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"Construction Project"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Dental Care, Braces, Baby Boomers, Humor, Bridge, Fenway Park, Seven Wonders of the World, Architecture, Pyramid, Orthodontics, Teeth, Cartoon, Gardens, Health, Living News
Jerry Zezima

The braces on my teeth ought to be called the Great Project of Geezer. This architectural marvel has been engineered and constructed by Dr. Ben Murray, an orthodontic resident at the Stony Brook University.

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Bait a Geek, Beta Style: The New Apple Store Takes a Bite Out of the Upper West Side

Doree Lewak | Posted 11.13.2009 | New York

Read More: Upper West Side, Apple Store, Architecture, Buildings, New York, Geeks, New York News
Doree Lewak

The fourth NYC Apple retail store is launching this weekend, this time on the UWS, raising the unavoidable question: has anyone actually gotten laid from the launch of an Apple store?

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Recycled Brick Walls Save Water

Dornob Design | Posted 11.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Architecture, Green Living, Bricks, Green Architecture, Green Design, Green Technology, Green News

More than just its composite materials, however, built-in grooves are designed to funnel water for gardening or even long-term underground storage....

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A Cup of Coffee to Build Sustainable Communities

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 11.10.2009 | Impact

Read More: Lawrence Lessig, Sarah Jones, Majora Carter, Creative Commons, Jehane Noujaim, Allison Arieff, Ted, Architecture, Design, Giving, Development, Richard Saul Wurman, Sustainable Building, Kate Stohr, Impact News
Cameron Sinclair

Through Architecture For Humanity's "Do A Latte Good" campaign, you can bid on coffee with one of our great supporters, and in return they'll contribute to help reconstruction efforts post-Typhoon Ketsana.

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Facebook Offices Unveiled (PHOTOS)

Shelterpop | Jaime Derringer | Posted 11.01.2009 | Technology

Read More: Photos, Palo Alto, Facebook Offices, Design, Architecture, Facebook, Pictures, Studio O a Architects, Interior Design, Technology News

The brand new Facebook offices in Palo Alto, California got the designer treatment from Studio O+A architects....

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Shine On Sierra Leone: Building Sustainable, Permanent Schools And Houses

Tiffany Persons | Posted 11.04.2009 | Impact

Read More: Architecture, Earthbag, Sustainable Building, Sierra Leone, Underdeveloped Countries, Impact News
Tiffany Persons

In 2006, I saw an article about earth-bag building. I was thrilled that we could use this method for the schoolhouse we were planning to build in Sierra Leone. But then our plans changed.

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NYC Designers Team Up To Make Doing Good Look Better

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.23.2009 | Impact

Read More: Architecture, Nonprofits, Wendy Goodman, Designyc, New York, Ed Schlossberg, Impact News

Starting this week, New York Magazine reported, a newly formed group of do-gooder designers are launching a project to lend worthy social projects som...

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Tens of People Breathing Easier on Atlantic Yards Issue

Matt Rodigheri | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Bloomberg, Mike Bloomberg, Atlantic Yards, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Mayor Bloomberg, Development, Brooklyn, Bruce Ratner, Slideshow, Forest City Ratner, Architecture, Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, New York News
Matt Rodigheri

A slideshow from the Saturday March by Develop, Don't Destroy Brooklyn.

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Amazing Architecture: 11 Incredible Buildings From The Future (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 10.21.2009 | Technology

Read More: Amazing Architecture, Amazing Buildings, Best Architecture, Slidepoll, 11 Incredible Buildings From the Future, Dragonfly Vertical Farm Tower Huffington Post, My Dream Our Vision, Future Building, Future Architecture, Acme, Incredible Architecture, Dragonfly, Daniel Libeskind, Huffington Post Amazing Architecture, Rotating Tower, Vertical Village, Cybertecture Egg, Dynamic Architecture, Architecture, Future Buildings, Incredible Buildings, Buildings, Buildings From the Future, Technology News

An underwater luxury hotel. A farm suspended over New York City. A rotating skyscraper. Impossible? No. The stuff of dreams? Definitely. We've p...

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The Material of Public Art

Mark Mennin | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Artists, Artworld, New York City, Plastics, Plastic Art, Green Architecture, Green Art, Sculpture, Architecture, Biodegradable, Organic Art Materials, Corten Steel, Green News
Mark Mennin

The production of plastics, a synthetic, may be greener than the overall impact from fashioning art out of wood, what would seem to be the most organic material.

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Open House New York Map

Posted 10.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Open House, Landmarks, Mansions, Houses, Open House New York, Parks, Architecture, Design, Buildings, New York, New York News

This weekend marks the 7th Annual Open House New York, when the city opens its doors to the public, giving free tours of some of its most famed archit...

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Open House New York: Where To Go This Weekend (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Open House, Landmarks, Houses, Mansions, Open House New York, Slidepoll, Architecture, Design, Buildings, New York, New York News

This weekend marks the 7th Annual Open House New York, when the city opens its doors to the public, giving free tours of some of its most famed archit...

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Racing for the Sun: Energy COOL Solar Decathlon Back on The National Mall

A. Siegel | Posted 10.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Architecture, Design, 2009-Solar-Decathlon, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Solar Decathlon, Solar Power, Inside DC, Green News
A. Siegel

The Solar Decathlon is a biennial, ever-cool event, pitting colleges and universities across the nation in ten contests that "center on the ways we use energy in our daily lives."

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New York, You've Changed: Taxi Driver (Part 2)

Nick Carr | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Jodie Foster, Architecture, Times Square, New York Pictures, Robert DeNiro, Scouting Ny, Taxi Driver, New York Developers, New York Streets, New York News
Nick Carr

When we last left off, Travis Bickle was cruising through Times Square. We then catch him uptown as he makes a drop off at the Hotel Olcott at 27 West 72nd Street.

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Visual Acoustics: Studying the Lessons of Modernity from a Master

Eric Bricker | Posted 10.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Photography, Architecture, Documentary, Julius Shulman, Visual Acoustics, Modernism, Architectural-Photography, Entertainment News
Eric Bricker

I met the photographer Julius Shulman by chance in the spring of 1999. Unbeknownst to me, that meeting would open a hidden portal to Los Angeles, forever altering the course of my life.

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Reduce, Recycle, Reuse: Dwell Showhouse's Ecofabulous Design (PHOTOS)

Ecofabulous | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Ebay, Dwell, Prefab, Architecture, Reuse, Slidehuge, Dwell Showhouse, Green Living, Green Design, Ecofabulous, Eco-Designers, Green Furniture, Interior Design, Green News

Guest post from Ecofabulous Ever since Jack Johnson turned "reduce, reuse, recycle" into something you hum on your morning commute, people have been ...

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Eco Skyscrapers: Green Architecture Reaches For The Sky

WebEcoist | Steph | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Toronto, Mexico City, Moma, Vancouver, Green Building, Architecture, International Sustainable City, La Tour Vivante, New York City, Dubai, Eco Skyscrapers, Green Architecture, Green Technology, Green News, Sustainability, Tanzania, Amsterdam, Pyramid Farm, Green News

With a burgeoning global population that has ever-growing needs for both food and housing, many architects are looking up for sustainable solutions th...

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How To Buy A Sustainable Home

nytimes.com | Leora Broydo Vestel | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Pre Fabricated Homes, Green Architecture, Prefab, Architecture, Sustainable Energy, Housing Crisis, Green Living, Sustainable Architecture, Sustainable Homes, Zeta, Green News

The company is aiming to become the first mass producer of what is known in green building circles as "net zero energy homes" - those that generate en...

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Dying To Work: Human Trafficking and the Construction Industry

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 11.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Skyscraper, Uae, Dubai, Zero Carbon, Ethics, Design, Building, Architecture, Human Trafficking, Business News
Cameron Sinclair

What good is building a zero energy, carbon neutral complex if unethical labor practices are jeopardizing the lives of those who build this architectural wonder?

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Impressions of Cairo, Egypt

Lisa Haisha | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

Read More: Architecture, Women, Art History, Middle East, Spirituality, Economy, Culture, World News
Lisa Haisha

Today tourism contributes substantially to Cairo's economy, but people still work exhausting hours to earn in a month what the average American earns during an 8-hour shift -- if they are lucky enough to find a job.

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Architects Go Back to School and Design the Classroom of the Future

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Education, Architecture, Green, Design, Learning, Classroom, Back to School, Sustainable, Green News
Cameron Sinclair

The 2009 Open Architecture Challenge brought together more that 7000+ students, teachers and building professionals to work on upgrading and expanding their learning environments.

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Who Isn't John Galt? Part 2

Robbie Gennet | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Human Rights, Bob Marley, Evil, Bubbles, Bill Gates, Architecture, Dick Cheney, Dollar, Greed, Empathy, John Lennon, Wall Street, Ayn Rand, Bible, Artists, Morality, The Fountainhead, Republicans, Alan Greenspan, Ethics, Atlas Shrugged, Capitalism, Republican Party, Jimi Hendrix, Politics News
Robbie Gennet

To those who posted about having to "share" their earnings with those who had "no hand in it at all": you are truly living in a fictitious reality.

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Who Isn't John Galt?

Robbie Gennet | Posted 09.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Empathy, Artists, Dick Cheney, Ayn Rand, Dollar, Ethics, Republican Party, Greed, Bob Marley, Bible, Architecture, Bill Gates, Capitalism, Evil, John Lennon, Human Rights, Wall Street, The Fountainhead, Alan Greenspan, Atlas Shrugged, Jimi Hendrix, Bubbles, Republicans, Entertainment News
Robbie Gennet

If you are an Artist, Rand's books free you from the opinions of others and put ironclad gates around your sense of purpose, unlocking the freedom to create your art.

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The Venetian Country Villas

Angella Nazarian | Posted 09.21.2009 | World

Read More: Architecture, Travel, Italy, Venice, World News
Angella Nazarian

When I had the opportunity to travel to Venice recently, I knew this time I would experience the city in a way I never had before.

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The New Face of Fashion: Sustainable Luxury

Jeffrey Hutchison | Posted 09.19.2009 | Style

Read More: Green Fashion, Retail Industry, Green Architecture, Retail Sales, Eco Fashion, Architecture, Retail, Department Stores, Fashion/Apparel, Fashion Trends, American Consumerism, Profitable Businesses, Corporate Sustainability, Consumerism, Recycle, Advertising, Recycled Materials, Reuse, Sustainability, Marketing, American Consumers, Style News
Jeffrey Hutchison

Embracing sustainability and crafting a new face of luxury need not be at odds; by exploring ways to achieve both simultaneously, an exciting new era of of design can be borne.

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