Paris a Year Ago
Just a year ago — Paris was sunny, crisp, fall-like, a city of great buildings and monuments and many small pleasures. My city, your city. Paris belongs to the world. […]
Category Archives: Architecture
Students Build Solar Houses: Stevens Wins!
Students at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken NJ are crowing about their October 18 win at the 2015 US Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon – they won first place […]
Cuba’s Waiting for You! Part I
There’s no single way to look at contemporary Cuban life, culture and the arts without understanding the contradictions, overlaps and influences that have existed for centuries– the powerful pull of […]
University Teams Build Solar Houses
Now underway: The 7th U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon is underway in Orange, California, with 16 university/technical school teams from the US, Central America, Singapore, Germany, and Rome that […]
Cuba Photo Gallery: A Preview
Design Showcases and Events: Fall 2015
The fall season is on in the architecture and design world – with a slew of week- to months-long events in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington DC, London and Eindhoven […]
Coming up: Cuba’s Arts & Cultural Scene
Today, the United States opened its embassy in Havana, overlooking the city’s Malecon – a policy move that also suggests there will be many opportunities ahead for Cuba’s artists, writers, […]
Books on Cities: Design, Destruction, Secrets
BOOKS – the perfect antidote if you’re not traveling to a world capital or heritage destination this summer. Even better if you’re stuck in an airport, the ferry is stranded, or […]
Design Books: 35 You Must Read
Fast Company’s CoDesign blog writer Mark Wilson shares 35 design and creativity books that famed art schools – RISD, Pratt, Parsons, California College of the Arts, among others– say are […]
Coming Up: Stories for the Summer Season
Summer 2015: Is there an idea, an inspiration, a calling, a voyage in our selection of upcoming stories? Come back and see. Havana: What’s up in the arts, architecture and […]
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