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Many wayfinding designers are baby boomers whose political and environmental consciousness was informed by the futile Vietnam conflict and subsequent social ferment of the 1970s. Motivated by a sense of public communal mission and zeal for creative experimentation, they gradually moved the wayfinding field into the 21st century, building upon the foundation of experience established by earlier design pioneers over the course of the previous century.
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About 15 years ago, I met an uncommon and fascinating man. His solid reputation as a scientist and researcher preceded him, a living encyclopedia on plants worldwide — growing in severe and difficult conditions, deprived of light in the shadows of tall trees (where, in contrast to the old saying, there is always something growing), or deprived of nutrients among rocks... Here was a man who was familiar with strolling the Amazon forests and riding under the canopy on a raft.
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More Building Culture Woodstock Blends Rural, Suburban — Chicago Tribune, 2009.0227Retail Earnings Reflect Slowdown in Consumer Spending — New York Times, 2009.0225 U.K. BBA Home Loans Declined Annual 43% in January — Bloomberg, 2009.0224 US Home Prices Plunge a Record 18.5 Percent: Survey — Associated Foreign Press, 2009.0224 Jump in U.S. Home Sales Will Camouflage Underlying Frailty — Forex, 2009.0224 Buying a New Home Versus Buying a Foreclosure — Examiner, 2009.0224 Government Must Stick to Long Term Housebuilding Targets — Property Week, 2009.0224 Threat of Judges Changing Mortgage Terms May Motivate Lenders — Dallas Morning News, 2009.0223 U.S. Finally Getting a Little Help to Homeowners Facing Foreclosure — Cleveland Plain Dealer, 2009.0223 Economists See Recession Continuing through First Half of 2009 — Consumer Affairs, 2009.0223 Call for £6.3bn Housing Investment — Press Association, 2009.0223 Shelf Life — New York Times, 2009.0223 Tropicana Discovers Some Buyers Are Passionate about Packaging — New York Times, 2009.0223 Where Compact Equals Comfort — Boston Globe, 2009.0222 Gordon Needs to Build for the Future — Opinion at Guardian Unlimited, 2009.0222 The Illiterate Architect - Salman Rashid — Daily Times (Pakistan), 2009.0220 Bringing Egalite Home — New York Times, 2009.0219 Where in the U.S. Homes Are Most Affordable — Forbes, 2009.0219 Canada Housing Starts to Drop 24 Pct in 2009 — Reuters, 2009.0219 President Steers $275b to Housing — Boston Globe, 2009.0219 ND Senate Approves Tax Breaks for Home Builders — MSNBC, 2009.0219 Who's Responsible for All the Concrete Carbuncles? — BBC News, 2009.0219 After Manhattan's Office Boom, a Hard Fall — New York Times, 2009.0218 Low Housing Starts? Terrific! — Globe and Mail, 2009.0218 Wayfinding — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0218 Bridge Design Sparks Clash in Los Angeles — Los Angeles Times, 2009.0218 Naval Architecture Building to Be Renovated for Blum Center — Daily Californian, 2009.0217 Architectural Digest Oscars Green Room Full of 'Grace' — Min Online, 2009.0217 Old Buildings Given New Life — Toronto Star, 2009.0217 Home Mortgage Rates Drop to Record Lows — Nashville Business Journal, 2009.0216
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