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A cautionary tale: When
#AI
makes
#Design
look easier than it is.
#Fees
#Value
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When AI Makes Design Look Easier Than It Is
Faster production should not reduce fees: It should change how they’re explained.
https://bit.ly/49ERDDM
7 days ago
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What I learn from
#TeachingArchitecture
:
#Listen
and
#Connect
@uofhartford.bsky.social
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What I Learn From Teaching Architecture
When teaching and learning happen simultaneously, everyone’s perspective widens.
https://bit.ly/4egP8Kl
8 days ago
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David Burney on the recent announcement surrounding the renovation of Penn Station. So far, lots of unanswered questions.
commonedge.org/the-penn-sta...
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The Penn Station Announcement: What Did We Actually Learn?
The new Trump-backed proposal produces more questions than it answers.
https://commonedge.org/the-penn-station-announcement-what-did-we-actually-learn/
9 days ago
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High density living, 2000 years ago: inside the
#RomanApartmentBuilding
.
#Insulae
#DwellingOnEarth
@alstefan
@wwnorton.com
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High Density Living, 2000 Years Ago: Inside the Roman Apartment Building
An excerpt from the new book Dwelling on Earth: The Past and Future of the Places We Call Home.
https://bit.ly/3RDn0s8
13 days ago
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The transcendent healing power of
#Architecture
.
#OurWorldInTenBuildings
.
#MichaelPMurphy
#MassDesignGroup
#AMMA
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The Transcendent Healing Power of Architecture
In his new book, Michael P. Murphy reflects on what he’s learned through his work on various buildings.
https://bit.ly/3RAMztQ
14 days ago
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Back to Earth: the case for lowering
#SpeculativeLandValues
. The ultimate result is either
#Inequity
or
#Crisis
.
#HenryGeorge
#LewisMumford
#JaneJacobs
@strongtowns.org
@bradlander.bsky.social
@juliesulabor.bsky.social
@mayor.nyc.gov
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Back to Earth: The Case for Lowering Speculative Land Values
The question isn’t whether speculative pricing should be siphoned away, but whether it will happen through policy or crisis.
https://bit.ly/4e5LKlu
15 days ago
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How
#CourtyardBlocks
promote
#SocialConnection
. It’s time to make the
#CourtyardBlock
legal and commonplace in the U.S.
#KatVellos
@urbancourtyard.bsky.social
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How Courtyard Blocks Promote Social Connection
Common in Europe, this urban form offers numerous benefits to people, neighborhoods, and cities.
https://bit.ly/49u9nBR
22 days ago
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The
#CarTrap
and how I escaped it. Living
#AutomobileFree
in most of the US is not for the faint of heart!
#WalkabilityScores
#NewHaven
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The Car Trap and How I Escaped It
Living automobile-free in America is not for the faint of heart.
https://bit.ly/4tLqFRT
23 days ago
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Randy Deutsch asks a compelling question of
#DesignEducators
: If everyone’s using
#AI
, what’s an
#AIDesignStudio
?
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If Everybody’s Using AI, What’s An AI Design Studio For?
Architecture and design education is being fundamentally altered.
https://bit.ly/48Zcql5
28 days ago
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What can
#InfrastructureProjects
learn from our
#GreenistBuildings
?
#EmbodiedCarbon
@Stantec @arch2030
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What Can Infrastructure Learn From Our Greenest Buildings?
It's time to pair carbon analysis with the cost and risk frameworks that already govern projects.
https://bit.ly/4d7PwZS
30 days ago
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Asking the eternal Polish question: nWhy is
#Poland
building
#Castles
again? The
#RoyalCastleInWarsaw
#LastCastle
#PolishCastleNess
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Why Is Poland Building Castles Again?
A new exhibition in Warsaw examines the country’s continued connection to a centuries-old building tradition.
https://bit.ly/4n9Ekk2
about 1 month ago
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The trouble with
#ArchitecturalPublishing
. The print discourse is shrinking before our very eyes.
#MarkAlanHewitt
@yalepress.bsky.social
@mitpress.bsky.social
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The Trouble With Architectural Publishing
The print discourse is shrinking before our very eyes.
https://bit.ly/3QOrWtU
about 1 month ago
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A transformational building for
@lacma.org
and
#LosAngeles
.
#DavidGefffenGalleries
.
#PeterZumthor
A review from
#SamHallKaplan
.
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A Transformational Building for LACMA
Designed by Peter Zumthor, the museum’s David Geffen Galleries make the institution a global cultural landmark.
https://bit.ly/4uaeM8W
about 1 month ago
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How U.S. cities lost the
#EconomicDevelopment
plot. The magic of mixing economies, large and small.
#TheEconomyOfCities
#JaneJacobs
#LisaChamberlain
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
@dlondonwortel.bsky.social
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How U.S. Cities Lost the Economic Development Plot
Can Mayor Mamdani forge a new path forward for New York City and the nation?
https://bit.ly/4udgSF1
about 1 month ago
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A great conversation with the legendary
#JamesWines
.
#SiteJamesWines
#OurBuildingsOurSelves
@DuoDickinson
@cooperunion.bsky.social
@parsons.bsky.social
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A Conversation With James Wines: “Put Art Where You Least Expect It”
Highlights from Episode 5 of Our Buildings, Our Selves.
https://bit.ly/4cWRPQK
about 2 months ago
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Why should we care about
#GoodUrbanism
? The
#ScienceOfGoodDesign
Making the walkability and density arguments.
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Why Should We Care About Good Urbanism?
New research shows that architectural aesthetics are crucial when it comes to support for new housing.
https://bit.ly/3OOap4l
about 2 months ago
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Losing friends to...#Houses. Chasing the
#AmericanDream
of
#HomeOwnership
.
#SocialIsolation
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Losing Friends to the American Dream: Homeownership
There are real social and societal costs when people believe that a standalone house is the ultimate goal.
https://bit.ly/4eyc9cl
about 2 months ago
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The passion to
#Build
: 3
#Architects
, 3 first structures.
#ChristopherAlexander
#TurnerBrooks
#DuoDickinson
#FoamHouse
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The Passion to Build: Three Architects, Three First Structures
The buildings of our youth are born of a wild and innocent belief in the meaning of making.
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about 2 months ago
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Controversy in
#Rome
: “You don’t make history, you are history.”
#BascilicadiSanLorenzo
#BrunoValentinetti
#GiorgiaMeloni
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Controversy in Rome: “You Don’t Make History, You Are History”
An artist’s politicized restoration at a medieval church sparks heated debate.
https://bit.ly/4c6ifz9
about 2 months ago
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#SunnysideYards
might just happen this time! argues
#DavidBurney
#AffordableHousing
#MassTimber
@mayor.nyc.gov
@vishaan.bsky.social
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With Federal Dollars, Sunnyside Yards Might Just Happen This Time
Using mass timber would reduce the project’s carbon footprint and keep structural costs down.
https://bit.ly/4mpG20A
2 months ago
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Why
#Architects
need to commit to educating the
#Public
.
#K-12Education
#ArchitectureWeek2026
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Why Architects Need to Commit to Educating the Public
The K–12 students connected with today will become the clients that value the profession tomorrow.
https://bit.ly/48xyFOH
2 months ago
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Wait for a charge, stay for some bad food. A hilarious review by
@jrs310310.bsky.social
of
#ElonMusks
’ new
#TeslaDiner
in
#WestHollywood
.
bit.ly/4sb9vwm
@planetizen.bsky.social
@calplan.bsky.social
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Want Some Bad Food and Poor Design to Go With Your Tesla Charge?
Elon Musk’s attempt at an urban restaurant strives to be cool but fails utterly.
https://bit.ly/4sb9vwm
2 months ago
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#RebootingDowntown
, America’s most underperforming neighborhood. A great roadmap by
#StylianiKalomoiraKontogianni
@Daniel Lurie @sfplanning @sf_downtown @DanielParolek @OpticosDesign
bit.ly/4lWuEZI
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Rebooting Downtown, America’s Most Underperforming Neighborhood
What if the central business district in your city became the best neighborhood? Here’s a roadmap.
https://bit.ly/4lWuEZI
2 months ago
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Beautiful essay by @JamesRojas: Learning to reject the
#TransactionalCity
.
#LatinoUrbanism
#EastLA
@mitdusp.bsky.social
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Learning to Reject the Transactional City
As a Mexican American interested in the relational nature of cities, the author was fortunate to attend MIT when vestiges of radical planning still lingered.
https://bit.ly/4bwAugP
3 months ago
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Terrific photo/essay by Li Wen on the varied textures of Parisian neighborhood:
#UrbanLessons
from the
#Paris
perimeter.
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Urban Lessons From the Paris Perimeter
The conformity of Haussmann’s blocks gains meaning from the often intimate bricolage of Paris’ other textures.
https://bit.ly/3PFuEkG
3 months ago
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#Trump’s
proposed
#WhiteHouse
expansion actually debases
#ClassicalArchitecture
. Great essay by
#StevenWSemes
#Ballroom
#Benito
Mussolini
@notredame.bsky.social
@savingplaces.bsky.social
@workingclassicists.bsky.social
bit.ly/3NGPZK3
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Trump’s Proposed White House Expansion Debases Classical Architecture
A new Vitruvian trinity—beauty, sustainability, and justice—are the design values we should be defending.
https://bit.ly/3NGPZK3
3 months ago
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The
#Liability
question: when
#AI
designs
#Buildings
, who’s responsible? From
#ChadDReineke
@aiaofficial.bsky.social
bit.ly/4dtlC4b
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The Liability Question: When AI Designs Buildings, Who’s Responsible?
Greater computational power does not eliminate responsibility. Instead, it intensifies the need for informed judgment.
https://bit.ly/4dtlC4b
3 months ago
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How much information do
#Architects
owe the
#Public
?
#WhiteHouseBallroom
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How Much Information Do Architects Owe the Public?
It’s our duty to be transparent about what we do and why we do it.
https://bit.ly/4buRB1l
3 months ago
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The 3 main lessons of my failed
#Homestead
. Great advice from
@stevemouzon.bsky.social
#Money
#Time
#Culture
@homesteaders.bsky.social
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The Three Lessons of My Failed Homestead
Where my wife and I erred when it came to time, money, and family culture.
https://bit.ly/4sa3XmL
3 months ago
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Episode 4 of the
#CommonEdge
podcast: Our Buildings, Our Selves. Addressing the
#HousingCrisis
, with Gerhard W. Mayer and Lindsey Stirman.
#LivableCommunitiesInitiative
#ConnecticutArchitectureFoundation
#AIAConnecticut
#WPKN
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Episode 4: Our Buildings, Our Selves, With Guests Gerhard W. Mayer and Lindsay Stirman
Discussing the housing crisis with the co-founders of L.A.’s Livable Communities Initiative.
https://bit.ly/40qdKJ2
3 months ago
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We don’t have a
#ClimateDesignProblem
, we have a
#TrustProblem
.
#Benthemplein
#PhladelphiaGreenCityCleanWaters
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We Don’t Have a Climate Design Problem: We Have a Trust Problem
Resilience isn’t only about carbon reduction or physical engineering; it’s about whether residents believe the systems around them are coherent and fair.
https://bit.ly/3P0Ai0D
3 months ago
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Contrary to popular myth,
#HistoricPreservation
actually saves
#AffordableHousing
#HistoricDistricts
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
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Preservation Actually Saves Affordable Housing, Contrary to Popular Belief
Thousands of affordable units are protected from demolition because they exist in New York City’s historic districts.
https://bit.ly/4cCZQur
3 months ago
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Is this chalet really an
#AntoniGaudi
?
#XaletDelCatlaras
#LePobaDeLillet
#CatalanDepartmentOfCulture
#GaudiFoundation
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Is This Chalet Really an Antoni GaudĂ?
A new study appears to settle an old debate. But there’s a twist.
https://bit.ly/4b8CRoF
3 months ago
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#Architecture’s
awkward embrace of
#ArtificialIntelligence
.
#DigitalUtopia
#DystopianNightmare
@brianphillips.bsky.social
@byjacobward.bsky.social
bit.ly/402BVND
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Architecture’s Awkward Embrace of Artificial Intelligence
Technological advancement is coming, whether the profession wants it or not.
https://bit.ly/402BVND
3 months ago
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#CoastalAdaptation
is at a
#CarbonIntensive
crossroads. A call for
#NatureBasedSolutions
. @Arch2030 @HarvardSalata @NationalASLA @AIANational
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Coastal Adaptation Is at a Carbon-Intensive Crossroads
A conversation with Pamela Conrad, Architecture 2030 senior fellow and the founder of Climate Positive Design.
https://bit.ly/4ldvMYz
3 months ago
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Chad Reineke on why
#Architects
will not be replaced by
#ArtificialIntelligence
!
bit.ly/46j7CWw
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Architects Will Not Be Replaced by Artificial Intelligence
A call for the assertion of professional judgment and responsibility in this automated age.
https://bit.ly/46j7CWw
4 months ago
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#ColinRowe
and the lasting impact of
#GreatTeaching
.
#Architecture
#Planning
#Education
#MarkAlanHewitt
#OroEditions
@nealip.bsky.social
bit.ly/40blfnf
.
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Colin Rowe and the Impact of Great Teaching
Part 2 of our consideration of the influential architect, planner, and educator.
https://bit.ly/40blfnf
4 months ago
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Bring on the
#ExteriorDecorators
! War of the
#ClashingFacades
!
#StickFrameOverPodium
#DuoDickinson
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Bring on the Exterior Decorators!
The patchwork facades of contemporary residential structures offer no beauty or sense of a building’s interior structure.
https://bit.ly/3ZFijPi
4 months ago
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The
#UrbanDesign
legacy of
#ColinRowe
.
#CollageCity
Great review of
#MarkAlanHewitt
.
@mitpress.bsky.social
bit.ly/3OxIR2t
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The Urban Design Legacy of Colin Rowe
A recent book on the architect, planner, and educator sheds new light on his seminal career.
https://bit.ly/3OxIR2t
4 months ago
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What exactly does it mean to be an
#AIPoweredArchitecture
firm? Great talk with PatrickChopson at Cove.
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What Exactly Does It Mean to Be an “AI-Powered” Architecture Firm?
A talk with Patrick Chopson, co-founder of Cove Architecture.
https://bit.ly/4tpCRZD
4 months ago
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#Architects
vs. Acceleration: A 2026 Survival Story. A must read by
#EricJCesal
on the implications of
#AI
on the professions. ​​https://bit.ly/45K2Z7B
4 months ago
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Don’t disband the
#UrbanDesignDivision
just as
#NewYorkCity
ramps up
#HousingDevelopment
.
#Gowanwus
#HuntersPoint
#4thAvenueBrooklyn
.
@nycplanning.bsky.social
bit.ly/4kd9upn
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Why Disband the Urban Design Group Just as New York City Ramps Up Housing Development?
As the saying goes: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
https://bit.ly/4kd9upn
4 months ago
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Is Los Angeles driving toward bankruptcy? Why the region is a 'development Ponzi scheme.'
#Sprawl
#GerhardWMayer
@strongtowns.org
@cnunewurbanism.bsky.social
commonedge.org/driving-towa...
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Driving Toward Bankruptcy? L.A. Is Almost There
We should be designing Los Angeles for 2075, not 1975.
https://commonedge.org/driving-toward-bankruptcy-l-a-is-almost-there/
5 months ago
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#DesignForFreedom
. A student competition tackles modern day
#SlaveLabor
in global construction.
#GraceFarmsFoundation
@ASCA @CMUSoA
@ucalgary.bsky.social
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A Student Design Competition Tackles Forced Labor in the Construction Industry
Created by the Grace Farms Foundation and ACSA, “Design for Freedom” seeks to help AEC professionals engage in ethical material sourcing.
https://bit.ly/4jQ0jef
5 months ago
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How
#HomeDesign
can help break the
#HousingCrisis
: custom designs on tight budgets. @Habitat for Humanity @DuoDickinson
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How Home Design Can Break the Housing Crisis
When it comes to single-family houses, custom construction can provide good design for less.
https://bit.ly/4pAdCkh
5 months ago
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The
#Redesign
of
#RubenSalazarPark
in
#EastLA
should capture the memories and stories of the
#ChicanoMoratorium
.
#RubenSalazar
#JamesRojas
bit.ly/4pFG2JI
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The Coming Redesign of Ruben Salazar Park
Los Angeles should use this opportunity to capture the many Chicano memories and stories of August 29, 1970.
https://bit.ly/4pFG2JI
5 months ago
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#DavidAdjaye’s
Fifty Shades of Gray:
#MarkHewitt
on the
#Architect’s
new
#PrincetonUniversityArtMuseum
.
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David Adjaye’s 30 Shades of Gray
The new Princeton University Art Museum runs the gamut from awesome to awful.
https://bit.ly/49yOwwa
5 months ago
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Trump’s Monumental Legacy Theft: how far will the president’s campaign to appropriate America’s
#CivicMonuments
go?
#WhiteHouse
#TrumpMausoleum
#TrumpMemorial
@savingplaces.bsky.social
@deanobeidallah.bsky.social
@mcmansionhell.bsky.social
bit.ly/4jxKVTM
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Trump’s Monumental Legacy Theft
How far will the president’s campaign to appropriate America’s civic monuments go?
https://bit.ly/4jxKVTM
5 months ago
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Some of a good thing: the legacy of
#FrankGehry
. A fair and balanced look by
#LiWen
.
#Waste
and
#Wonder
.
#GuggenheimBilbao
#TheSimpsons
#LouisVuitton
bit.ly/4ssMoyL
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Some of a Good Thing: The Legacy of Frank Gehry
The architect was an apostate, but also completely of his era. Perhaps more important, Gehry was a unicorn, one whose creations are not easily replicated.
https://bit.ly/4ssMoyL
5 months ago
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#MayorMamdani
has an opportunity to chart a new course. It’s time for a
#ComprehensivePlan
for New York City that prioritizes people over
#RealEstate
. @AIA_NewYork
@thecity.nyc
bit.ly/4bgsBMD
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It’s 2026: Time for a Comprehensive Plan for New York City
Mayor Mamdani has the opportunity to finally provide a planning vision that supports residents and social value instead of the real estate industry.
https://bit.ly/4bgsBMD
5 months ago
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