Diana Lind

Diana Lind is the founding managing director of the Penn Fels Policy Research Initiative. Previously she was editor in chief and executive director of Next City.

Urban Futures

Diana Lind

September 1, 2021

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Two Harvard economists propose solutions to cities post-Covid.

Reinventing Solutions to Urban Living

Diana Lind

October 2, 2020

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Ongoing crises with coronavirus and social inequity indicate this is the time to reimagine life in cities. Various experts speak out.

Living in the U.S.: At What Cost?

Diana Lind

October 1, 2018

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Rising housing prices are outpacing wage increases nationwide, threatening a living standard that once seemed an inalienable right.

Greater Than Ever: New York’s Big Comeback

By Daniel L. Doctoroff

Diana Lind

October 6, 2017

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This book by New York's former Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding serves as a playbook for other cities looking to stoke their own economic vitality.

Museum of the American Revolution by Robert A.M. Stern Architects

Philadelphia

Diana Lind

July 1, 2017

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A museum in Philadelphia frames a window onto the past while catering to the needs of 21st-century mass tourism.

Civic Lesson: New Social Infrastructure

Cities are finding new ways to invest in social infrastructure, helping to bridge gaps among diverse socioeconomic groups and foster a greater sense of community.

Diana Lind

April 1, 2017

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Of all President Trump’s campaign promises, the proposal to invest $1 trillion in infrastructure was one of the few to appeal to Republicans and Democrats alike.

Philly Forward

The arrival of the Barnes Foundation in its new quarters on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway promises to further Philadelphia's identity as an artistic magnet.

Diana Lind

June 16, 2012

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Sandwiched between Washington, the capital, and New York, the center of culture, commerce, and media, Philadelphia has long had an inferiority complex. But the city's recent addition of nearly 90,000 people since 2006, ending a population free fall since 1950, attests to Philadelphia's comeback. It wasn't easy, or without controversy.

Varied Responses to Vague Theme at the Venice Biennale

Diana Lind

October 1, 2010

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The international architecture exhibition produced every two years in Venice is a sprawling, humid, one-stop shopping experience. When done right, it’s also exhilarating. Though the strategy of showcasing architecture’s freshest ideas through national pavilions and exhibition galleries has had its drawbacks in the Architecture Biennale’s 30-year history, high-quality submissions help make this year’s show feel curated. The recurring threads of sustainability, adaptive reuse, and traditional building methods — while planning for an uncertain future — give the show an underlying coherence. This year’s director, Kazuyo Sejima of the Japanese firm SANAA, chose a remarkably enigmatic theme for the Biennale —

Little Ram Island House

William Pedersen's Little Ram Island House sets sail.

Diana Lind

July 19, 2008

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When William Pedersen, FAIA, cofounder and principal design partner of Kohn Pedersen Fox, bought a 3-acre piece of waterfront land on Shelter Island, New York, in 1981, “Things were a little different on the island,” he wryly recalls.

Dairy House

Skene Catling de la Pe'a combines sustainability and seduction at the Dairy House in Somerset, England

Diana Lind

April 1, 2008

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The new buzz words of the 21st century—“organic,” “ecofriendly,” “sustainable”—have inundated today’s architectural vocabulary despite their indifference to definition.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 IACET CEU
May qualify for learning hours through most Canadian architectural associations

This course examines fire-rated glass door systems and how they can safeguard areas of egress while supporting a wide range of design goals.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 IACET CEU
May qualify for learning hours through most Canadian architectural associations

You will learn about how lighting and open-air ventilation promotes healthier and more effective learning with the advantages of operable glass walls over fixed walls.