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Fake Volcanos: The Newest Trend in Green Architecture

There's something almost pagan about this new architecture trend.READ»

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SFMOMA's Expansion Plans are Shockingly Safe

After his dream for a museum in the Presidio went nowhere, Gap founder Don Fisher turned his 1,100-piece contemporary art collection over to SFMOMA. It'll make SFMOMA into an art-world force on the level of MOMA or the Tate Modern, and as such, it'll need its own flashy new box.READ»

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Green Architecture at the California Academy of Science

Renzo Piano's California Academy of Sciences is a home for flora and fauna -- and a feat of engineering. READ»

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Forces of Nature

Renzo Piano's California Academy of Sciences is a home for flora and fauna -- and a feat of engineering. READ»

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The California Academy of Sciences Delivers a Sustainable Message With Sustainable Exhibition Design

The popular new San Francisco museum presents a range of environmentally-themed exhibits using environmentally-appropriate exhibit design by local firm Volume.READ»

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Architecture in Golden Gate Park: A Matter of Life and Lifeless

Two San Francisco museums offer two drastically different versions of institutional architecture.READ»

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From Overwrought to Overly Simple: Is Green Design Anti-Style?

Like everyone else, the design field braced for the fallout from the financial meltdown. At the time, some of us argued that good things could come from a period of constraint and reexamination. The consumer culture of design had ...READ»

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It's Alive! Faulders Studio's Building Proposal Grows Its Own Facade

Geotube is a proposal for Dubai (natch) that self-generates a salt-based skin with seawater.READ»

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Lady Gaga: Design Groupie in Disguise

If you're into poppy dance music, you've probably heard a track or two from the loopy songstress who goes by the stagename Lady GaGa. But among fans, she's at least as famous for her goofy outfits, which make Bjork ...READ»

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Why Can't the World's Best Architects Build Better Web Sites?

I'd love to write about your latest architectural masterpiece, I really would. If only your Web site wasn't such an information architecture disaster.READ»

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At the Center of Iranian Upheaval, a Soft-Spoken Architect

If the election recall doesn’t work out, Mir Hussein Mousavi can go back to his day job as the Robert A.M. Stern of Iran.READ»

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The Most Innovative Companies in Architecture

You have seen our Fast Company 50. But what are the companies within specific categories doing creative and ground-breaking work? Who is leading an industry into the future? Here we present the top ten firms in Architecture.READ»

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University Sprawl

My college, Columbia University, is planning a takeover in West Harlem. Within 25 years, University officials say, Columbia will expand with a new, $7 billion, 17-acre, Renzo Piano-designed satellite campus in "Manhattanville." ...READ»

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POM Wonderful: Not So Wonderful After All, Says the FTC

POM Wonderful's claims about the health benefits of its Pomegranate Juice and POMx supplements go a little too far, according to a lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission. READ»

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The City Parks Renaissance

With the success of New York City's High Line, planners and developers ask: Are parks the design destination of the moment?READ»

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Now February

A calendar of events this month.READ»

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U.S. City of the Year: Chicago

Skyscrapers, green roofs, and house music -- a very American metropolis. READ»

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The Architect of a Different Kind of Organization

Joshua Prince-Ramus isn't just creating buildings. In a field obsessed with celebrity, he's putting the work -- and his workers -- first.READ»