Tag Archive: design

Innovation Gallery Walk

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Innovation Gallery Walk Please join us for the Innovation Gallery Walk with student presentations which will feature innovative design interventions covering current and emerging issues and best practices on a wide range of… Continue reading

A Case for Modular Materials

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Our cities are living systems, evolving over time, mutating and undergoing constant processes of change. Why are we using relatively permanent and inflexible building methods to craft such a dynamic environment? When building… Continue reading

Haiti Quake: A Plan for Reconstruction | Architecture for Humanity

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Cameron Sincliar is co founder of Architecture for Humanity.  Its a network of 40,000 architects, builders, etc. developing free design solutions to serve the worlds wickedly poor.  One I like grows the walls… Continue reading

Watch Colbert Tonight. Emily Pilloton of Project H Design is his guest

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Project H Design is based in Bertie County, NC. They…” are a team of designers and builders engaging locally to improve the quality of life for the socially overlooked. Our five-tenet design process… Continue reading

Raleigh Has No Chance…

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…of ever being a historically-significant, culturally-unique American city.  No one will ever look to Raleigh as a model for intelligent, sustainable planning & design. This is what I was thinking while sitting in… Continue reading

Landslide 2008: Marvels of Modernism / The Cultural Landscape Foundation

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Following up on the 11 Designs Every Student Must Know post.  Here is A collection 11 specifically Modernist designs. REading through the ‘Threats’ section on each design gives a feel for the long-term shortcomings of… Continue reading

11 Designs Every Student Must Know

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As students, we are exposed to a dizzying stream of designed environments.  Its a challenge to recognize and understand the seemingly endless supply of incredible (and terrible) places.  The shear number is a… Continue reading