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Patrick Sisson

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Mark’s Zuckerberg’s nonprofit is funding this experiment to build cheaper backyard homes

Mark’s Zuckerberg’s nonprofit is funding this experiment to build cheaper backyard homes
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Don’t say climate: how cleantech is rebranding as national security in  the Trump era

18.02.2025 6

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Why good design remains a luxury for U.S. childcare

15.02.2025 10

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Texas could be Trump’s one clean energy bright spot—as oil drillers turn to geothermal

Texas could be Trump’s one clean energy bright spot—as oil drillers turn to geothermal
13.02.2025 8

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How abandoned office buildings in L.A. could be transformed into $1,000 a month studio apartments

04.02.2025 5

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Priceless art was destroyed by L.A. wildfires. Experts want to protect other cities from the same fate

30.01.2025 7

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Smartphones are making people lonely. This app thinks it has the cure

23.01.2025 4

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This Houston suburb is swapping out driveways for shared front lawns

21.01.2025 20

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L.A. was already behind on its Olympics prep. The wildfires will make it so much worse

17.01.2025 30

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How this tiny town in Maine is keeping the lights on through ferocious storms

Eastport, Maine’s location on the nation’s easternmost edge, has made reliable power a consistent challenge. Recent climate shifts have brought...

19.12.2024 3

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Under Trump, cities will have to solve their housing crises themselves

The failure to build more housing and drive down costs has been a pernicious issue across the country—and in cities in particular. Driven by a...

17.12.2024 3

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Inside the $740 million renovation that resurrected one of the world’s great buildings

Years before Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral was damaged by fire, a handful of architecture enthusiasts had already set the stage for its eventual...

06.12.2024 10

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This ancient building material is making a comeback

05.12.2024 20

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Why this Austin suburb made a library the centerpiece of its new downtown

05.12.2024 5

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Building a sustainable home could get more expensive under Trump

25.11.2024 10

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How one LA doctor is using AI to help homeless communities get medical care

20.11.2024 20

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How sleep tourism became a booming business for hotels

16.11.2024 5

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Gas stations won’t go away after the EV revolution—they’ll just get better

12.11.2024 6

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Why NBCUniversal redesigned its LA headquarters to resemble a college campus

11.11.2024 10

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This stunning Denver hotel says it’s ‘carbon positive.’ But what does that actually mean?

31.10.2024 30

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This clever DIY kit uses your smartphone to figure out where your house is wasting energy

29.10.2024 1

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Architects are proving that AI is best used for the boring stuff

24.10.2024 3

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How a century-old firm in Minnesota helps recycle NYC skyscrapers

18.10.2024 3

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This centuries-old Massachusetts water mill is now an electric apartment complex  

18.10.2024 10

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The weird Dutch trick to building housing across the country

16.10.2024 2

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How hemp plants can help clean up ‘forever chemicals’

14.10.2024 3

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How public libraries are becoming community hubs in the midst of disasters

11.10.2024 9

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Many scientists are neurodivergent. Architects are finally starting to build labs designed for them

10.10.2024 1

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Why disaster evacuation in the U.S. is so difficult

10.10.2024 4

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This Brooklyn apartment building offers an unexpected take on work from home

08.10.2024 3

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This colorful factory looks so cool, you’ll forget it’s processing fish

30.09.2024 3

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How New Orleans is using the Super Bowl to make the entire city more accessible

30.09.2024 2

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What designers can learn about creativity from an oddball architecture school in 1950s Oklahoma

27.09.2024 2

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This old Michigan coal plant is being reimagined to provide solar power

26.09.2024 20

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‘It’s a choice between a firefighter and a climate arsonist’: What the EPA might look like under Trump 2.0

25.09.2024 3

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Why sprawling Fort Worth is doubling down on green space

23.09.2024 2

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Colleges have a housing crisis. These designers have a plan to solve it

21.09.2024 2

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Why universities are fighting for these 7 acres in southern Florida

19.09.2024 10

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Youth prisons are closing across the U.S. and getting a second life

11.09.2024 9

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Why this South L.A. hotspot ditched the restaurant model to become a nonprofit

10.09.2024 5

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This old coal plant in Salem, Massachusetts, is getting new life as an offshore wind terminal

06.09.2024 2

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Architects designed this new military museum to look as tough as a tank

28.08.2024 2

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The Minnesota Zoo turned an old train into a gorgeous, elevated walking path. Now the zoo is busier than ever

27.08.2024 50

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Chicago wants to open a city-run grocery store. It could be the solution to urban food deserts

27.08.2024 20

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Why a 10,000-year-old building material is making a comeback in NYC high rises

20.08.2024 3

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Why Alaska Airlines is investing in a jet that’s like nothing you’ve seen before

13.08.2024 5

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At a new Tucson high school, students don’t just prepare for health care careers—they operate

12.08.2024 2

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How this Portland startup reimagined the iconic yellow hard hat

02.08.2024 3

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How this Nebraska activist is making sure rural America gets in on the renewable energy boom

01.08.2024 2

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Adele’s Munich concert series is taking place in a custom—and temporary—stadium

30.07.2024 3

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