutian Islands.

    CUSTOM HOME May 09, 2012

     
  • Pod Houses, With and Without Wheels

    Maybe I'm just nostalgic for the days when my shelter needs were simpler, but I'm fascinated with compact, portable dwelling pods.

    CUSTOM HOME May 07, 2012

     
  • Smart House? How About a Smart City?

    A company called Living PlanIT is building a new city in northern Portugal that will apply computer monitoring and control technology to the task of managing an entire urban environment.

    CUSTOM HOME April 30, 2012

     
  • Can You Find the Sewage Treatment Plant in this Picture?

    Last week on vacation in Florida, my family and I visited the Green Cay Wetlands, a constructed wetland and nature preserve that also serves as the final-stage treatment facility for municipal wastewater.

    CUSTOM HOME April 27, 2012

     
  • Great Buildings on TV

    Public television station WTTW Chicago is at work on a program about "ten influential American buildings that changed the way we live, work, and play."

    CUSTOM HOME April 10, 2012

     
  • Have We Passed Peak Sprawl?

    Sprawl has been a dirty word--not to mention a lousy model of land use--for more than 50 years, but that never slowed its inexorable spread.

    CUSTOM HOME April 06, 2012

     
 
 
 
 
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Net-zero Homes for the Aleutian Islands

"If you think designing a truly efficient building for your region is a challenge, try making one work in Alaska's Aleutian Islands."

 
 
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