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CULTURAL INITIATIVE Architectural education often cloisters students in an internally focused world of individualized design — encouraging Wright-like bravado or Gehry-esque showmanship. The work of educator Sergio Palleroni challenges this instructional paradigm, and the profession as a whole, to confront a larger global reality and to creatively tackle problems of growing poverty, increasing population, and shrinking resources.
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PREFAB PLATINUM On a cloudy day in April 2006, a crowd of curious onlookers gathered on a hillside street in Santa Monica, California, to watch the installation of the first LivingHomes prefabricated house. Over the course of eight hours, 11 modules were hoisted by crane onto a concrete slab in a dramatic departure from traditional residential construction.
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More Environment Buildings That Breathe — E Magazine, 2007.0103Can New Orleans Rebuild Along Green, Affordable Lines? — BDC, 2007.0103 Empowering Citizens to Build Sustainable Communities — GovTech, 2007.0102 New Orleans Sliding into the Gulf — Live Science, 2007.0102 Green Dream a Red-Tape Nightmare — San Francisco Chronicle, 2006.1231 Warming May Change Amazon — Central Florida News, 2006.1231 Carbon Neutrality Comes to North American Lips — Vancouver Sun, 2006.1230 Nuclear Energy Nearing Revival — San Luis Obispo Tribune, 2006.1229 Greening the Ivory Tower — Inhabitat, 2006.1229 The Path to Platinum — BusinessWeek, 2006.1229 Shelter Security and Disaster Risk Reduction — Reuters, 2006.1229 The Year in Energy — Technology Review, 2006.1228 Couple's Green Dream Thwarted — Norwich Evening News, 2006.1227 Cities Strike Pledge to Build Green Power — Contra Costa Times, 2006.1227 Ten Simple Things You Can Do to Go Green — Canoe, 2006.1227 Water Cube Embodies Green Olympics Concept — China Daily, 2006.1227 Green Scene on Home Front — Guelph Tribune, 2006.1226 Green Buildings Take Root in Cities, Schools — PBS, 2006.1226 Looking Toward 2007: What's Next? — World Changing, 2006.1225 Global Warming Claims Tropical Island — The Independent, 2006.1224 Town Center Creates Innovative Approach to Green Building — Yahoo News, 2006.1224 Wartime Home May Get Energy Retrofit — The Star (Toronto), 2006.1223 Renewable Energy in America: Solar Powered Homes — CRM Buyer, 2006.1223 Transit Hub Honored as 'Green' Building — Santa Clara Daily News, 2006.1221 Greener Factories by Design — BDC, 2006.1221 The 2010 Imperative: Global Emergency Teach-In — Architecture 2030, 2006.1221 Watershed Restoration in an Urban Landscape — Revitalization Online, 2006.1220 SoCal Energy Initiative Encourages System Upgrades — PR Web, 2006.1220 Refuse Generated by Antarctic Program Shipped to US for Recycling — Zee News, 2006.1220 White Rot Fungus Used to Remediate Dioxin-Polluted Soil — Japan for Sustainability, 2006.1215 Gore Plans to Initiate Grass-Roots 'Carbon Freeze' Movement — Boston Globe, 2006.1210 Quick Action Key in Climate Change — The Register Guard, 2006.1207
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