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Commemorating 50 Years of the Fair Housing Act When We Still Have a Long Way to Go

2018-04-11T12:46:00-04:00

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act, a landmark piece of civil rights legislation that promised to provide equal access to housing opportunity for all. Signed by then President Lyndon B. Johnson on April 11th, 1968, the federal housing bill prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, religion, or national origin, with protections against discrimination based on sex and disability or towards families with children, added in subsequent decades.

Working Out of The Box: Emily Hunt Turner

2016-10-14T11:20:00-04:00

Working out of the Box is a series presenting architects who have applied their architecture backgrounds to alternative career paths.

In this installment, we're talking with Emily Hunt Turner, a Twin Cities-based architect, turned lawyer, turned restaurateur with an admirable social mission.

Are you an architect working out of the box? Do you know of someone that has changed careers and has an interesting story to share? If you would like to suggest an (ex-)architect, please send us a message.

Student Works: 3D printing the new millenial domicile with UCLA and HUD

2014-05-16T11:20:00-04:00

Taking a minimalist approach to both design and production, students in UCLA’s 3M futureLAB studio condensed micro-housing to an even smaller scale, with their 3D-printed, one-person, transportable housing unit. Conceived for the ideals of a fiercely mobile young professional, the full-scale model measures a lilliputian 4.84sq meters, and manages to include a multi-media interface in addition to a bathroom, kitchen and bedroom.