@CommEdgeCollab

Dedicated to reconnecting architecture and design to the broader public that it's supposed to serve.

 New York, NY
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Joined December 2015
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The #HousingCrisis is also a crisis of #HomeDesign. A solution? More #FlexibleFloorplans. @ResDesignmag bit.ly/4z39COZ

The Housing Crisis Is Also a Design Crisis

Six strategies to help solve the shortage of homes at a cost lower than new construction.

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Building #Housing people actually want: #LosAngeles needs a new idea of the city. #VisionBasedPlanning @LCI_LA @UrbanCourtyard @AbundentHousing @Planning4LA bit.ly/4ejm7gQ

Los Angeles Needs a New Idea of the City

Vision-Based Planning is how LA should approach the planning and construction of new housing.

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Architecture is #bored. Aesthetically, we’re currently in the #ArchitecturalAge of “no, there, there.” #GertrudeStein @duodickinson bit.ly/3VR9IKN

Architecture Is Bored, Boring, and Self-Serving

Aesthetically speaking, we’re currently in the age of “no there, there.”

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Learning to spot what the drawing misses. The #Educational value of #Drawing sets. How will young designers grow in the #AI era? #Redlines @AIANational bit.ly/4e4xedo

The Educational Value of Drawing Sets

In the AI era, it’s vital that firm leaders continue helping young designers learn to see what sketches may leave unresolved.

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Ignoring the #ClimateChallenge is not an option. As the northern most city in the #Caribbean, we have the resources to adapt. #NewOrleans #Florida bit.ly/4rOIuAi

Ignoring the Climate Challenge Is Not an Option

A better future for us and the coming generations is possible—but it will take a collective effort.

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Can NYC’s “fast-track” #CommunityDistricts really produce more housing? The city needs to think bigger than #Zoning, argues David Burney. #Co-OpCity #SunnysideYards #NaughtyList @NYCPlanning @NYCHA @pratt_soa @CityLimitsNews bit.ly/4j2UMTr

Can NYC’s “Fast-Track” Community Districts Really Produce More Housing?

The city needs big parcels of land to build complete neighborhoods, not just piecemeal infill projects.

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Now that information is free, what’s a #CollegeCampus for? #India’s higher-ed building boom. @gensler_design @IilmInstitute bit.ly/46WfI7j

Now That Information Is Free, What’s a College Campus For?

The internet and AI haven't killed the classroom. Instead, they’ve changed what university buildings can and should be used for.

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Who controls the #Territory? Or, why #UrbanPlanning does not exist. Great provocation by Roberto Deriu on the real forces that shape cities. bit.ly/47tWmGE

Who Shapes the Territory? Or, Why Urban Planning Does Not Exist

What exists is the territory, its ecology, its people, and the competing interests that claim its value.

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Great talk with #DennisPieprz on #UrbanLens: A Photo Diary of An #ArchitecturalTraveler #Mumbai #Valparaiso #Vincenza #Siena #Rabat #StPeters @dpieprz @SasakiDesign @oroeditions @marinedrive bit.ly/3VkKMuO

The Urban Lens: “I Want to Show How Places Are Used”

Urban designer Dennis Pieprz talks about his new book, Urban Lens: A Photo Diary of An Architectural Traveler.

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When real life refuses to fit inside a blueprint. #Chandigarh at 73: How a city outgrew its #Uptopia. #LeCorbusier bit.ly/4xMR3x7

Chandigarh at 73: How a City Outgrew Its Utopia

What happens when real life refuses to fit inside a utopian blueprint?

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Form follows feeling: How the religious upbringing of @JamesRojas shaped the way he experiences and plans cities. #CatholicAesthetic #Grandma’sHouse bit.ly/3TvORM8

Form Follows Feeling: My Catholic Aesthetic

How this planner’s religious upbringing shaped the way he experiences and plans cities.

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What’s on #ArchitectureStudents’ minds? An insightful and empathetic talk with Patricia Negrón Meléndez. #Access #Communication @TulaneArch @AIANational @AIASorg @NOMArchitects @ACSA_info bit.ly/4xnjKQG

School’s in Session: What’s on Students’ Minds?

A conversation with Patricia Negrón Meléndez, president of the American Institute of Architecture Students.

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The 30-year experiment gone wrong: Undoing the devastation of #UrbanRenewal in #NewHaven. #Maurice Rotival #EdLogue #MayorRichardLee @duodickinson bit.ly/3UGznW4

Undoing the Devastation of “Urban Renewal” in New Haven

It’s taken decades to reverse the damage that planner Maurice Rotival helped create—and the job isn’t complete.

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New rules will not make #AI safer! #Cities might offer a better model. #HuggingFace #ChattingWithBarbarians @alexandrosnyc @NYCPlanning bit.ly/3VjpGNh

An Urban Designer Wants to Civilize AI the Way Cities Create Citizens

The Hugging Face fiasco is a serious warning that more rules will not make it safer. Alexandros Washburn thinks cities offer a better model.

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#GeorgeLucas returns to earth, bearing gifts. The #LucasMuseumOfNarrativeArt is destined to become a #Landmark. #MADArchitects @lucasmuseum @GL_THX1138 @mad_mayansong bit.ly/4ibPOTV

George Lucas Returns to Earth, Bearing Gifts

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is destined to become a landmark and must-visit destination for Los Angeles visitors.

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How does #ArchitecturalKnowledge get passed on in the #AIOffice? Or the better question: will it? #Mentoring #Succession @AIANational @AIA_NewYork bit.ly/45VmLg3

How Does Architectural Knowledge Get Passed On in the AI Office?

Technology may reduce production hours, but that lengthier process has been a crucial learning time for younger professionals.

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Thanks, Jonathan!
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A cautionary tale: #Florida and the great #HousingMismatch. What happens when the housing stock doesn’t match the needs of next generations? #ShortSale @mhathorne bit.ly/4y3Run8

Florida and the Great Housing Mismatch

A housing market can be short of homes and still have too many of the wrong ones for the next generation.

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Notes from a #ClassicalArchitect: #Architecture should not require an explanation. #BuildingsCommunicate @MoodyNolan @classicist @ICAANewEngland @ICAANoCal bit.ly/45P9wgU

Architecture Shouldn’t Require an Explanation

The profession didn’t lose the public because people stopped caring about buildings. It lost them when architects stopped treating public understanding as part of the job.

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What’s the state of #OutThereArchitecture today? #Regionalism #PlaceCenteredArchitecture #CathleenMcGuighan #PeterMacKeith @_michael.j.crosbie_ @robertivy bit.ly/3Uev9oh

What’s the State of ‘Out There’ Architecture Today?

Although it has some flaws, a new book laudably surveys the best of contemporary contextual design across the U.S.

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