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Adorno’s “Urbanism and Societal Order” and the State of Rebuilding West Germany, 1949 Open
Less than a month after his return to Frankfurt in the winter of 1949, Theodor Adorno gave a lecture at the Technical University of Darmstadt at the invitation of the urban designer Karl Gruber. Titled “Urbanism and Societal Order,” the le…
Sustainably Growing Guinea’s Bauxite-Aluminum Industry Open
Guinea's bauxite-aluminum industry is undergoing significant expansion of investment, concession agreements, and in-country mining and refining operations. In 2018, UNDP-Guinea and Columbia University developed a framework that would evalu…
Women [Re]Build: Stories, Polemics, Futures Open
Women [Re]Build: Stories, Polemics, Futures By Franca Trubiano, Ramona Adlakha, and Ramune Bartuskaite (eds.) Novato CA, USA: Applied Research and Design / Oro Editions, 2019, 2018 241 mm x 165 mm 144 pages US$ 29.95 (paperback) ISBN: 978-…
Using Technological Innovation and Corporate Social Responsibility to Connect Africa’s Smallholder Farmers to the Global Sustainable Agriculture Economy Open
Smallholder farmers commonly use sustainable farming practices out of tradition or financial necessity, but are not participating in the global sustainable agriculture economy. At the same time, increased awareness of social and environmen…
Repressing Repair: Hans Döllgast’s Reconception of the Alte Pinakothek, 1946-1973 Open
Hans Döllgast’s Alte Pinakothek in Munich (1946-73) is seen as a masterpiece of post-war reconstruction, celebrated for its poetic treatment of wartime scars. The building’s reception has, however, consistently repressed the technology beh…
Earth eco-building: textile-reinforced earth block construction Open
Compacted earth block and adobe respond directly to the demands of sustainable building: low embodied energy, high specific heat capacity, inherent phase change properties, locally available in nearly all regions of the world. Because of i…