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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 Recession Architecture: 'The Icon Era Is Over' — Building (UK), 2009.0313Late Frank Lloyd Wright House Up for Sale — ArtInfo, 2009.0312 Preserve City Hall Plaza? — Boston Globe, 2009.0311 Thom Mayne: Pushing Architecture's Nature — Epoch Times, 2009.0310 Architect Sues over Rights to Synagogue Design — Daily Record, 2009.0310 Housing Market 'Still in a Slump' — BBC News, 2009.0310 They Tried to Outsmart Wall Street — New York Times, 2009.0310 Distractions May Shift, but Sleep Needs Don’T — New York Times, 2009.0310 U.K. House-Building Subsidies Warning — Press Association, 2009.0309 Home Builders Get Creative to Survive — Minnesota Public Radio, 2009.0309 Richard Rogers + Architects Shows from the House to the City at Caixaforum Barcelona — Art Daily, 2009.0309 Landmarks Panel Is Sued over St. Vincent’S Vote — New York Times, 2009.0309 Area Homes Affordable Again — Orlando Sentinel, 2009.0309 Earth-Friendly House in Works — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2009.0309 Home Building Falls Further — Stuff, 2009.0309 Saving the Barns, before They Vanish — New York Times, 2009.0308 Frank Lloyd Wright's Private Life Was Even More Unforgettable Than His Buildings — Independent Digital, 2009.0308 A Rare Chance to Buy a Frank Lloyd Wright House — San Francisco Chronicle, 2009.0307 Urbanity the Rule in Contemporary Townhouse — New York Times, 2009.0307 In Las Vegas, a Break in the Real Estate Action — New York Times, 2009.0306 Apple Store's Windows Get Georgetown Board's Okay — Washington Post, 2009.0306 Cologne'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 Real Life Regreening — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0304 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 World Faces Challenge of Rebuilding Gaza — Boston Globe, 2009.0301 I Stake My Life on Architecture Because It Amuses — Cauon, 2009.0228 Architects Urge Fellow Designers to Branch Out — Daily Journal of Commerce, 2009.0225 J. Max Bond Jr., Architect, Dies at 73 — New York Times, 2009.0225 Where Compact Equals Comfort — Boston Globe, 2009.0225 Great British Architects: Richard Norman Shaw — Country Life, 2009.0224 Norman Foster's No Good, Rotten, Very Bad Week — Fast Company, 2009.0221
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