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What do you get when you spend over 400 hours brainstorming, 1,000 hours of research and planning, and six years of hard labor and work on a unique Z-shaped, architectural project? How about a check for $50,000 from Harvard’s Urban Planning and Design Department? On Dec. 5, architects Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi were awarded this year’s Veronica Rudge Green Prize winner for their Seattle-based project, the Olympic Sculpture Park. As Manfredi says, the project is “something radical.” The Graduate School of Design...
...purposes...[Photographs] can beautify a subject we normally might not deem beautiful.”There is no doubt that Brouws’s photographs are aesthetically pleasing: they capture the magical atmosphere of desolate landscapes with unfailing honesty. This is especially remarkable since his subjects—what urban geographers call TOADS (Temporary Obsolete Abandoned Derelict Sites)—are traditionally considered unaesthetic and unnoteworthy. It is ironic, then, that the elements that seduce viewers are precisely those that Brouws aims to portray as inherently destructive to our culture.The book’s three chapters?...
...Some might think that geographic diversity from within the U.S. is not important, and that it’s Harvard’s global reach that matters. This argument ignores the vast diversity of experiences and views of people within North America. Whether you come from a rural or urban area, a conservative or a liberal enclave, and so on—your culture affects your outlook on life. It’s valuable to meet people with diverse experiences—perhaps even more valuable for the streetwise New Yorker to meet a “backwards?...
...free mega rink is the brainchild of leftist Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, as part of his campaign to make this heaving mountain capital a more pleasant environment. Last spring, he shipped in tons of sand to build four urban beaches that were also a hit with residents, while inspiring dozens of comedy skits about plump sunbathers walking through gridlocked traffic. Ebrard has also built miles of cycle paths, on which he's posed for cameras atop his mountain bike on sunny Sundays...
...Control a Man” and “Control a Woman” remotes, $8 each: “GIVE ME: beer, sex, food” and “TALK ABOUT: feelings, shopping, shoes” are some of the controls on these humorous remote controls. (Urban Outfitters, 11 JFK St.) 10) 1,000 sex games, $14: Don’t give this to mom, but it could be a good gift for your latest lackluster h-up. (Urban Outfitters, 11 JFK St.) 11) $15 iTunes giftcard: Give the gift of downloading legally. (Radio Shack...