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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : David Harvey’s ‘Rebel Cities’
Living for the city:David Harvey’s ‘Rebel Cities‘ This is a radical book. Its discussion ranges from the workings of the monopoly rent system and the nature of neoliberal capitalism to a call to take back the city. By Ron Jacobs … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, Books, Capitalism, Cities, David Harvey, Public Space, Radical Change, Rebel Cities, Ron Jacobs, Urban Culture, Urban Planning
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Architecture-Bucky Fuller Revisited
Buckminster Fuller stampsInventor, tireless proselytizer, inspirational cult figure, something of a flimflammer. By Witold Rybczynski | July 2, 2008 The Buckminster Fuller exhibition that has just opened at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York has already received … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, Exhibitions, Inventors, Museums, People, Sixties, Visionaries
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Inside the Solar-Hydrogen House : No More Power Bills–Ever
Power Plant: Computers, inverters and other controls help Strizki harvest as much as 90 kilowatt-hours of electricity on a sunny June day. Photo by David Biello / Scientific American.A New Jersey resident generates and stores allthe power he needs with … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Architecture, Energy, Engineering, Sustainability
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