The biennial Solar Decathlon Competition, put on by the US Department of Energy, has received a major blow this year by getting denied the use of the National Mall for presenting the homes. Help support sustainable innovation in architecture by signing the petition...
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The biennial Solar Decathlon Competition, put on by the US Department of Energy, has received a major blow this year by getting denied the use of the National Mall for presenting the homes. Help support sustainable innovation in architecture by signing the petition...

Founded three years ago by six Harvard GSD students, MASS Design Group has transformed the lives of 400,000 Rwandans.

Check out Immersive Kinematics, a Research Group at the University of Pennsylvania directed by professors Simon Kim and Mark Yim. This group is a collaboration between Penn Engineering and Penn Design and expands the roles of architecture and engineering focusing on integrating robotics, interaction, and embedded intelligence in our buildings, cities, and cultures.

Discussion Threads
Greg Walker tells us to come work in Switzerland

Uxbridge wants to discuss this news item about Gov. Brown's proposal to ax CRAs.

tagolong wants to talk about current trends in rendering.

Kite wonders whether to stay in academia, in current adjunct teaching position with possible tenure track? Or return to old firm?

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New skylights in a remodeled 1940's bungalow in Tucson, Az by Ben Lepley

School Blogs
Two new school bloggers put up their first post. Shannon at University of Manitoba is working on a MArch and notes that her thesis is a collaborative effort with a fellow student named Jordy, who also happens to be my boyfriend. While Bo at Kansas State University CAPD writes that as he has progressed in his architectural education he finds himself interested in “political economies of space,” or how can architecture seek to pacify and create opportunity for two competing interests?

Matthew at University of Illinois Chicago posts a photo he took at Seagrams this last summer whilst Archinerding around New York.

Samuel at University of Tennessee discusses his role in the selection and installation of the lines for the heat exchange fluid (glycol) between the energy pack and the solar panel on the roof.

Lian at GSD Harvard is back from break and talks about her upcoming Spring 2011 semester.