Mind the Gap

Articles

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  Buyer Beware

  Bad design can be not just unattractive but unhealthy. Steer clear of this trio of second-rate offerings.

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  Ideas for Japan's Reconstruction

  A new word has been added to the vocabulary of Japanese architects: 3/11. That's the date when an earthquake and tsunami killed 20,000 people, crashed through over 900,000 buildings along 300 miles…

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  Listening There: Scenes From Ghana

  Two years ago, Mabel O. Wilson and Peter Tolkin traveled through Ghana, visiting the cities and documenting the architecture that had been erected over a thirty-year period, beginning in the late…

Products

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  Keep These in Mind Prints

  Today's lesson comes from Public School, a design collective out of Austin, Texas: "Fridays are a good day to sit in a corner or a bar and think about what you've done." We assume it's…

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  Grohe Rainshower Icon

Dwell Collection

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  Last Minute Ideas for Kids

  We are a family that loves Nerf guns, whoopee cushions and arcade prizes as much as the next one, but they always end up in the trash too soon due to their lack of longevity. After going through…

Events

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  Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads

  The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) will display the first major public sculpture by Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei, titled "Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads." The…

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  A Modern House: Ideas Competition

  Denver Architectural League announces: A Modern House Ideas Competition and Exhibition Modern in Denver Magazine, Room & Board, AIA Denver and the founding members of The Denver Architectural…