My Favorite Street: Rue Saint-Denis, Paris – Common Edge
WEBJul 24, 2017 · A good street is like a river. Rue Saint-Denis flows through the history of Paris. It’s a segment of an ancient trade road that dates from the Bronze Age—a thoroughfare for merchants and pilgrims working their way up and down the French peninsula between Spain and England. A historic street, it …
Hidden Figures: The Historic Contributions of Black Architects
WEBOct 5, 2020 · Designer Paul Wellington, based in Milwaukee, is the author of Black Built: History and Architecture in the Black Community, a book that documents more than 40 works of architecture around the country by Black architects that have had a direct impact on communities or color.He’s now working on a new book that will focus on Black women architects in a field dominated by white males.
In Praise of 5-Over-1 Buildings - Common Edge
WEBMar 1, 2022 · Although it was originally published in 2019, this essay by Randy Nishimura, lightly updated, serves as a rebuttal of sorts to Duo Dickinson’s recent Common Edge piece,“ The Architectural Pandemic of the ‘Stick Frame Over Podium’ Building.”Dickinson likens the building type to a plague; Nishimura offers a contrarian’s perspective. A recent spate of articles bemoaning the ...
The Power of Lo-TEK: A Design Movement to Rebuild …
WEBJun 21, 2019 · A Mythology of Technology: Stemming from the Greek mythos, meaning “story of the people,” mythology has guided mankind for millennia. Three hundred years ago, intellectuals of the European Enlightenment constructed a mythology of technology. Influenced by a confluence of humanism, colonialism, and racism, the mythology ignored local wisdom and indigenous innovation, deeming it primitive.
An Architect’s Oath: Why a Pledge May Restore the Public’s Trust …
WEBMar 25, 2019 · Compassion is an emotional and spiritual capacity, a practice of “feeling with” another person. It involves empathy (viewing the world from another person’s perspective) and sympathy (feeling pity or concern) for another’s suffering or pain. Integrity is also a quality of character, a consistency of action with beliefs, values, and ...
The Chicano Moratorium and the Making of Latino Urbanism
WEBNov 16, 2020 · Chicano artists, architects, and residents transformed their visual and spatial landscape with a series of fine grained urban design interventions. East Los Angeles became the visual manifestation of Aztlan, the mythical region where the Aztecs are said to have originated from. Aztlan was scrawled on many walls alongside gang graffiti.
Household Dame: The Visionary Modernism of Eileen Gray
WEBNov 2, 2020 · It was reputedly a lovers’ spa t: Two passionate artists had a falling out and broke up. Like many things in Eileen Gray’s 98-year life, it was dramatic, consequential, and shrouded in mystery. Now considered one of the 20th century’s most influential modernist pioneers in the male-dominated fields of architecture, interiors, and furniture design, the Irish-born Eileen Gray (1878–1976 ...
Why Architects Still Struggle With Disability Requirements 28 …
WEBDec 19, 2018 · The recent death of President George H.W. Bush occasioned assessments of his administration’s legislative achievements, one of which was the far-ranging Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a civil rights act signed into law in 1990.
Michael J. Crosbie – Common Edge
WEBHow FEMA’s New “Resilience Zone” Program Works. 10.16.2023. By Michael J. Crosbie. “The goal is to ensure that the most at-risk…communities have the support, resources, and opportunities they need.”. More. “The goal is to ensure that the most at-risk…communities have the support, resources, and opportunities they need.”.
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WEBJay-Z’s Unseemly Takeover of Brooklyn’s Central Library. 11.21.2023. By Norman Oder. Crowds love “The Book of HOV,” but the library has ceded public space for a self-produced tribute from his company, Roc Nation. More.