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Marvin Malecha, an architect, educator, and author, has passed away at age 70 in San Diego. News of Malecha's death was shared by NewSchool, where Malecha had been both President and Chief Academic Officer since 2016. A statement from the institution remembers the highly decorated design... View full entry
“San Diego is no longer a backwater to Los Angeles and San Francisco,” he said. “San Diego is becoming its own thing, its own place... a thought leader on its own, an innovation community.”
Malecha, the former dean at Cal Poly Pomona and North Carolina State University’s design schools, has big plans for Newschool, starting with more than doubling the 500-student enrollment by 2025 and taking over more space at the current location at Park Boulevard and F Street.
— sandiegouniontribune.com
Everyone makes mistakes. But when seemingly minor blunders are made in designing and building structures, the results can be catastrophic. Read about some of the more infamous architectural failures in history, and what we have learned from those mistakes. — NewSchool of Architecture + Design
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