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What of the middle scale — the ten- to 40-acre (four- to 16-hectare) shopping centers with two or more anchors? What kind of impacts and communities can retrofits build at this scale?
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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 Apple Store's Windows Get Georgetown Board's Okay — Washington Post, 2009.0306Cologne's Archive Collapse Called 'Cultural Catastrophe' — Haaretz, 2009.0306 Mea Culpa: Disputes from the Architect's Point of View — Building Green, 2009.0306 Singapore's Architecture Development — Property Report Asia, 2009.0305 Collapsed Cologne Archive Will Get Government Aid, Neumann Says — Bloomberg, 2009.0305 GM, Chrysler Sales Drop May Make Recovery 'Difficult' — Bloomberg, 2009.0302 Buffett Says High-Rated Firms Suffer from Higher Borrowing Cost — Bloomberg, 2009.0302 AIG's Liddy Says Greenberg Responsible for Losses — Bloomberg, 2009.0302 California Home Sales Double as Prices Plummet — ForexHound, 2009.0302 Arrested Development — Financial Post, 2009.0302 It Takes a Village: Why Walkable Urbanism Is Good for Adolescents — Greater Greater Washington, 2009.0302 Seneca Court Architect Will Be Honored — Toledo Blade, 2009.0302 Daniel Burnham's Great Chicago Plan Turns One Hundred. — New Yorker, 2009.0302 Suing the City of Los Angeles Is Part of Lobbyist's Routine — Los Angeles Times, 2009.0301 Frank Gehry Considers an Accomplished Past and Uncertain Future — Los Angeles Times, 2009.0301 Sverre Fehn, Architect of Modern Nordic Forms, Dies at 84 — San Jose Mercury News, 2009.0228 Today's Lesson: Build a Bungalow — BBC News, 2009.0227 Martin Eli Weil Dies at 68 — Los Angeles Times, 2009.0227 Woodstock Blends Rural, Suburban — Chicago Tribune, 2009.0227 New-Home Sales in U.S. Plunge to Record-Low 309,000 — Bloomberg, 2009.0226 How's That? Home Sales, Prices, Inventory All Drop — Washington Post, 2009.0225 Retail Earnings Reflect Slowdown in Consumer Spending — New York Times, 2009.0225 Employers Hit Salaried Staff with Furloughs — Wall Street Journal, 2009.0224 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 A Radical Plan for Obama's Presidential Library: Let's Cancel It — Boston Globe, 2009.0222 Norman Foster's No Good, Rotten, Very Bad Week — Fast Company, 2009.0221 Obama Says Government Will Not Repeat Mistakes of Katrina — Reuters, 2009.0220 Move to Shore Up Home Builders — Fairfax Digital, 2009.0217
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