IF YOU BUILD IT

People, places, ideas & things we like

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"...good design and good works can both be rewarded."And the Prtizker Prize goes to.. Shigeru Ban. Read more about Ban's socially conscious architecture here: http://nyti.ms/1dL4EXn

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An empowering portrait of a builder in Rwanda..

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Designer Kate Moross has an exhibit at AIGA Philly Space for the month of March. More info here: http://bit.ly/1dzSnI9

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Fallen snow outlines areas with potential for curb expansion and pedestrian use.  Read more here: http://bit.ly/1cSgj5U

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Permanent farmers' market venue planned for Marin County -- hometown of Emily Pilloton! Read more here: http://bit.ly/1cEP3rw

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We asked John Metcalfe to go smell some stuff at SPUR’s “Urban Olfactory" exhibit. 

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"What does history smell like? Over the past decade, a surprising number of historians, preservationists, architects and artists have experimented with scents to record, represent and reconstruct historical buildings, interiors and cities. From a 21st century Rotterdam sweetened with aromas of its river to the foul stench of an early 18th century Paris, join us for an olfactory odyssey through landscapes, both agrarian and urban."

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Everything is designed whether it be a chair or a system of government, the question is how intentionally it is designed.

Tim Brown CEO IDEO 2012 Clinton Global Initiative

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How does urban planning impact our health? A collaboration between MIT & AIA explores how we can 'create healthier cities and regions through the power of design.'

Read more here.

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Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity, and change.

Brené Brown (via cosmicroots)

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Click through an exploration of light-weight houses here. Of particular note: the swamp huts! Shown above.

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“Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world.” 

Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

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Arts & Ideas has created a great interactive piece on IF YOU BUILD IT -- just in time for the Los Angeles premiere this weekend at Landmark NuArt January 24th!

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“Untitled (Think),” 1967,by  William Nelson Copley

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"Take your pleasure seriously."

Charles Eames

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Atlantis Books is celebrating a very special birthday this January. 10 years ago a group of friends drove a blue van full of books across Europe and opened up shop (largely inspired by Paris' Shakespeare & Co.) on the Greek Isle of Santorini. They gathered found wood and nails, built shelves, filled them with titles and had at it! Read more here.

Here's to 10 more years!

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Slate.com has a nice piece/interview with Emily Pilloton on If You Build It - http://slate.me/1a8974D Only 2 more days until our NYC Premiere. More info here: http://bit.ly/1cOavsL