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Sben Korsh focuses on architectural and urban issues in American cities. His work addresses socioeconomic and environmental justice issues in housing, coastal landscapes, and urban parks. Currently he researches twentieth century planning policies of New York City’s Jamaica Bay. Korsh interns with the Institute for Public Architecture. Previously, he interned with the Architectural League of New York and the Skyscraper Museum. In the past he fundraised for Friends of the High Line, interned with editors of Metropolis magazine, volunteered with Van Alen Institute, and edited Spitzer School of Architecture’s Informality journal. He studies history through an independent program at the City University of New York, studying mostly at City College’s Spitzer School of Architecture. The City College Fellowship, Thomas W. Smith Academic Fellowship, and Josh & Judy Weston Public Service Scholarship support his education. Raised by two architects in Minneapolis, he now lives in New York.

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Chinatown SF

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at Lake Merritt-Uptown Oakland

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"Not gay as in happy, but queer as in fuck you" @ the Alice T. Friedman lecture (at Wurster Hall)

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Found from various places online:

The Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire

Angela Y. Davis - Are Prisons Obsolete?

Angela Y. Davis - Race, Women, and Class

The Communist Manifesto - Marx and Engels

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde (link updated 1/14)

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Anton García Abril architect

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View of the Prittwell Street Redevelopment, Southend-on-Sea (circa 1967, immediately after completion).

The redevelopment scheme comprised of four 16 storey tower blocks constructed by Laing.

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Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, HOK, One Oxford Centre, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1980-1983

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Indigenous architecture, Brazil Pavilion, Biennale di Venezia, 2014, in Venice, Italy.

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Great Britain Pavilion, Biennale di Venezia, 2014, in Venice, Italy.

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Toilet, from the Fundamentals exibition, Biennale di Venezia, 2014, in Venice, Italy.

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Bed, by Charlotte Perriand, 1959, Maison du Brésil, Cité International Universitaire de Paris, France

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Nevada and Vernal Falls, Yosemite | California (by Sathish J)