Need a dose of optimism? Read this. How to Recycle a 14-Story Office Tower nytimes.com/2022/10/06/hea…

The redevelopment of disused industrial areas is one of the easiest things people should be able to come together on. Especially if they're in core areas. Where there was nothing before but pollution & unsafe conditions, entire neighborhoods can spring up that breathe new life!

Listen to Colin Ellard any time you can

Thank you IWBI for such an incredible multi-year partnership. Certification is never the end, but it can be a powerful means to #outcomes. Especially when accompanied with #design #research partnerships hksinc.com/wp-content/upl… hksinc.com/our-news/artic… via @hksarchitects

Opinion | ‘Real Men’ Don’t Have to Act Like Trump. Just Ask John Fetterman politi.co/3gaObrN via POLITICO

Princeton sociologist Matthew Desmond says if the top 1% of Americans paid the taxes they owed, it would raise $175 billion each year. "That is just about enough to pull everyone out of poverty," the author says. n.pr/3yT1Olt

.marianela d’aprile’s beat is dunking on architects that brick the political economy of their job and she’s really good at it thenation.com/article/cultur…

IAM Lab's Susan Magsamen and co-author Ivy Ross discuss the power of the arts and their new book “Your Brain on Art” Baltimore Museum of Art, w/ Tom Hall, John W. Krakauer, Margaret “Meg” Chisolm, MD, and artist Fred Johnson.

In 2019, skylines of many downtowns were sparkling with new construction. Four years later, could the pandemic’s impact on work be taking down the American city? Tracy Hadden Loh 🌸 & Hanna Love ask in a new brief. brookings.edu/research/break…

Not that the wretchedness of the open plan office needed more exposure, but still: scientificamerican.com/article/fixing…

LeBron James gets poverty. And education. And housing... andscape.com/features/lebro…

Really enjoying this interview with Sarah W Goldhagen! Thanks Design Anthology for the gift to my ears! 🎙️👏 And thank you Sarah for all your important work in advancing architecture for human well-being. 👏🤩📚 #architecture #science #health open.spotify.com/episode/0RIIId…

Rereading Sarah W Goldhagen's exceptional Welcome To Your World, which is one of the 5 books I'd recommend to anyone interested in the built environment. Data from Barrett, Davies, Zhang, & Barrett (2013) amazon.com/Welcome-Your-W…

Excellent read on #crossmodal #perception by Charles Spence in his latest boon on “sense hacking”. ⁦Sarah W Goldhagen⁩ - a very #sensthetic read

Iran has some of the most amazing brickwork on new apartments By Davoud Behund and Mehdi Ghaemi

This is important. Bravo Olly Wainwright for excellent analysis and reporting

Check out a fascinating #VenetianLetter featuring a shining star in this field, Anjan Chatterjee ! I'm blown away by the graph of interest in neuroaesthetics over time; thanks for getting us to the tipping point, Dr. Chatterjee Don Ruggles Sarah W Goldhagen Upali Colin Ellard

New plan for Fifth Avenue unveiled: given there are already far more pedestrians than cars, the space is being ‘right-sized.’ Wide sidewalks! A safe, separated cycle track! Dedicated bus lanes! And then a little leftover space for cars. Putting cars in their place, finally.

First mass timber building in Mexico, made from oak from the north of the country El Jardín Anatole by Dellekamp/Schleich metalocus.es/en/news/oasis-…

This is a super important conference for anyone interested in the next big thing in architecture--human-centered design, evidence-based design, science-informed design, neurodiversity, biophilia, new technologies. Come! Harvard GSD Columbia GSAPP Peder Anker Perkins&Will New York