Architecture
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Why Not Mass Produce Green Homes?
Rick Lavers of All American Homes wants to do for eco-friendly abodes what Henry Ford did for cars—drive down costs and improve quality control with large-scale production
Featured Podcast
A Test Lab for Greener Houses
Tedd Benson discusses the OPEN Prototype Initiative, a collaboration between Massachusetts Institute of Technology and private industry that aims to develop guidelines to test environmentally friendly ways to design and build homes
Featured Blog
—Adam Aston, Green Business
Wonders of the World
New Heathrow Hub: Slick, but No Savior
Terminal 5's opening will unleash complications as British Airways vacates most of its gates in the other four terminals
Slide Show: A Fitful Takeoff for Heathrow's Terminal 5
Special Report
Office Design
The need for a workspace that encourages collaboration is crucial for effective business. Our in-depth survey looks at the good, the bold—and the ugly—within corporate life
Design Directory
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Top Stories
Inside the House of the Future
Green technology, wireless connectivity, and less ostentation are just some of the newest home-building trends
Recession Forces Universities to Reconsider Building Plans
Universities and other non-profits, until recently the most recession-proof consumers of design and construction services, are cutting back
The Best Business Architecture of 2008
This winners of the 11th BusinessWeek/Architectural Record winners place productivity over luxury
A Neo-Baroque Palace for Berlin
With the controversial Palast der Republik in former East Berlin now demolished, a grand new public building by an Italian architect is on its way
Green Architecture
Obama's Green Building Agenda
Will Demand for Solar Homes Pick Up?
Bailout Includes Tax Incentives for Energy-Efficient Buildings
Sick Building Syndrome: Healing Health Facilities
Going Green Is Good for Your Wallet
The Greening of Greensburg
The Quad's Not the Only Green Spot on Campus
Bringing in the Green
Snowmass Resort Shows It's Easy Skiing Green
3XN Transforms Brown into Green
Rise of the Carbon-Neutral City
Brad Pitt Aims to Make It Right
Solar's Newest Resource
Moving Away from a Carbon Economy
Asian Cities Go Green
Destiny USA Breaks Ground in Syracuse
Red Sox Turn Green
Building Innovation
Skyscrapers Still Reach For the Skies
Traffic-Stopping Parking Structures
Will China Welcome a Mid-Range Hotel?
Hotel Rooms by Design
Jerusalem Bridge Incites Controversy
Has NYC's Development Agenda Stalled?
London Goes Vertical?
Time to Downsize That McMansion
The City of the Future
Housing the YouTube Generation
Tel Aviv's Bold Blend of Past and Future
Indian Tycoon's Tower
Safety and Security—Without the Fortress Look
One Giant Leap for Space Tourism
Dialogues
In Conversation with Brad Cloepfil
The Architecture of Jürgen Mayer H
Why I Hate The Hearst Tower
How to Build a Temple in 10 Days
Beyond Miami: Dacra Goes Global
Is New York Losing Its Soul?
Can the Construction Business Remake Itself?
The Skyscraper: Still Soaring
Architectural Showcase
China Prepares for Urban Revolution
Beijing Olympics: The Buildings
The Harley Museum Goes the Whole Hog
Good Design, Good Business in China
After the Layoff, the Redesign
Jean Nouvel's Moment in the Sun
Beijing's Giant Airport Terminal To Open
The State of American Architecture
New Orleans Riverfront Plan Gets Green Light
Coney Island: Rides Again?
Housing Slump? What Housing Slump?
Whose Bridge Is It Anyway?
MTA Presents Plans for New York City
Marcel Breuer Comes to Washington
Miami's Design Doyen: Craig Robins
Other Innovation and Design Stories
Majora Carter: Greener Neighborhoods, Sustainable Jobs
Why Online Ads Are Weathering the Recession
Bottoms Up! It's Champagne Chair Time
Driving the Ford Flex
- Slide Show: Ford Flex: From Fairlane Concept to Creation
- Slide Show: Ford Flex: From Fairlane Concept to Creation
Harrah's New Twist on Prediction Markets
Featured Video
The Future of the Skyscraper
Antony Wood, executive director of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, discusses the evolution of the world's skyscrapers
IN YOUR FACE: INNOVATE OUT OF THE DOWNTURN
Reader Fred Collopy Writes:
"Think of the systems we are about to construct as akin to public spaces and invite comment, competitive innovation and lots of dialogue."
Will Obama's Stimulus Foster Innovation? Tell Our Vox Stimuli Blog
Great Spaces
The Seoul of World Design
The Korean capital, soon to host the Design Olympiad, is funding projects to promote style in Korean brands—and help keep growth on track
Slide Show: Cities at the Center of Design
Model House
Bringing Green Mainstream
Cherokee Investment is backing the Mainstream GreenHome, a residential laboratory for green building practices they believe will protect the environment and provide solid returns to investors
Slide Show: Cherokee's Green Dream Home
Innovation Top Story
Paul Polak, Founder, Windhorse International
Polak's innovative, market-based approach to third world development has already helped 17 million people earn their way out of poverty.
Featured Special Report
America's Green Policy Vacuum
Without a fully funded, federal alternative energy policy, the U.S. risks squandering its potential—and will continue to depend on foreign energy resources
Using Nature as a Design Guide
The Rise of the Carbon-Neutral City
Podcast: Putting Masdar on the Map
Cities: A Smart Alternative to Cars
"Gadgets" Can be Green
Green IT: Corporate Strategies
Slideshow: Material Innovation
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