Come together

When author and New York University professor Eric Klinenberg talks about his time as the research director for New York’s Rebuild by Design program, he tells a joke.

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Jun 27, 2019

Rise up
and reinvent

The onset of the plague in the winter of 1575 was a recurring nightmare for Venetians, having witnessed numerous outbreaks in previous decades.

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Jun 27, 2019

Theories of evolution

David Carlson, deputy director of urban design at the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA), will retire in June after 35 years of involvement in shaping the city’s skyline.

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Jun 20, 2019

Road to nowhere

All the images of Hudson Yards: Phase 1 that I had seen before visiting were smartly taken Instagram pictures or slick renderings.

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Jun 20, 2019

Disruption junction

Social pressure is mounting for architecture firms today to attain a balanced workforce or perish.

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Jun 13, 2019

Leap year

My father and stepmother like to tell the story of how on my first trip to Europe, I would walk 20 feet ahead of them with my head buried in a map.

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Jun 13, 2019

Next stop:
bright minds

Isaac Newton saw an apple fall. Charles Goodyear spilled a rubber mixture onto a hot stove. Ben Franklin put a key on a kite string. Umeå Energi replaced light bulbs in bus shelters.

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Jun 06, 2019

Reshaping our carbon footprint

It’s 2050. My neighborhood bustles with families who have been living in the city for generations.

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May 29, 2019

Backyard brawl

Housing advocate Lynn Weissberg doesn’t like the term YIMBY.

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May 29, 2019