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lighting
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March 6th, 2013
Sheila Kennedy and Veit Kugel discuss integrating natural systems, material innovation, and digital technology in projects that reflect a singular and synergistic approach to architecture, infrastructure, and civic space.
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March 1st, 2013
WIKIHOUSE WikiHouse is an effort to democratize home design and construction by allowing “anyone to design, download, and ‘print’ CNC-milled houses and components.”...
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December 16th, 2011
PLACEMAKING THROUGH LIGHTING
The City's plan to make Lower Manhattan more vibrant after dark goes beyond simply installing more lights. The title of the New York City Economic Development Corporation's Request for Proposals, "Placemaking through Lighting," explains the initiative's priorities: to use creative illumination to enhance Lower Manhattan's identity, to attract visitors and investment and to create a sense of place for the area...
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November 4th, 2011
IMPROVING JAMAICA BAY PARKS Mayor Bloomberg, along with representatives of the US Department of the Interior, the US Environmental Protection...
Documentary filmmaker Ian Cheney talks to us about light pollution, the disappearance of the night sky and what we can do to reconnect our city to the stars.
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May 20th, 2011
DIGITAL ROADMAP As the digital age descends on NYC, the Bloomberg administration has a plan. Rachel Sterne (the recently appointed 27-year...
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February 4th, 2011
THE ENERGY REPORT
Continuing on their Roadmap 2050, AMO teamed up with WWF and Ecofys to envision a world completely run by renewable energy in the next forty years. Today, the organizations collaboratively launched The Energy Report – a comprehensive plan to harness...
Kirsten Hively describes her effort to seek out, document and encourage appreciation of the best neon in New York and shares her photography of the city's glow.
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August 10th, 2010
The Architectural League is seeking individuals or teams of artists and designers to create light installation and projection mapping projects...
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April 2nd, 2010
This week brought news from both the Brooklyn waterfront and the NASA space shuttle, and talk of both construction and...


