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11.08.11: John Cary
Architecture's Internship Requirement Needs a RedesignAn argument for rethinking architecture's internship requirement
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10.19.11: Alexandra Lange
Architecture Research OfficeInterview with Stephen Cassell and Adam Yarinsky on the occasion of their National Design Award
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10.04.11: Julia Cooke
Cuba Libre: Contemporary Architecture in HavanaYoung architects struggle to update the face of Cuba.
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05.27.11: By Alexia
My Studio H ExperienceAdventures in design crits: A high school junior recounts her Studio H year working with onerous classmates and power tools.
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05.03.11: Gavin Browning
Community Hero: Queens Museum of ArtQueens Museum of Art, a model for community service, breaks ground on new addition.
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04.15.11: Michael Murphy
The Poverty of StarchitectureIs the demand for architectural service so limited that we follow the money no matter whom it comes from? On March 25th, Zaha Hadid Architects laid off more than 90 employees because of “unforeseen events in North Africa.” More...
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03.08.11: Julie Lasky
Design Indaba 2011Review of Design Indaba 2011 conference in Cape Town, South Africa
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02.28.11: Maria Popova
D-BuildA streamlined approach to dismantling and recycling buildings.
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02.18.11: Julie Lasky
DesigNYC, Round 2Report on second round of pro bono design initiatives fostered by DesigNYC.
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02.11.11: Ernest Beck
BOOMReport on a visionary residential complex for aging gay boomers.
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02.09.11: Photos by Magda Biernat
The Hard SellImages from "Betel Nut Beauties": photos by Magda Biernat.
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02.07.11: Ernest Beck
Hester Street CollaborativeReport on Hester Street Collaborative's pro-bono design model.
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01.06.11: Photo by Jason Orton
Built Not to LastPhoto of prefab London housting development slated for demolition.
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12.14.10: Constantin Boym
Out of Sight: Qatari Workers' HousingConstantin Boym reports on efforts to improve the living conditions of Qatar's migrant workers.
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11.17.10: Alexandra Lange
Dan WoodA conversation with WORKac architect Dan Wood about design, food and cities.
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10.07.10: Alexandra Lange
Uncommon GroundExhibition review of "Small Scale, Big Change: New Architectures of Social Engagement," Museum of Modern Art, New York.
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06.30.10: Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson
New Visions of HomeReport on new housing models for the elderly.
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05.12.10: Kate Andrews
Dori GíslasonInterview with design educator Halldór Gíslason about his work in Mozambique.
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03.29.10: Azby Brown
Bent by the SunWhat a longtime American-born resident of Japan has learned about his adopted country's ancient practice of sustainability.
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01.14.10: Jane Margolies
Rising CurrentsReport on "Rising Currents," an exhibition of New York City design solutions to the flooding predicted by climate change experts, which will be on view at the Museum of Modern Art, March 24–August 9, 2010.
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12.18.09: Alexandra Lange
Casey JonesInterview with Casey Jones, director of design excellence and the arts for the U.S. General Services Administration.
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11.09.09: Mark Dery
Dawn of the Dead MallMark Dery surveys the landscape of failing malls and speculates about the future means and venues of mass consumption.
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11.02.09: Jonathan Schultz
Kick4LifeAIDS education mixes with soccer in plans for a new Lesotho stadium.
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10.22.09: Ernest Beck
Medellín, ColombiaReport on the city officials who turned around a notorious drugs-and-murder capital, winning the 2009 Curry Stone Design Prize for Transformative Public Works.
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10.06.09: Bradford McKee
Float HouseReport on a floating house designed by Morphosis and UCLA architecture students for the Make It Right Foundation,
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08.22.09: Richard Ross
No Place Like HomeImage from photographer Richard Ross's latest project, "Suitable Placement: Juvenile Justice in America"
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07.05.09: William Drenttel
Report from Hale County, AlabamaGreensboro Alabama is a city of contrasts, and a place where new design thinking is revealing itself in a surprising number of ways. An occasional report from Winterhouse Institute on its Design for Social Impact & Innovation Project.
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