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		<title>Blackness and Whiteness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jackson Square was the ceremonial plaza of the original city. It was the citizen’s space: the white citizen’s space. The “back” of the Vieux Carré, at the other end of Orleans Street from the Cathedral, was the point at which many slaves arrived in New Orleans, because it was easier to get a boat into Bayou St [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old Buildings, New Designs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The forthcoming book from Princeton Architectural Press,  Old Buildings, New Designs: Architectural Transformations, by friend and client Charles F. Bloszies, with a preface by Hugh Hardy. Also included in the PDF, two recent items that are both amusing and suggestive in their intersection: Rem Koolhaas&#8217;s recent exhibition in New York, decrying the dispiriting role [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Useful Theory</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The idea of the Useful Theory Project is to assemble propositions from the theoretical literature that can aid in making architectural decisions, to concisely place these propositions in context, to suggest how one might think about their implications for one&#8217;s work, to provide examples of their prior application, and to offer sources for further study.
This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which Way, New Orleans?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Illuminating the spatial character of New Orleans and its roots in the interchange among culture, topography and urban development. A series of articles based on this material, published on Places:Design Observer, begins with “Stoop, Balcony, Pilot House: Making It Right in the Lower Ninth Ward.” Subsequent articles include &#8220;The New Orleans Corner Store&#8221; and &#8220;Black In Back: Mardi Gras [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;But I Still Think It&#8217;s Ugly&#8221;: Explaining Architecture to Non-Architects</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A series of articles, published by the AIA California Council (aiacc.org), intended to help architects better explain architecture to other people, with the goal of increasing their appreciation of the buildings that give us such joy and wonder and satisfaction. We want people to like the buildings we design, because, speaking candidly, we want them [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cafe Strada, Berkeley, CA

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		<description><![CDATA[House in Florida, Toshika Mori

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		<description><![CDATA[Unit 9, Condominium 1, Sea Ranch, MLTW

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		<description><![CDATA[Gregory House, Lambertville, NJ, Jules Gregory

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		<title>Michael S. Bernard / Virtual Practice Consulting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Michael S. Bernard has built a career upon successful project and firm management. Through his firm, Virtual Practice Consulting, he acts as mentor and monitor, serving in the capacity of consulting managing principal for small design firms that do not have one. He is capable of addressing operations issues that affect the everyday life of [...]]]></description>
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