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Although both are central to architecture, siting and construction are often treated as separate domains. In "Uncommon Ground", David Leatherbarrow illuminates their relationship, focusing on the years between 1930 and 1960, when utopian ideas about the role of technology in (...)
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Although both are central to architecture, siting and construction are often treated as separate domains. In "Uncommon Ground", David Leatherbarrow illuminates their relationship, focusing on the years between 1930 and 1960, when utopian ideas about the role of technology in (...)
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October 2000, Cambridge, Mass.
October 2000, Cambridge, Mass.
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Uncommon ground : architecture, technology, and topography
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Although both are central to architecture, siting and construction are often treated as separate domains. In "Uncommon Ground", David Leatherbarrow illuminates their relationship, focusing on the years between 1930 and 1960, when utopian ideas about the role of technology in building gave way to an awareness of its disruptive impact on cities and culture. He examines the work of three architects, Richard Neutra, Antonin Raymond, and Aris Konstantinidis, who practiced in the United States, Japan, and Greece respectively. Leatherbarrow rejects the assumption that buildings of the modern period, particularly those that used the latest technology, were designed without regard to their surroundings. Although the prefabricated elements used in the buildings were designed independent of siting considerations, architects used these elements to modulate the environment. Leatherbarrow shows how the role of walls, the traditional element of architectural definition and platform partition, became less significant than that of the platforms themselves, the floors, ceilings, and intermediate levels. He shows how frontality was replaced by the building's four-sided extension into its surroundings, resulting in frontal configurations previously characteristic of the back. Arguing that the boundary between inside and outside was radically redefined, Leatherbarrow challenges cherished notions about the autonomy of the architectural object and about regional coherence. Modern architectural topography, he suggests, is an interplay of buildings, landscapes, and cities, as well as the humans who use them. The conflict between technological progress and cultural continuity, Leatherbarrow claims, exists only in theory, not in the real world of architecture. He argues that the act of building is not a matter of restoring regional identity by re-creating familiar signs, but of incorporating construction into the process of topography's perpetual becoming.
Uncommon ground : architecture, technology, and topography
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Although both are central to architecture, siting and construction are often treated as separate domains. In "Uncommon Ground", David Leatherbarrow illuminates their relationship, focusing on the years between 1930 and 1960, when utopian ideas about the role of technology in building gave way to an awareness of its disruptive impact on cities and culture. He examines the work of three architects, Richard Neutra, Antonin Raymond, and Aris Konstantinidis, who practiced in the United States, Japan, and Greece respectively. Leatherbarrow rejects the assumption that buildings of the modern period, particularly those that used the latest technology, were designed without regard to their surroundings. Although the prefabricated elements used in the buildings were designed independent of siting considerations, architects used these elements to modulate the environment. Leatherbarrow shows how the role of walls, the traditional element of architectural definition and platform partition, became less significant than that of the platforms themselves, the floors, ceilings, and intermediate levels. He shows how frontality was replaced by the building's four-sided extension into its surroundings, resulting in frontal configurations previously characteristic of the back. Arguing that the boundary between inside and outside was radically redefined, Leatherbarrow challenges cherished notions about the autonomy of the architectural object and about regional coherence. Modern architectural topography, he suggests, is an interplay of buildings, landscapes, and cities, as well as the humans who use them. The conflict between technological progress and cultural continuity, Leatherbarrow claims, exists only in theory, not in the real world of architecture. He argues that the act of building is not a matter of restoring regional identity by re-creating familiar signs, but of incorporating construction into the process of topography's perpetual becoming.
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October 2000, Cambridge, Mass.
October 2000, Cambridge, Mass.
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How and why America's inner cities have begun recovering from the pervasive crime and social disorder that plagued them only a decade ago. "Comeback Cities" shows how innovative, pragmatic tactics for ameliorating the nation's urban ills have produced results beyond anyone's expectations, reawakening(...)
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How and why America's inner cities have begun recovering from the pervasive crime and social disorder that plagued them only a decade ago. "Comeback Cities" shows how innovative, pragmatic tactics for ameliorating the nation's urban ills have produced results beyond anyone's expectations, reawakening(...)
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Comeback cities : a blueprint for urban neighborhood revival
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How and why America's inner cities have begun recovering from the pervasive crime and social disorder that plagued them only a decade ago. "Comeback Cities" shows how innovative, pragmatic tactics for ameliorating the nation's urban ills have produced results beyond anyone's expectations, reawakening America's toughest neighborhoods. In the past, big government and business working separately were unable to solve the inner city crisis. Rather, a blend of public-private partnerships, grassroots nonprofit organizations, and a willingness to experiment characterize what is best among the new approaches to urban problem solving. Pragmatism, not dogma, has produced the charter school movement and the police's new focus on "quality-of-life" issues. The new breed of big city mayors has welcomed business back into the city, stressed performance and results at city agencies, downplayed divisive racial politics, and cracked down on symptoms of social disorder. As a consequence, America's inner cities are becoming vital communities once again.
Comeback cities : a blueprint for urban neighborhood revival
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How and why America's inner cities have begun recovering from the pervasive crime and social disorder that plagued them only a decade ago. "Comeback Cities" shows how innovative, pragmatic tactics for ameliorating the nation's urban ills have produced results beyond anyone's expectations, reawakening America's toughest neighborhoods. In the past, big government and business working separately were unable to solve the inner city crisis. Rather, a blend of public-private partnerships, grassroots nonprofit organizations, and a willingness to experiment characterize what is best among the new approaches to urban problem solving. Pragmatism, not dogma, has produced the charter school movement and the police's new focus on "quality-of-life" issues. The new breed of big city mayors has welcomed business back into the city, stressed performance and results at city agencies, downplayed divisive racial politics, and cracked down on symptoms of social disorder. As a consequence, America's inner cities are becoming vital communities once again.
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September 2000, Boulder
September 2000, Boulder
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The spaces between buildings
The spaces between buildings
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Ford begins by looking at the growth of four urban places, each representing a historical era as much as a geographic location: the Islamic medina; the city shaped by the Spanish renaissance; the nineteenth-century North American city; and the twentieth-century American city. His first(...)
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Ford begins by looking at the growth of four urban places, each representing a historical era as much as a geographic location: the Islamic medina; the city shaped by the Spanish renaissance; the nineteenth-century North American city; and the twentieth-century American city. His first(...)
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The spaces between buildings
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Ford begins by looking at the growth of four urban places, each representing a historical era as much as a geographic location: the Islamic medina; the city shaped by the Spanish renaissance; the nineteenth-century North American city; and the twentieth-century American city. His first essay also discusses the evolution of the free-standing structure as a basic urban building type and the problems encountered in beautifying the often work-a-day back and side yards that have helped to create the image of the untidy American city. The second essay examines the urban trend toward viewing lawns, gardens, hedges, and trees as an essential adjunct to architecture. The final essay focuses on pedestrian and vehicular spaces. Here the author includes the landscape of the garage, sidewalks, streets, and alleys. In its exploration of how spaces become places, "The Spaces between Buildings" invites readers to see anew the spaces they encounter every day and often take for granted.
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Ford begins by looking at the growth of four urban places, each representing a historical era as much as a geographic location: the Islamic medina; the city shaped by the Spanish renaissance; the nineteenth-century North American city; and the twentieth-century American city. His first essay also discusses the evolution of the free-standing structure as a basic urban building type and the problems encountered in beautifying the often work-a-day back and side yards that have helped to create the image of the untidy American city. The second essay examines the urban trend toward viewing lawns, gardens, hedges, and trees as an essential adjunct to architecture. The final essay focuses on pedestrian and vehicular spaces. Here the author includes the landscape of the garage, sidewalks, streets, and alleys. In its exploration of how spaces become places, "The Spaces between Buildings" invites readers to see anew the spaces they encounter every day and often take for granted.
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August 2000, Baltimore
August 2000, Baltimore
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Ce numéro double des "Carnets du paysage" traite du jardinage en soi, de son histoire récente, de ses mots et de sa pratique en relation avec le paysage. Il s' intéresse ici au processus plus qu'au résultat, à la manière dont le jardinage joue avec notre imaginaire, la littérature, l'organisation sociale et aussi au fait qu'il ouvre des perspectives dans le travail de paysagiste.
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Ce numéro double des "Carnets du paysage" traite du jardinage en soi, de son histoire récente, de ses mots et de sa pratique en relation avec le paysage. Il s' intéresse ici au processus plus qu'au résultat, à la manière dont le jardinage joue avec notre imaginaire, la littérature, l'organisation sociale et aussi au fait qu'il ouvre des perspectives dans le travail de paysagiste.
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Les carnets du paysage no 9 & 10 : jardiner
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Ce numéro double des "Carnets du paysage" traite du jardinage en soi, de son histoire récente, de ses mots et de sa pratique en relation avec le paysage. Il s' intéresse ici au processus plus qu'au résultat, à la manière dont le jardinage joue avec notre imaginaire, la littérature, l'organisation sociale et aussi au fait qu'il ouvre des perspectives dans le travail de paysagiste.
Les carnets du paysage no 9 & 10 : jardiner
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Ce numéro double des "Carnets du paysage" traite du jardinage en soi, de son histoire récente, de ses mots et de sa pratique en relation avec le paysage. Il s' intéresse ici au processus plus qu'au résultat, à la manière dont le jardinage joue avec notre imaginaire, la littérature, l'organisation sociale et aussi au fait qu'il ouvre des perspectives dans le travail de paysagiste.
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June 2003, Arles
June 2003, Arles
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Landscape Theory
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Textes par / by Tanis Hinchcliffe, Annmarie Adams, Louis Martin, Joan Ockman, Réjean Legault, Daniel Guibert, Joseph Rykwert, Martin Bressani, Alberto Pérez-Gomez.
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Textes par / by Tanis Hinchcliffe, Annmarie Adams, Louis Martin, Joan Ockman, Réjean Legault, Daniel Guibert, Joseph Rykwert, Martin Bressani, Alberto Pérez-Gomez.
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Peter Collins et l'histoire critique de l'architecture moderne / Peter Collins and the critical history of modern architecture
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Textes par / by Tanis Hinchcliffe, Annmarie Adams, Louis Martin, Joan Ockman, Réjean Legault, Daniel Guibert, Joseph Rykwert, Martin Bressani, Alberto Pérez-Gomez.
Peter Collins et l'histoire critique de l'architecture moderne / Peter Collins and the critical history of modern architecture
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Textes par / by Tanis Hinchcliffe, Annmarie Adams, Louis Martin, Joan Ockman, Réjean Legault, Daniel Guibert, Joseph Rykwert, Martin Bressani, Alberto Pérez-Gomez.
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December 2002, Montréal
December 2002, Montréal
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"Big plans : the allure and folly of urban design" springs from the idea that human aspirations for the city tend to overstate the role of rationality in public life. Inspired by the architectural and urban criticism of such writers as Lewis Mumford, Jane Jacobs, and John Brinckerhoff Jackson, Kolson adopts a user's perspective on issues of urban design, an approach that(...)
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"Big plans : the allure and folly of urban design" springs from the idea that human aspirations for the city tend to overstate the role of rationality in public life. Inspired by the architectural and urban criticism of such writers as Lewis Mumford, Jane Jacobs, and John Brinckerhoff Jackson, Kolson adopts a user's perspective on issues of urban design, an approach that(...)
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Big plans : the allure and folly of urban design
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"Big plans : the allure and folly of urban design" springs from the idea that human aspirations for the city tend to overstate the role of rationality in public life. Inspired by the architectural and urban criticism of such writers as Lewis Mumford, Jane Jacobs, and John Brinckerhoff Jackson, Kolson adopts a user's perspective on issues of urban design, an approach that highlights both the futility of social engineering and the resilience of the human spirit.
Big plans : the allure and folly of urban design
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"Big plans : the allure and folly of urban design" springs from the idea that human aspirations for the city tend to overstate the role of rationality in public life. Inspired by the architectural and urban criticism of such writers as Lewis Mumford, Jane Jacobs, and John Brinckerhoff Jackson, Kolson adopts a user's perspective on issues of urban design, an approach that highlights both the futility of social engineering and the resilience of the human spirit.
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November 2003, Baltimore
November 2003, Baltimore
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Urban Theory
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Today, we live in a kaleidoscopic new world of images : Is there a vocabulary we can learn in order to read these images? Is there something we can do so as not to remain passive when we flip through an illustrated book, or download images on a screen? Are there ways in which we can "read" the stories within paintings, monuments, buildings and sculptures? We say "every(...)
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Today, we live in a kaleidoscopic new world of images : Is there a vocabulary we can learn in order to read these images? Is there something we can do so as not to remain passive when we flip through an illustrated book, or download images on a screen? Are there ways in which we can "read" the stories within paintings, monuments, buildings and sculptures? We say "every(...)
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Reading pictures - what we think about when we look at art
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Today, we live in a kaleidoscopic new world of images : Is there a vocabulary we can learn in order to read these images? Is there something we can do so as not to remain passive when we flip through an illustrated book, or download images on a screen? Are there ways in which we can "read" the stories within paintings, monuments, buildings and sculptures? We say "every picture tells a story" - but does it? Taking images - photographed, painted, built, sculpted - Alberto Manguel explores how each one attempts to tell a story that we, the viewer, must decipher or invent.
Reading pictures - what we think about when we look at art
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Today, we live in a kaleidoscopic new world of images : Is there a vocabulary we can learn in order to read these images? Is there something we can do so as not to remain passive when we flip through an illustrated book, or download images on a screen? Are there ways in which we can "read" the stories within paintings, monuments, buildings and sculptures? We say "every picture tells a story" - but does it? Taking images - photographed, painted, built, sculpted - Alberto Manguel explores how each one attempts to tell a story that we, the viewer, must decipher or invent.
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October 2003, Toronto / New York
October 2003, Toronto / New York
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Architectural Theory
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Mass culture is a fact. Its irresistible vitality and force are enthusiastically exploited by all manner of enterprises, whether network providers for mobile phones, hip lifestyle magazines or trendy fashion labels. Oddly enough, architecture and urban planning have so far failed to exploit the potential offered by mass culture. This book presents the findings of a(...)
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Mass culture is a fact. Its irresistible vitality and force are enthusiastically exploited by all manner of enterprises, whether network providers for mobile phones, hip lifestyle magazines or trendy fashion labels. Oddly enough, architecture and urban planning have so far failed to exploit the potential offered by mass culture. This book presents the findings of a(...)
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Snooze : immersing architecture in mass culture
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Mass culture is a fact. Its irresistible vitality and force are enthusiastically exploited by all manner of enterprises, whether network providers for mobile phones, hip lifestyle magazines or trendy fashion labels. Oddly enough, architecture and urban planning have so far failed to exploit the potential offered by mass culture. This book presents the findings of a study by studio Sputnik, a Rotterdam-based architecture practice, of the opportunities that mass culture presents for architecture. "Snooze" analyses products successful in consumer society and relates the patterns behind their success to the city. The nature and importance of communication proves to be pivotal to architecture's role. What does a building signify, what does it communicate? "Snooze" is not about style or form, nor is it about commercial motives or technical ingenuity. It adds a new voice to architectural discourse at the intersection of theory and design. The surprising insights that this book offers are presented in a highly visual essay.
Snooze : immersing architecture in mass culture
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Mass culture is a fact. Its irresistible vitality and force are enthusiastically exploited by all manner of enterprises, whether network providers for mobile phones, hip lifestyle magazines or trendy fashion labels. Oddly enough, architecture and urban planning have so far failed to exploit the potential offered by mass culture. This book presents the findings of a study by studio Sputnik, a Rotterdam-based architecture practice, of the opportunities that mass culture presents for architecture. "Snooze" analyses products successful in consumer society and relates the patterns behind their success to the city. The nature and importance of communication proves to be pivotal to architecture's role. What does a building signify, what does it communicate? "Snooze" is not about style or form, nor is it about commercial motives or technical ingenuity. It adds a new voice to architectural discourse at the intersection of theory and design. The surprising insights that this book offers are presented in a highly visual essay.
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September 2003, Rotterdam
September 2003, Rotterdam
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Rotterdam's history has left it particularly marked by movement and transit. Construction of a modern transport infrastructure began before 1940, and continued with renewed vigour during and after the postwar reconstruction. The cityscape is defined by waterways, bridges, streets, arterial canals, avenues and a rhomboid motorway system. The city serves as a good case(...)
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Rotterdam's history has left it particularly marked by movement and transit. Construction of a modern transport infrastructure began before 1940, and continued with renewed vigour during and after the postwar reconstruction. The cityscape is defined by waterways, bridges, streets, arterial canals, avenues and a rhomboid motorway system. The city serves as a good case(...)
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In transit : mobility, city culture and urban development in Rotterdam
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Rotterdam's history has left it particularly marked by movement and transit. Construction of a modern transport infrastructure began before 1940, and continued with renewed vigour during and after the postwar reconstruction. The cityscape is defined by waterways, bridges, streets, arterial canals, avenues and a rhomboid motorway system. The city serves as a good case study and illustration of the relationship between mobility and urban development. This book uses word and image to examine the social significance of mobility. The authors draw on Rotterdam examples to illustrate the link between mobility and urban development.
In transit : mobility, city culture and urban development in Rotterdam
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Rotterdam's history has left it particularly marked by movement and transit. Construction of a modern transport infrastructure began before 1940, and continued with renewed vigour during and after the postwar reconstruction. The cityscape is defined by waterways, bridges, streets, arterial canals, avenues and a rhomboid motorway system. The city serves as a good case study and illustration of the relationship between mobility and urban development. This book uses word and image to examine the social significance of mobility. The authors draw on Rotterdam examples to illustrate the link between mobility and urban development.
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August 2003, Rotterdam
August 2003, Rotterdam
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Urban Theory
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This book features more than forty innovative projects from the fields of architectural, product, furniture, fashion and graphic design. It includes essays on the tactics of formlessness and its impact on everyday consumption, the potential of an endlessly transformable environment to extend product life cycles, and ruminations on the strange and familar worlds of design.
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This book features more than forty innovative projects from the fields of architectural, product, furniture, fashion and graphic design. It includes essays on the tactics of formlessness and its impact on everyday consumption, the potential of an endlessly transformable environment to extend product life cycles, and ruminations on the strange and familar worlds of design.
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Strangely familiar : design and everyday life
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This book features more than forty innovative projects from the fields of architectural, product, furniture, fashion and graphic design. It includes essays on the tactics of formlessness and its impact on everyday consumption, the potential of an endlessly transformable environment to extend product life cycles, and ruminations on the strange and familar worlds of design.
Strangely familiar : design and everyday life
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This book features more than forty innovative projects from the fields of architectural, product, furniture, fashion and graphic design. It includes essays on the tactics of formlessness and its impact on everyday consumption, the potential of an endlessly transformable environment to extend product life cycles, and ruminations on the strange and familar worlds of design.
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August 2003, Minneapolis
August 2003, Minneapolis
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Design Theory
Design Theory
