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Material #16: Dramatic rehearsal
Given the by turns complex and inspiring experience of navigating the NYC high school application process with one of my sons, I’ve been mulling…
Apr 16
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Annabel Short
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Material #15: Home, and what's lost when homes are destroyed
Housing is not just a physical structure of four roofs and a wall. It is a much broader concept...
Apr 9
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Material #14: Feedback loops
A short “material” interpretation from me this week. We are inextricably bound by the physical materiality of the spaces that we move through. We shape…
Apr 2
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March 2024
Material #13 - Blown away
“I love flaunting the material in new, unexpected ways” So says one of the contestants, Quade, in a new season of the show “Blown Away”. It’s one of my…
Mar 26
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Material #12: Auditing Evergrande
The collapse of Evergrande, China’s former largest property developer, is a cautionary tale in real estate taking up too large a part of an economy (a…
Mar 19
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Material #11: Material use triples in 50 years
UNEP’s International Resource Panel has issued its latest outlook on human’s use of the World’s resources. The findings are stark...
Mar 12
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Tech and the city: Part 1
Technology’s increasingly part of the fabric of cities. Attention and action in these five areas can help manage risks to people and maximize positive…
Mar 7
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Material #10 - Women organizing in construction
Research by Rina Agarwala compares the experiences and organizing strategies of women in the informal domestic and construction sectors in India.
Mar 5
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February 2024
Material #9 - Independent People
“Bjartur made use of the opportunity and bought some timber and some iron… Building, said the Summerhouses children in an ecstasy of anticipation…The…
Feb 27
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Material #8: Frontrunner cities in Brazil and Honduras
IIED (Intl. Institute for Environment and Development) has published an inspiring collection of stories about “frontrunner” cities: cities that are…
Feb 20
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Material #7: Dark Materials
In exploring different uses of “material”, as a word, a concept, and a substance(s), I was intrigued to look up how Philip Pullman came to name his…
Feb 13
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Where is innovation underway in the built environment?
Introducing the Building Transformation StoryMap
Feb 9
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