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Material Guys
Cao | Perrot Studio blends common and high-end objects to create arresting landscapes. Architect, August 2013 For a recipient of both the prestigious Rome Prize and a Harvard Loeb Fellowship, landscape designer Andy Cao isn’t very academically minded. Cao (pronounced “Gow”) describes himself as a “bad student” at Cal Poly Pomona, where he got a…
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Washington Canal Park
Block Party: An urban park adds a bustling social center to a newly redeveloped Washington, D.C., neighborhood. Architectural Record, August 2013 On a hot June day in Washington Canal Park, swimsuited kids kicked a ball as they splashed around a shallow fountain. Close by, a mother hung a piñata from one of the park’s looping…
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Leaned in, Screwed Over
As a new mother, I put everything on the line for my job. I wish I hadn’t. Medium, July 22, 2013 Shortly before the end of my maternity leave, I called my boss to discuss my new schedule. We’d agreed that I would work from home two days per week—but which days, we hadn’t decided.…
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Trees Through the Lens
Landscape Architecture, June 2013 Benjamin Swett was driving along the Long Island Expressway one fall day in 2004 when he saw it: a small, upright honey locust with brilliant golden leaves. He pulled over and grabbed his camera. He had been photographing trees for several years, initially for his job at the New York City…
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Don’t Forget the Burbs
Architect, May 2013 Remember when we were going to save the suburbs? In 2008, Ellen Dunham-Jones, AIA, and June Williamson released Retrofitting Suburbia, a handbook for turning sprawl into walkable, sustainable, more urban places. The book got national media attention, Dunham-Jones gave a TED talk, and for a while, dead malls were the topic du…
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