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Architecture

My father, my architect: Nathaniel Kahn on TED.com

Nathaniel Kahn shares clips from his documentary My Architect, about his quest to understand his father, the legendary architect Louis Kahn....

Apr 6, 2009
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Design for the minds of the future — a new contest!

Architecture for Humanity wants your ideas and designs for the classrooms of the future. Their 2009 Open Architecture Challenge invites stud...

Mar 9, 2009
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The Kohler LivingHome: Crane shots

Kohler LivingHome at TED2009, originally uploaded by TED Conference. The Kohler LivingHome, a prefab house designed by KieranTimberlake, was...

Jan 31, 2009
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Calculus and the new forms of architecture: Greg Lynn on TED.com

Greg Lynn talks about the mathematical roots of architecture — and how calculus and digital tools allow modern designers to move beyon...

Jan 9, 2009
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Architecture is a special-effects machine: Liz Diller on TED.com

In this engrossing talk from the EG conference, architect Liz Diller shares her firm DS+R’s more unusual work, including the Blur Buil...

Oct 2, 2008
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Architecture, romantic and modern: Reed Kroloff on TED.com

Reed Kroloff gives us a new lens for judging new architecture: is it technocratic, or is it romantic? Look for glorious images from two lead...

Jul 28, 2008
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Help Myanmar (Burma) rebuild, with Architecture for Humanity

Following Saturday’s devastating Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (Burma), Architecture for Humanity is asking for help in rebuilding the cou...

May 6, 2008
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Building on the green agenda: Sir Norman Foster on TED.com

From the DLD Conference in Munich: Architect Norman Foster discusses his own work to show how computers can help architects design buildings...

Mar 24, 2008
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Defending a vision of architecture: Frank Gehry in 1990, on TED.com

From the TED archives: Speaking at TED2 in 1990, the not-yet-legendary architect Frank Gehry takes a whistlestop tour of his work to date, f...

Mar 13, 2008
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