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A cousin of mine, who happens to be an economist, is concerned about his daughter's job prospects. She's 24, fresh out of graduate school, smart as a whip, and can't find a job in her field. She hopes to teach English, but the best gig she's found so far is as a camp counselor, and that will soon end. She's looking into working abroad. That made me wonder: Would such capable young people, if shut out of the job market for long enough, take matters into their own hands and build their own alternative economies, as some of their parents did in the back-to-the-land movement of the 1960s and 1970s?...

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July 29, 2010

Getting to Green

In an effort to assuage the concerns of those of his peers who are working up the momentum to plunge into green building, custom builder Danny Kelly tracks his firm's—and his personal—journey toward greener practices in a two-part post on GreenBuildingAdvisor.com....

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July 23, 2010

Suburban Remodel

Not the house; the whole suburb. ...

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July 21, 2010

Tom Hinerfeld elected president of A+D Museum

In the sad aftermath of the death of Stephen Kanner, FAIA, president and co-founder of L.A.'s A+D Museum, the museum's board was confronted with the task of electing a new president. They chose Tom Hinerfeld, president and founder of Hinerfeld-Ward Inc., one of the area's best general contractors. Hinerfeld has been closely involved with the museum since its beginnings, and he recently oversaw the construction of its first permanent home, which opened in April. When I spoke with him earlier this week, he used a construction metaphor to describe the task of leading the previously nomadic museum in its new, rent-paying phase. "We've got a great foundation," he said. "Now we need to finish the infrastructure."--M.D....

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July 20, 2010

Innovative housing conference starts tomorrow

Lawrence Scarpa, FAIA, will give a public keynote speech on July 21 at the inaugural Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute in Minneapolis. The Institute was the brainchild of Scarpa and former NEA design director Maurice Cox, who teamed with Enterprise Community Partners' Katie Swenson to make their idea a reality. ...

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