 Bing Thom on Building Urbanism with a Light Touch
Bing Thom, AIA, can rightfully say he’s in the business of building cities—but not in the imperial, strong handed, single-authorship mode of Robert Moses or Corbusier. His Vancouver-based firm Bing Thom Architects specializes in regenerative urbanism that works on many scales, from the individual cultural, institutional, and commercial buildings to urban master plans that reroute rivers and create new neighborhoods. This work proves that such ambition and optimism need not be accompanied by contextual disregard and formal pomposity. 
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The Story of a Country House—Part 5
In this, the fifth of the series, Jim Atkins takes us on a forensic exploration of the nation’s most famous house, including a few lessons on the structural properties of reinforced concrete, both initially and over time under the cyclical duress of sagging, cracking, and weathering—properties much better understood today than in 1935.
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