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The Law-Firm Lobby
Despite Tough Times, Expansive Lobbies Thrive Bloomberg BNA, Oct. 27, 2015 For a reminder of how fast design trends can change, look no further than the July 1990 edition of the ABA Journal. Several pages are given over to honoring the winners of the journal’s then-annual law office design competition. The winning offices in 1990…
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Energy-Efficient Design
Why Aren’t There More Energy-Efficient Buildings? CityLab, Oct. 22, 2015 For the fifth year running, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) has crunched the numbers on its national sustainability challenge, the AIA 2030 Commitment. Architects who sign up pledge to strive to meet an ambitious energy-efficiency target in their designs—a 60 percent reduction in predicted energy-use…
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Un/Fair Use Review
The Unexpected History Behind “Un/Fair Use” An exhibit at the Center for Architecture in New York explores the tricky question of copyright in architecture. Architect, October 2015 Is the design of a finished building protected under copyright law? Before 1990, the answer was no. If you were an architect and someone copied your drawings, you…
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La Casa Review
Concrete Details: La Casa in Columbia Heights Is a Rare Aesthetic and Policy Success Washington City Paper, Oct. 15, 2015 The best building that’s gone up in the District in recent months isn’t a swish law office or a deluxe condo tower—although you might easily mistake it for either of those things, with its double-height lobby…
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The Mall as American Dream
Does America Still Want the American Dream? Twelve years after work began on a $2 billion entertainment complex in New Jersey, is another giant mall still an appealing vision? The Atlantic, Oct. 9, 2015 Driving north on the New Jersey Turnpike, past the proverbial smoke stacks and then across a brief interruption of marshland, a…
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