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Getting out of the office in Anchorage, Alaska

by Robert Garrova
May 2, 2017
After more than three decades at architectural firms, Clark Yerrington decided it was time to go it alone.
A light rainbow hits the water as a surfer waits to catch the Bore Tide at Turnagain Arm in Anchorage, Alaska.
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Autodesk CEO on 3D printing and human inferiority

by Molly Wood and Robert Garrova
Jan 17, 2017
Carl Bass says 3D printing is ideal for highly customized manufacturing.
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Inside the new One World Trade Center

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 22, 2016
Judith Dupré takes us through the 1,776-foot-tall skyscraper and looks back at the dozen years it took to plan and develop it.
A view of the new World Trade Center. 
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Trump's legacy isn't just political

by Sabri Ben-Achour
May 17, 2016
Before he was a presidential candidate, he was a developer who changed skylines.
“Glitz and ego” is how Blair Kamin, architecture critic at the Chicago Tribune, summed up Trump’s architecture. Above, workers install the final letter for a giant sign on Trump Tower in Chicago.
Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images
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How to think like a burglar

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 5, 2016
Author Geoff Manaugh on his new book "A Burglar's Guide to the City."
Flood G. (Flickr Creative Commons)
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American architects find creative freedom in Shanghai

by David Gura
Feb 20, 2015
Some view China as an opportunity to be bold.
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Building a school with a future

by Adriene Hill
Aug 14, 2014
How to design a school that will still be functional in 30 years.
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Britain's Crystal Palace could rise again

by Stephen Beard
Oct 11, 2013
A Chinese property developer has unveiled plans to recreate the Crystal Palace, a cast iron and glass building that burned down in the 1930s, in south London.
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Parisian skyscrapers raise sky-high concerns

by John Laurenson
Jul 9, 2013
Lifted ban on high rise office towers in Paris has created a building boom and controversy in the city of light.
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Redefining the archi-TECH-ture of Silicon Valley

by Queena Kim
Apr 23, 2013
It's momument-building time in the land of tech. Apple and Google both have expansive new headquarters on the drawing board.
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