Dive into the archives.
- Video: Damon Rich
Red Lines, Death Vows, Foreclosures, Risk Structures
Damon Rich, the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP)
Thursday, January 17
An edited version of Damon Rich’s lecture on CUP’s new project exploring financial architecture from the Great Depression to the subprime meltdown. This project is commissioned by the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT. The lecture traced the evolving […]
- Interview: David Childs
Eva Hagberg interviews David Childs
I had almost forgotten to be terrified. Not scared–that’s sort of a general constant now, thinking about what we’re doing to our planet, other countries, ourselves–but terrified.
Last week I had a meeting at SOM’s Wall Street Offices. It had been months since I’d been downtown. I’ve spent the […]
- Video: Buildings and Fear, Part 2
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Buildings and Fear: Joel Sanders
November 15, 2007
What is the design response to increasing demands for secure buildings and pervasive fears of insecurity? Should designers expose or disguise hardened buildings? What are the practical, social, cultural, political, and moral issues that design must […]
- VIDEO: Buildings and Fear, Part 1
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Buildings and Fear
Recorded on November 15, 2007
What is the design response to increasing demands for secure buildings and pervasive fears of insecurity? Should designers expose or disguise hardened buildings? What are the practical, social, cultural, political, and […]

