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Student Housing made from shipping containers in AmsterdamHow architecture can help Haiti

| January 25, 2010

We know that most people have heard about the ghastly effects of the earthquake in Haiti. Our sympathy and hope goes out to all Haitians. Architects and other people who build structures all over the world are discussing what can happen next when it comes to the idea of rebuilding this devastated country. The buildings …

ada louise huxtableSomething to think about: URBICIDE

| January 17, 2010

Sometimes we make up a word. Like “Kapow” when Batman hits the Riddler in the stomach, or “muckity muck” that material that we step into – you know – the “glooppy glop” that is at the edge of the curb after a sudden huge rainstorm. Back in 1968, a very famous American architecture historian and …