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Audio Library
West 8/Adriaan Geuze
Spotlight on Design
October 16, 2012
Adriaan Geuze, a founding partner of the Rotterdam-based landscape architecture firm West 8, discusses the studio's projects, which includes the Toronto Central Waterfront, and Miami Beach Soundscape. The firm's Governors Island Park and Public Space Master Plan has won an Honor Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA).
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Tactical Urbanism
Smart Growth
October 11, 2012
Cities and citizens are increasingly using short-term action to spur long-term revitalization. Mike Lydon, primary author of Tactical Urbanism Volumes 1 and 2, discusses chair bombing, site-previtalization, depaving, open streets, intersection repair, and numerous other placemaking tactics.
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Daniel Burnham Forum on Big Ideas: International Trends, Domestic Impacts
September 30, 2012
Eugenie L. Birch, FAICP, professor and chair of the Graduate Group in City Planning at the University of Pennsylvania, addresses the larger issues that impact our communities such as demographic changes and globalization, examines the ideas and challenges facing America's communities, and offers possible solutions to help guide our communities over the next 50 years.
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LTL/Marc Tsurumaki
Spotlight on Design
September 24, 2012
Marc Tsurumaki, AIA, a founding principal of Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis, shows how “opportunistic architecture” results in compelling projects that include Austin’s Arthouse at the Jones Center.
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Glorious Splendor: The 18th Century Wallpapers in the Jeremiah Lee Mansion in Marblehead, Massachusetts
INSIDE
September 19, 2012
Judy Anderson, author of Glorious Splendor: The 18th Century Wallpapers in the Jeremiah Lee Mansion in Marblehead, Massachusetts, discusses the magnificent and virtually unique original hand-painted English wallpapers that embellished the opulent interiors of the 1766-68 Jeremiah Lee Mansion.
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Making Smart Growth Compelling
Smart Growth
September 19, 2012
Your idea could save civilization! You know it, but it’s not going to happen unless you can reach as many people as possible. Filmmakers John Paget and Dr. Chris Elisara explore the art of compelling storytelling through the lens of their award-winning films.
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Nearing Naples
August 15, 2012
In anticipation of the Sixth World Urban Forum (WUF 6) in Naples, Italy in September 2012, the National Building Museum hosts a series of dialogues chaired and organized by a network of cross-sector U.S. urban policy stakeholders. This session is titled "Urban Mobility, Energy & Environmental Sustenance."
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Mid-Century Modern
Architecture 101
July 28, 2012
Gregory K. Hunt discusses the open floor plans, expansive picture windows, distinctive furtniture, and other modernist elements that changed domestic life in the mid-20th century.
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Arts and Crafts
Architecture 101
July 21, 2012
Milton Shinberg explores this back-to-basics period in architectural history, which emphasized traditional craftsmanship and simple forms.
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Snohetta
Spotlight on Design
July 19, 2012
Vanessa Kassabian, director of design at the Oslo- and New York-based architecture firm Snøhetta, presented some of the firm's recent work, which includes the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York, expansion of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Norwegian Wild Reindeer Center Pavilion.
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