RUDC Updates
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An excerpt from Where We Want to Live
New book by urban designer Ryan Gravel
Gravel, who had the original design for the Atlanta Beltline, tells his family's experience with sprawl. His hometown "was built on the fringe of town, and its physical layout, architectural range, and public amenities were consistent with new communities organized anywhere in America between the late 1950s and the early 1970s." His book explores how cities can enable a healthier, more satisfying way of life.
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Interested in resilience & adaption?
Last fall the AIA hosted a spectacular event, resulting in the Resilience Summit Report and Member Supplement. In it, you'll find highlights of the presentations by six of your AIA colleagues, recap of the working sessions and resources for all levels. Get connected and help the AIA serve members better, starting with a brief survey!
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Downtown Miami interactive 3-D skyline
This 3-D map outlines all 120 residential, office, hotel and retail projects - from proposed to completed - in the city. "More than anything, this puts critical information into the hands of those making real-time investment decisions and paints a powerful picture of how Miami's skyline is being reimagined before our eyes," said Alyce Robertson, executive director of the Miami Downtown Development Authority.
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SXSW Eco: Place by Design
Call for applications | Deadline: May 27
Place by Design honors visionary works that achieve a positive social or environmental impact through the creation or re-imagining of everyday places. The selected companies will be invited to compete at the conference in October.
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Soul of City: UIA 2017 Seoul
Call for research papers and design works
The 26th International Union of Architects World Congress, UIA 2017 Seoul, will be held in Seoul, 3-10 September 2017. The UIA 2017 Seoul Academic Program will provide a venue for the presentation of design works and research papers under the primary theme, "Soul of City".
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Overcoming US highway injustices
From displacement to opportunity
By now it is widely understood that urban freeways did little to solve urban transportation and mobility issues; What dawns on most very slowly is that the destruction of entire neighborhoods and communities was frequently an intentional part of a larger strategy of segregation, exclusion, control and racism. How are transportation approaches changing under new DOT leadership and growing awareness?
by Nikolaus Philipsen, FAIA
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EV102 - Find Your Community In Philly and Beyond!
Sponsored by
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Wednesday, May 18 at 6:00 pm
Kick off your convention experience! Come hang out with your Regional and Urban Design Knowledge Community and connect with first time and returning attendees at this new event as you:
• Indulge in festive cocktails and hors d'oeuvres
• Enjoy the interactive fun, including building blocks & a photo booth
• Revel in the unique architectural details of the venue
Cost is $25 | The Racquet Club of Philadelphia (map)
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In the News
Cleaning up the streets named for Martin Luther King Jr.
"It's ironic," says Derek Alderman, "that we have attached the name of one of the most famous civil rights leaders of our time to the streets that speak to the very need to continue the civil rights movement." Melvin White of St. Louis is working to revitalize the MLK streets that bear his hero's name.
by Deidre Mask, The Guardian
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Op-Ed: Are we greening our cities, or just greenwashing them?
Despite the rhetoric of reconciling the city with nature, today's green urban dream is too often about bringing a technologically controlled version of nature into the city and declaring the problem solved, rather than looking at the deeper causes of our current environmental and urban discontents.
by Wade Graham, Los Angeles Times
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Q+A: Building a national network of resilient-design studios
The American Institute of Architects Foundation (AIAF) announced the addition of three members to its National Resilience Initiative (NRI) of college- and university-based design studios - bringing the count to six - to help local and regional communities better respond to natural and man-made disasters. What's next for the studios?
by Hallie Busta, Architect Magazine
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