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For the First Time – A Skyscraper With Wind Power Built-In

By Robert Fryer on July 21, 2010

Dubbed the “Electric Razor”, The Strata Tower is another first for London Architecture. It’s a residential building, with below-market-rate units mixed with market-rate units. It is linked with mass transit, too. By the way, it’s in Elephant & Castle, Southwark, London. You can read more here. Will this be a new trend in green architecture? [...]

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The Problem With Architects

By Rob Fleming on June 24, 2010

How architects are resistant to change and are loosing out on the future because of it Over the years I have found architects generally resistant to change. Starting with the huge fight against computer aided design to the bemoaning of ADA requirements, to the outright negativity towards sustainability, to the bashing of LEED and lastly, [...]

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David Foster Wallace on American Culture and Choices

By Robert Fryer on April 18, 2010

The following is an excerpt from a 2003 interview that was just released with David Foster Wallace. I made the transcript myself, but the interview can be found here, in ten parts. I include this as part of Smarter Context as a way to understand why we make the choices we do as a culture. [...]

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For the First Time – A Skyscraper With Wind Power Built-In

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