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A New Chapter for the Sandy Hook School

August 22, 2016

New Haven–based architects Svigals + Partners worked with the community to create an inviting, colorful, and secure new campus filled with light and art.

EPA Issues Final Formaldehyde Rule

Anna Fixsen

August 22, 2016

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The bright white trailers started arriving in late 2005, weeks after Hurricane Katrina laid waste to hundreds of thousands of homes along the Gulf Coast.

Memorial to Victims of Lynching Planned for Alabama

Miriam Sitz

August 19, 2016

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More than 800 floating concrete columns will commemorate the dead and compel communities to remember the past.

Interview with NCARB President Kristine Harding

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

August 18, 2016

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Kristine Harding—principal in charge of the Huntsville, Alabama, studio of the KPS Group—is the first woman to be president of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards since 1999.

99% Invisible Podcast Investigates the Great Midcentury Personality Study

Hear the voices of Eero Saarinen, Philip Johnson, and others in the recent episode 'The Mind of an Architect.'

Miriam Sitz

August 17, 2016

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In 1958, the Institute of Personality Assessment and Research (IPAR) at the University of California, Berkeley, set out to study the personalities of creative people—specifically, 40 top architects living or working in the U.S. A July 2016 issue of the podcast 99% Invisible reexamines the IPAR study.

San Francisco’s Sinking Millennium Tower Riles Residents

JT Long

August 10, 2016

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The 645-foot Millennium Tower—the tallest reinforced concrete structure in the Western United States—is sinking and tilting, and the building owner places the blame squarely on the adjacent Transbay Transit Center project.

The National Building Museum—on Ice

In the sweltering heat of a Washington, D.C. summer, cool down in James Corner Field Operations' icy refuge.

Janelle Zara

August 9, 2016

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Outside, D.C.’s notorious 90-degree average highs make the the nation’s capital feel like it’s melting.

Barack Obama Releases Statement on Presidential Library Location

The Obama Foundation confirms Jackson Park in Chicago as the official site of the project.

Anna Fixsen

July 29, 2016

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Sources may have confirmed Wednesday that the Obama Presidential Center was to be located in Jackson Park on Chicago’s South Side, but today the President himself made it official.

25 Percent of UK Architecture Students Treated for Mental Health Issues, Says Report

Anna Fixsen

July 29, 2016

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In July, when the Centers for Disease Control released a report documenting suicide rates by occupation in the U.S., it yielded both bleak and surprising results: Architects and engineers ranked fifth on the list, beating out high-stress jobs like police officers, firefighters, and corrections workers.

Jackson Park Selected as Obama Library Site

Jackson Park Selected as Site of Obama Library

The South Side Chicago location was chosen over Washington Park.

Anna Fixsen Miriam Sitz

July 27, 2016

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The Chicago Tribune reports that President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have selected Jackson Park on the city’s south side as the future home for the Obama Presidential Center.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU

Explore how propane-powered systems and whole-home generators can improve energy resilience, reduce electrical loads, and lower long-term residential costs.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU

Explore how hospitality-driven campus design can strengthen belonging, wellbeing, and community connection in higher education environments.