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Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson|Report

New Visions of Home

Report on new housing models for the elderly.

Kenneth Krushel|Slideshows

Bukhara: A Traveler’s Notes

Bukhara is one of the most ancient cities of the legendary Silk Road. Presented here is a slideshow of design and architecture from one traveler's visit.

Mark Lamster|Essays

Coming to America: The Extraordinary Journey of Morris Moel

From Poland to New York, the story of Morris Moel.

William Underhill|Projects

D-Rev Blue Star Jaundice Treatment

Report on Blue Star, D-Rev's affordable jaundice treatment for newborn babies in the developing world.

Steven Heller|Slideshows

Fascist Seduction

A visit to Mussolini’s Esposizione Universale Roma makes evident that one can be fervently anti-fascist and still admire — indeed savor — aesthetics for their own merits.

Ernest Beck|Projects

Teach For All

Report on Teach For All, an $8.6 million program to expand educational opportunities throughout the world created by Wendy Kopp, founder of Teach For America, and Brett Wigdortz, founder of Teach First in the U.K.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Diana Center & Architectural Bull----

Though rave reviews (Architect, Metropolis, previously New York) are rolling in for Weiss/Manfredi’s Diana Center at Barnard College, every review has praised two things that I quickly dismissed as the most basic architectural …

Krista Donaldson|Essays

The Real Cost of Free

Do you give the poor farmer a pump if you know it will transform her crops and move her family from just scraping by into the middle class? It’s hard to say no, isn’t it? But you should.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

In Metropolis: Blue Sky Thinking

What’s really happening at Inland Steel?

Ernest Beck|Report

Catapult Design: How to Run a Design Firm for Social Change

Catapult Design’s nonprofit model offers a new way to think about how designers can engage social innovation projects.

Zara Arshad|Report

How to Green an Embassy

Working at the British Embassy Beijing with zero budget means that even straightforward solutions, such as implementing a recycling system, pose a challenge.

John Thackara|Essays