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Audio Library
The Architecture of Diplomacy - Part 5: A United States Perspective
June 4, 2010
Architect James Timberlake, FAIA, a founding principal of KieranTimberlake, discusses the firm's design for the new U.S.Embassy in London.
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The Architecture of Diplomacy - Part 2: America's Face Abroad
June 4, 2010
Building an embassy challenges a nation to reflect on how it wants to be perceived abroad, and how it perceives itself. For example, in 1960, Denmark established itself as a progressive and design-conscious country when it built Washington, D.C.’s first modern embassy. Dr. Jane Loeffler discusses the United States Embassy Building program.
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The Architecture of Diplomacy - Part 4: A Danish Perspective
June 4, 2010
Architect Louis Becker, principal partner of the architecture firm Hening Larsen Architects, provides a Danish perspective on representing Danish values abroad through architecture.
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Parking is Not Free
May 27, 2010
Donald Shoup, professor of Urban Planning at UCLA and author of The High Cost of Free Parking, puts parking garages in the context of parking policies in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, and shows how we can design our cities for people, not cars.
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Climate Change and the Developing World
Smart Growth
May 26, 2010
Marianne Fay, chief economist of the World Bank’s Sustainable Development Network and co-director of the Development Report, relates the struggle to identify appropriate and cost-effective means to mitigate and plan for climate change in developing countries.
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Building the Green Economy: Drexel Smart House and University Research in Sustainable Systems
Building in the 21st Century
May 24, 2010
Drexel University professor Eugenia Victoria Ellis discussed the student-led Drexel Smart House (DSH). Ellis is a co-director of the Drexel Engineering Cities Initiative and the faculty advisor for the DSH, a multidisciplinary student organization committed to researching and inventing alternative energy systems and smart technologies for residential living.
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Spotlight on Design: Pugh + Scarpa
Spotlight on Design
May 5, 2010
Lawrence Scarpa, FAIA, one of the founding principals of Santa Monica-based Pugh + Scarpa Architects, discusses the firm’s sustainable and socially progressive work. The firm was the recipient of the American Institute of Architects 2010 Architecture Firm Award and two of the firm’s projects were named AIA “Top Ten Green” buildings.
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The Smart Growth Manual
May 4, 2010
Everyone is calling for smart growth... but what exactly is it? Urban planner Jeff Speck attempts to provide a quick, useful, and entertaining answer in this lecture celebrating his new book, The Smart Growth Manual, co-authored with Andrés Duany.
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A Modernist Suburb
April 28, 2010
Architect John Burns, FAIA, and landscape architect Dennis Carmichael, FASLA, discuss the history, growth, and influence of Hollin Hills, a Modernist suburban development in Northern Virginia built in the middle of the last century. National Building Museum curator Chrysanthe Broikos moderates.
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Next Generation Luminaries: Solid-State Lighting Design Competition
Building in the 21st Century
April 7, 2010
Ruth Taylor, Program Manager, Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will discuss the Next Generation Luminaries Solid-State Lighting (SSL) Design Competition: the first of its kind to encourage and recognize high-quality, energy-efficient SSL luminaries ready for commercial specification.
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