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David Benjamin: Architecture as open system
Could interpreting buildings as open, active systems rather than inert objects enable us to develop better solutions for the climate crisis?
Emanuel Christ: The Architecture of the City
Emanuel Christ, cofounder of Switzerland's Christ & Gantenbein, presents his firm's projects.
Alan Organschi: Building a global carbon sink
Large-scale engineered wood products offer the possibility of turning cities into carbon sinks, Organschi posits.
Kiel Moe: Climate change, architecture change
We must alter basic assumptions about architecture in order to address the key challenges of this century, Moe asserts.
Michelle Addington: Sustainability reset
Are architects proceeding from the wrong premise and solving the wrong problems in their approach to climate change?
Milton S. F. Curry: Architecture and the egalitarian turn
The dean of the University of Southern California School of Architecture discusses the inherent political implications of architecture.
The Housing System: From silos to system
Can we produce a paradigm shift that would allow us to achieve adequate housing for all?
The Housing System: What’s mine is yours?
What's the future for intentional collective living?
The Housing System: Rewriting the rules
From revising zoning to permitting backyard homes, how are new rules changing housing density and affordability?
The Housing System: State of good repair
How can we better maintain, steward, and improve the housing we already have?