Entries by Kate Holmquist | Next American City
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An Urbanizing World, By the Numbers
More than half of the world’s population lives cities, a percentage greater than ever before in human history. This sunny Friday, we offer you some infographics illustrating how population growth is playing out in the BRIC nations of Brazil, Russia India, China and the U.S.
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For Roosevelt Island Campus, Thom Mayne Puts Function First
When looking for an architect to design the academic building for the Cornell NYC Tech campus on New York City’s Roosevelt Island, it was a progressive, form-follows-function approach that drew Cornell University to Thom Mayne.
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When It Comes to Foreign Investment, What We Don’t Know Scares Us
In the U.S., concern over FDI from China has been dominating headlines and raising concern. But how much is China actually investing in the U.S. market?
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Sharing Ideas on Roosevelt Island - Everybody Wins
Colin Koop, associate director at Skidmore Owings & Merrill, explains how a master plan for the 12.5-acre Roosevelt Island in New York creates an open, progressive tech campus.
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MoMA PS1 Exhibit Explores L.A. Artists’ Civil Rights-era Community Activism
A new exhibit that opened Sunday at MoMA PS1 is as much about a nascent arts community as it is about community activism.
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INTERVIEW: above | below | beyond
Next American City talks to the students of above | below | beyond. The exhibition opens its doors tonight from 6-10pm at the Storefront for Urban Innovation.
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New Exhibit Activates The Storefront For Urban Innovation
The above | below | beyond exhibition is already catching the neighborhood’s attention at Next American City’s Storefront for Urban Innovation. The exhibit opens today, Friday, with a special opening night event from 6-8pm.
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Meet Our Vanguard: Marika Shioiri-Clark
Meet the 2012 Next American Vanguard: Marika Shioiri-Clark is principal of SOSHL Studio, co-founder of architectural non-profit MASS Design Group and was a lead designer on the Butaro Hospital project in Rwanda with Partners In Health.
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Meet Our Vanguard: Stephen Spiker
Meet the 2012 Next American Vanguard: Steve Spiker is a data junkie, geospatial addict and social researcher with a passion for improving government and our society through open, efficient, engaged governments.
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Unlike Trains in the Night, Students Converge to Revive Unused Rail Corridor
Local undergraduate design students hope their studio projects will inspire citizens and help spur development of an unused railroad.
