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Why we need architecture critics more than ever – archpapaper.com

March 23, 2018 By Michael-Leonard Creditor Leave a Comment

https://archpaper.com/2018/03/another-one-bites-dust-hawthorne/

A new study finds that arts establishments are actually more common in affluent and already gentrified—not gentrifying—areas.

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Architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne to become L.A.’s chief design officer – archpaper.com

March 19, 2018 By Michael-Leonard Creditor Leave a Comment

https://archpaper.com/2018/03/architecture-critic-christopher-hawthorne-los-angeles-chief-design-officer/

News of Hawthorne’s change in job title comes as the region and the city grapple with an ever-increasing housing affordability crisis, a worsening homelessness epidemic, and as the city repairs to host the 2028 Olympic games.

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Balkrishna Doshi is the 2018 Pritzker Prize winner – archpaper.com

March 12, 2018 By Michael-Leonard Creditor Leave a Comment

https://archpaper.com/2018/03/balkrishna-doshi-2018-pritzker-prize/

Dr. Balkrishna Doshi is the 45th Pritzker Prize Laureate for his immense contributions to architecture, education, and socially-conscious urban planning, and the first architect from India to win the prize.

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Montreal to begin construction on massive automated light rail – Archpaper.com

February 19, 2018 By Michael-Leonard Creditor Leave a Comment

https://archpaper.com/2018/02/montreal-set-largest-rail-expansion-decades/

Reseau Express Metropolitain (REM) is a fully automated, .3 billion light rail project that, when completed, will be the fourth largest automated light rail line in the world.

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I Made it in San Diego: A Place Maker Builds a Business – Voice of San Diego

February 8, 2018 By Michael-Leonard Creditor Leave a Comment

https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/economy/i-made-it-in-san-diego-a-place-maker-builds-a-business/

Meet a local landscape architect who started a company focused on making it quicker and easier for neighborhoods to turn blighted properties into natural environments for children.

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BIG proposes floating villages for San Francisco Bay – Archpaper.com

February 6, 2018 By Michael-Leonard Creditor Leave a Comment

https://archpaper.com/2018/01/big-bay-resilient-design-challenge/

Goodbye Vancouver, hello San Diego.A major climate-change study predicts temperatures in Metro Vancouver will exceed those of present-day Southern California in the coming decades.Frost and ice wil…

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San Diego port transformed by $1.5 billion development – archpaper.com

January 16, 2018 By Michael-Leonard Creditor Leave a Comment

https://archpaper.com/2018/01/san-diego-seaport-development/#gallery-0-slide-1

The 70-acre waterside development, dubbed Seaport San Diego, will transform a hodgepodge of tourist spots, parking lots, and a fish processing plant into a mixed-use entertainment destination crowned by a 500-foot-tall observation tower.

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John Portman, Architect Who Made Skylines Soar, Dies at 93 – NY Times

December 31, 2017 By Michael-Leonard Creditor Leave a Comment

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/30/obituaries/john-portman-dead.html

Mr. Portman, who was also a developer, built futuristic office complexes and hotels with towering atriums, transforming cityscapes across the world.

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2017 Best of Design Awards for Building of the Year – West – ArchPaper.com

December 11, 2017 By Michael-Leonard Creditor Leave a Comment

San Diego Structure Wins National Award

https://archpaper.com/2017/12/2017-award-best-design-west/#gallery-0-slide-0

The new data comes in the wake of a GOP budget that does little to bolster affordable housing.

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Opinion | A Whisper in an Age of Shouting – NY Times

August 28, 2017 By Michael-Leonard Creditor Leave a Comment

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/25/opinion/charles-stover-playgrounds-whisper-bench.html?hpw&rref=opinion&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=thumb&module=region&region=region&WT.nav=region

My favorite American monument is a bench named for a forgotten New York hero.

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