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The Science of DesignThree Ways Neuroscience Can Inform and Improve Architecture
Designers and researchers discussed brains and buildings at the 2014 meeting of the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture.Read More
NewsMorning News Roundup: BASE Jump From the Kuala Lumpur Tower
Lloyd Wright's Samuel-Novarro House hits the market, John King reviews the James R. Herman Cruise Terminal, and more news stories for Monday.Read More
Mind & MatterRice University Researchers Use Graphene as a De-Icing Agent for Glass
A polyurethane paint infused with the ultra-strong nanomaterial lets both light and radio waves permeate glass coated with the novel finish.Read More
La Brea Housing, Designed by Patrick Tighe Architecture with John V. Mutlow Architects
This 32-unit affordable housing complex in West Hollywood, Calif., packs a lot of design bang for the buck.Read More
AIA Maryland Announces 2014 Design Award Finalists
AIA Maryland honored 22 projects submitted by local members, and gave three design awards to architectural students.Read More
DesignAi Weiwei Designs Exhibition for Alcatraz Island
The installations in the former Bay Area prison open to the public on Saturday.Read More
beyond buildingsArtwashing: Modernism's Revenge
Aaron Betsky observes the grit of Brutalist affordable housing units being "artwashed" into appealing nouveau-chic condos in London.Read More
Postcard from ItalyCersaie Day Four: Toyo Ito Delivers Keynote, and Faux Wood Abounds
Our final day at the international ceramic tile show included a lecture by the 2013 Pritzker laureate. Plus, our top ceramic-emulating-wood product picks.Read More
on the boardsSnøhetta and Dialog Release Calgary Central Library Designs
The collaborating firms unveiled their design after two years of community engagement following their competition win.Read More
NewsMorning News Roundup: Constructing the Orlando Eye
Thomas Heatherwick designs a distillery, the New School announces a Journalism + Design program, and more news to wrap up the week.Read More
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Material Focus
Oakland, Calif.–based Rael San Fratello builds full-scale models out of polymers developed by its materials collaborative, Emerging Objects.Innovative Detail series
Thompson Rivers University Law School
Diamond Schmitt Architects turns a forgettable low-rise building at Thompson Rivers University into a focal point in British Columbia.Up and Running series
Financial Basics
Hanging out your shingle with high-minded design goals won’t mean much if you can’t stay in business. These simple suggestions can help you keep your firm financially afloat.The 2014 ARCHITECT 50
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September 2014
The results of the sixth annual ARCHITECT 50 rankings. Where did your firm come in? Also ... UNStudio's multicolored Chinese flower show pavilion, your firm's life after the baby boomers retire, Woods Bagot's medical center for south Australia, financial advice for your young firm, Patrick Tighe's super design efficient and elegant multifamily La Brea Housing, Rael San Fratello's experiments in materials, an amazing bamboo cafe in Vietnam, Yuusake Karasawa's split-level glazed house in Japan, extreme closeups on some incredible finishing materials, a dorm grew in Brooklyn, and more ...AIArchitect
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