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National #04 - 05.24.2022Latest Stories

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Metabolized

A successful failure: Remembering the Nakagin Capsule Tower

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Turning Inward

Uber focuses on employee needs in new San Francisco headquarters

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Metabolized

An obsolescent masculine dream: Remembering the Nakagin Capsule Tower

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Metabolized

Fala finds a home in Ginza: Remembering the Nakagin Capsule Tower

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Metabolized

Metabolic memories: Remembering the Nakagin Capsule Tower

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Beyond Base and Superstructure

In a series of brilliant essays, Critique of Architecture bursts the post-critical bubble

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Big Prey

Why can’t Paul Rudolph’s buildings catch a break?

The Unbearable Lightness of Building

Lütjens Padmanabhan mines architectural history to produce buildings with distinctive qualities attuned to contemporary construction

Modernity for the Masses

A new book explores Antonio Bonet’s grand plans for Buenos Aires public housing

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Spaces of Service

During the pandemic, Sikh temples have become a model for civic spaces

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A Cultural Add

NOMA’s professional development program for architecture students at HBCUs is propelling the field forward

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Someplace Old, Someone New

Building in Africa with Pritzker Prize winner Francis Kéré

Mum’s the Word

The Adams administration promises it will make improvements in New York’s built environment—only it isn’t ready to talk about any of it

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100% Organic

At The School of Architecture, new voices unpack Frank Lloyd Wright’s trickiest design principle

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In Care Of

Urban planner Justin Garrett Moore thinks cities need a Department of Care

Slide, Pivot, Rotate

Newly fabricated Judd doors are a key component in SCHAUM/SHIEH’s restoration of the Chamberlain Building in Marfa

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He Never Stopped

Remembering the late Peter Marcuse, an influential professor of urban planning

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Can Architects Learn From Generative Art?

As conversations about NFTs proliferate, lessons about algorithmic collaboration abound

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