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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
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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
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Danish playground design firm Monstrum performs magic.
CUSTOM HOME May
11, 2012
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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