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Shanghai’s West Bund gets a new theater, bringing performing arts to the banks of the Huangpu
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Shanghai’s West Bund gets a new theater, bringing performing arts to the banks of the Huangpu
Salt Lake City hits on an innovative solution for saving its abandoned ballpark
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Salt Lake City hits on an innovative solution for saving its abandoned ballpark
Motown aims to top the charts again with its new museum experience
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Motown aims to top the charts again with its new museum experience
A new train station bridges Chicago’s past and future
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A new train station bridges Chicago’s past and future
An Atlanta landmark emerges from the city’s industrial past
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An Atlanta landmark emerges from the city’s industrial past
Two public spaces highlight the rising prominence of landfill redevelopment
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Two public spaces highlight the rising prominence of landfill redevelopment
These community advocacy groups influenced Boston’s biggest project since the Big Dig
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These community advocacy groups influenced Boston’s biggest project since the Big Dig
The first step in creating a cultural institution in the U.S. involves telling a good story
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The first step in creating a cultural institution in the U.S. involves telling a good story
These schools help their neighbors learn and grow
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These schools help their neighbors learn and grow
Rethinking the city block to create a pedestrian oasis
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Rethinking the city block to create a pedestrian oasis
These community centers help growing cities maintain their identities
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These community centers help growing cities maintain their identities
The high-tech tool behind Orlando’s makeover
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The high-tech tool behind Orlando’s makeover
Can landscape design help communities promote social justice and climate resilience?
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Can landscape design help communities promote social justice and climate resilience?
Beijing’s new performing arts complex redirects the city’s cultural flow
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Beijing’s new performing arts complex redirects the city’s cultural flow
85 years after opening, this school remains a paragon of child-centered architecture
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85 years after opening, this school remains a paragon of child-centered architecture
This mixed-income community is helping ease LA’s housing crisis
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This mixed-income community is helping ease LA’s housing crisis
How struggling malls became new destinations for health, fun, and learning
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How struggling malls became new destinations for health, fun, and learning
Designed to foster diversity, this school leaves an enduring legacy
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Designed to foster diversity, this school leaves an enduring legacy
How does high-speed rail strengthen communities?
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How does high-speed rail strengthen communities?
3 must-see places in the U.S. give voice to Black history, culture, and civil rights.
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3 must-see places in the U.S. give voice to Black history, culture, and civil rights.
4 ways prefabrication benefits communities and the environment
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4 ways prefabrication benefits communities and the environment
Can university housing save downtowns? This law school is giving it a try
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Can university housing save downtowns? This law school is giving it a try
How inclusive design can strengthen communities and improve lives
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How inclusive design can strengthen communities and improve lives
How street-level activation can transform cities and spark economic success
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How street-level activation can transform cities and spark economic success
Everyday architecture shouldn’t be banal. It should elevate and enrich the human experience.
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Everyday architecture shouldn’t be banal. It should elevate and enrich the human experience.
The U.S. federal infrastructure bill presents a once-in-a-lifetime chance to transform national transit
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The U.S. federal infrastructure bill presents a once-in-a-lifetime chance to transform national transit
5 design tips for helping everyone on campus feel like they belong
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5 design tips for helping everyone on campus feel like they belong
A new higher education building inspires wonder and learning
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A new higher education building inspires wonder and learning
A creative community grows in an old San Francisco shipyard
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A creative community grows in an old San Francisco shipyard
What the next generation of innovation districts is all about
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What the next generation of innovation districts is all about
Hospital design should care for health workers and patients in equal measure
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Hospital design should care for health workers and patients in equal measure
How digital innovations are breaking barriers and opening space
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How digital innovations are breaking barriers and opening space
Glass buildings are threatening the world’s most beautiful birds. These design moves can save them.
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Glass buildings are threatening the world’s most beautiful birds. These design moves can save them.
How a little robot helped rebuild a camp for the blind
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How a little robot helped rebuild a camp for the blind
A new generation of career and technical education is readying students for a rapidly shifting workforce
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A new generation of career and technical education is readying students for a rapidly shifting workforce
The city of tomorrow will have way fewer cars
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The city of tomorrow will have way fewer cars
How to design sensitive, responsive environments that support everyone
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How to design sensitive, responsive environments that support everyone
Inclusive design should never be a program. It’s a mindset.
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Inclusive design should never be a program. It’s a mindset.
A small Canadian coffee chain shows its flower power
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A small Canadian coffee chain shows its flower power
This old house: Rethinking the retrofit
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This old house: Rethinking the retrofit
Why it’s time to rethink everything you thought you knew about museums
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Why it’s time to rethink everything you thought you knew about museums
On post-COVID city streets, what’s the right way to handle a right-of-way?
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On post-COVID city streets, what’s the right way to handle a right-of-way?
A giant indoor lab that simulates life-size public spaces could hold the key to mobility equity
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A giant indoor lab that simulates life-size public spaces could hold the key to mobility equity
Like magic, a stadium canopy “floats” above the stands
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Like magic, a stadium canopy “floats” above the stands
Three cities, three ways urban design can create social equity
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Three cities, three ways urban design can create social equity
Four ways to develop healthy, affordable homes
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Four ways to develop healthy, affordable homes
Move over, density: equity and livability are the new urban design drivers
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Move over, density: equity and livability are the new urban design drivers
This empathic design solution gives Angelenos without a home a dignified place to sleep
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This empathic design solution gives Angelenos without a home a dignified place to sleep