BIG's 'Reverse Aquarium,' courtesy Rebuild By Design
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The Indiana Jones of architectural photography? The Wall Street Journal claims Iwan Baan is the profession’s kingmaker, as image trumps all.
Do not touch doesn’t have to mean hands-off: A primer for parents on interacting with museum exhibitions without buttons and lights.
Bjarke Ingels saves Manhattan with BIG U, a protective, landscaped and self-branded berm with parts that could rise up and flip down from Central Park South. See this and nine other resilient regional proposals at Rebuild By Design.
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