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Common Edge @CommEdgeCollab

Dedicated to reconnecting architecture and design to the broader public that it's supposed to serve.

Joined December 2015
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#UVA’s Dean search: A chance to restore a lost #Education. Not either/or but and/both. #DesignPlurality #HistoricalPrecedent @UVA @UVaSARC @classicist bit.ly/4uuoMtu

UVA’s Dean Search: A Chance to Restore a Lost Education

The university has the opportunity to reconnect architectural education with its own tradition of intellectual diversity and historical inquiry.

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A simple question: what if we #Designed neighborhoods around #People instead of #Cars? #DonaldAppleyard #WalkableCity #BrondbyGardenCity #BlackRockCity @worldurbanplan @blackrockcity @JeffSpeckFAICP bit.ly/4upYMzq

Build Neighborhoods Around People Instead of Cars

The cost of the auto-centric suburb: the address may be real, but the community isn’t.

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In #Architecture, what’s old can be #New again. Breaking the now old #ModernParadigm. #ChristopherAlexander #HassanFathy @archi_tradition @Arch_Revival_ @CharlestonArchi bit.ly/49Ipagn

In Architecture, What’s Old Is New Again

The profession’s “modern” paradigm forbids the revival of past patterns, but new science is revealing that traditional designs embody centuries of accumulated wisdom.

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A cautionary tale: When #AI makes #Design look easier than it is. #Fees #Value @AIANational bit.ly/49ERDDM

When AI Makes Design Look Easier Than It Is

Faster production should not reduce fees: It should change how they’re explained.

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What I learn from #TeachingArchitecture: #Listen and #Connect @UHartCETA @duodickinson bit.ly/4egP8Kl

What I Learn From Teaching Architecture

When teaching and learning happen simultaneously, everyone’s perspective widens.

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The #PennStation announcement: What did we actually learn? So far, lots of unanswered questions. @ByfordAndy bit.ly/3PTjwBa

The Penn Station Announcement: What Did We Actually Learn?

The new Trump-backed proposal produces more questions than it answers.

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High density living, 2000 years ago: inside the #RomanApartmentBuilding. #Insulae #DwellingOnEarth @alstefan @wwnorton bit.ly/3RDn0s8

High Density Living, 2000 Years Ago: Inside the Roman Apartment Building

An excerpt from the new book Dwelling on Earth: The Past and Future of the Places We Call Home.

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The transcendent healing power of #Architecture. #OurWorldInTenBuildings. #MichaelPMurphy #MassDesignGroup #AMMA @simonschuster bit.ly/3RAMztQ

The Transcendent Healing Power of Architecture

In his new book, Michael P. Murphy reflects on what he’s learned through his work on various buildings.

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Back to Earth: the case for lowering #SpeculativeLandValues. The result is either #Inequity or #Crisis. #HenryGeorge #JaneJacobs @dlondonwortel @clmarohn @Birdyword @henrygrabar @PandPInst @DemocracyCollab @landpolicy @DMJulieSu @NYCMayor @bradlander bit.ly/4e5LKlu

Back to Earth: The Case for Lowering Speculative Land Values

The question isn’t whether speculative pricing should be siphoned away, but whether it will happen through policy or crisis.

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Writing a new chapter for #Urbanism and #PublicSpace in Middle America and the Rust Belt. #Pittsburgh #Cleveland #Indianapolis #ColumbusIndiana @kresgefdn @HeinzEndow @exhibitcolumbus @bigcar @IndyDT bit.ly/4nRh8Yj

A New Chapter for Urbanism in Middle America

The Midwest and the Rust Belt are leading the way in forward-thinking approaches to public space.

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How #CourtyardBlocks promote #SocialConnection. It’s time to make the #CourtyardBlock legal and commonplace in the U.S. @UrbanCourtyard bit.ly/49u9nBR

How Courtyard Blocks Promote Social Connection

Common in Europe, this urban form offers numerous benefits to people, neighborhoods, and cities.

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The #CarTrap and how I escaped it. Living #AutomobileFree in most of the US is not for the faint of heart! #WalkabilityScores #NewHaven @Herndy bit.ly/4tLqFRT

The Car Trap and How I Escaped It

Living automobile-free in America is not for the faint of heart.

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Randy Deutsch asks a compelling question of #DesignEducators: If everyone’s using #AI, what’s an #AIDesignStudio? @randydeutsch bit.ly/48Zcql5

If Everybody’s Using AI, What’s An AI Design Studio For?

Architecture and design education is being fundamentally altered.

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What can #InfrastructureProjects learn from our #GreenistBuildings? #EmbodiedCarbon @Stantec @arch2030 bit.ly/4d7PwZS

What Can Infrastructure Learn From Our Greenest Buildings?

It's time to pair carbon analysis with the cost and risk frameworks that already govern projects.

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Asking the eternal Polish question: nWhy is #Poland building #Castles again? The #RoyalCastleInWarsaw #LastCastle #PolishCastleNess @ruolz @KubaSnopek @StateOfPoland bit.ly/4n9Ekk2

Why Is Poland Building Castles Again?

A new exhibition in Warsaw examines the country’s continued connection to a centuries-old building tradition.

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The trouble with #ArchitecturalPublishing. The print discourse is shrinking before our very eyes. @hewittarch @yalepress @PAPress @OxUniPeress bit.ly/3QOrWtU

The Trouble With Architectural Publishing

The print discourse is shrinking before our very eyes.

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A transformational building for @LACMA and #LosAngeles. #DavidGefffenGalleries. #PeterZumthor A review from #SamHallKaplan. @SOM_Design bit.ly/4uaeM8W

A Transformational Building for LACMA

Designed by Peter Zumthor, the museum’s David Geffen Galleries make the institution a global cultural landmark.

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How U.S. cities lost the #EconomicDevelopment plot. The magic of mixing economies, large and small. #TheEconomyOfCities #JaneJacobs #LisaChamberlain \@NYCMayor @JulieSuLabor @dlondonwortel bit.ly/4udgSF1

How U.S. Cities Lost the Economic Development Plot

Can Mayor Mamdani forge a new path forward for New York City and the nation?

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Will #AI make #ArchitecturalExpertise easier to misprice? Preventing a #RaceToTheBottom. @chad.reineke @berphig @ericjcesel @psmj_resources @aianational bit.ly/4cQuCyz

Will AI Make Architectural Expertise Easier to Misprice?

As technology reduces the time needed to complete tasks, firms need to clarify what clients are actually paying for: expertise and judgment, not billable hours.

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A great conversation with the legendary #JamesWines. #SiteJamesWines #OurBuildingsOurSelves @DuoDickinson @cooperunion @parsonsdesign @AIAConnecituct bit.ly/4cWRPQK

A Conversation With James Wines: “Put Art Where You Least Expect It”

Highlights from Episode 5 of Our Buildings, Our Selves.

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