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How will we travel in the future? Essays on the transport to come, from sidewalk scooters to levitating trainsWith the promise of delivery drones, personal helicopters, and groceries delivered right to your refrigerator, one might think we are living in the best of transportation times. Most city commuters would be quick to tell you otherwise. Of all the technological interventions continuously inserted into our daily travels, which ones will ...

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Szenasy has served as the Editor-in-Chief of Metropolis for over 25 years. Celebrated as a magazine of editorial distinction, Metropolis is recognized for its cultural impact on the architectural and design professions.

Formica Forever, published to celebrate Formica®'s centennial, takes us on a lively, informative walk through the life of this much-loved material: from its beginnings as electrical insulation, to its adoption by designers including Donald Deskey in the 1930s, to a golden age ushered in by the post-World War II housing boom, through global expansion in the second half of the twentieth century, to the laminate's inventive uses by designers, art...

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Argues that well-designed cities are the key to solving the United States great national challenges: environmental degradation, unsustainable consumption, economic stagnation, rising public health costs and decreased social mobility.

Sam Lubell is the West Coast Editor of the Architect¿s Newspaper and the co-curator of the recent exhibition ¿Never Built Los Angeles¿. He is the author of five books about architecture. Greg Goldin was the architectural critic at Los Angeles Magazine from 1999 to 2011. His writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Architectural Record, Architect¿s Newspaper and Zocalo, among many other publications.

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This publication offers a new perspective on the work of Brad Cloepfil and Allied Works Architecture, recognized for designing buildings of enduring quality and cultural significance over the past 20 years. Published to accompany an exhibition opening at the Denver Art Museum in January 2016, the book offers an inside view into Allied Works' unique approach to design, a process driven by a rich material and physical investigation. For Cloepfil...

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Lightweight architecture and ethereal homes that offer ecological, low-impact solutions in terrains ranging from cityscapes to desertsOne of the most powerful design philosophies of recent years has been architect Glenn Murcutt's dictum that buildings should "touch the earth lightly." Ever since the Industrial Revolution, architects have sought to liberate our houses from their solid foundations, but now climate change, new materials and restr...

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