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The Arab City

In a region at once feared and exoticized, we have been witnessing for more than a generation the devastation of old centers and the rise of new ones.

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The Mustard Gas In Sherwood Forest

The idea that violence leaves an invisible trace on the land has captivated artists and writers for centuries. Irish photographer Dara McGrath’s "Project Cleansweep" continues that tradition.

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Why Don't We Make Buildings Like We Used To?

Why not make buildings today as they once were made? This is actually a really good, really radical question.

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The Incidental Beauty Of Construction Work

Construction barricades are structures built for a clear purpose, without any pretensions of “design,” below the radar of codes and regulations. Yet they follow discernible conventions, often...

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Notes From A Nuclear Tourist

At this very moment, as you are reading this article, 90 highly trained US Air Force Officers are on alert across a network of Minuteman III Launch Control Centers.

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The Wisconsin Experiment

How Indigenous communities fought back against anti-environment measures — and won.

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Where Hong Kong Meets The Mountain

Hong Kong is relentlessly vertical, a city of towers and skyways, elevators and ladder streets, built on a mountainside. These photos capture the verticality of the city.

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The Radical, Intergalactic Tourism Experience

A visit to Spaceport America, where the coming of the Second Space Age is already history.

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How Machines Will Map The World

Self-driving cars have sparked a "billion dollar war over maps," but the cars are the most boring thing about it. How do machine intelligences read and write the world?

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'Housing Is Everybody's Problem': The Forgotten Crusade Of Morris Milgram

Largely forgotten today, Morris Milgram was a pioneer of multiracial suburban housing. His legacy in the fight for fair housing in America deserves to be remembered.

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The Last Fire and the Next One

After a disaster, survivors are forced to commit. Do they double down on their old lives? Or cut their losses and make a change?

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Databodies In Codespace

All our bodies and environments are already data — both public and proprietary. So how can we marshal whatever remains of our public sphere to take up these critical issues? How can we respond...

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Mitigations: How Environmental Restoration Works In Modern America

In the coal country of Southeast Ohio, the past is a renewable resource, growing larger every year.

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Minecraft And Me

As the landscapes found within computer games have become more elaborate, they have become more important, and so has the time we spend within them.

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At The Flip Of A Switch

Small and easy to overlook, the light switch is a highly charged interface between individuals and technological systems.

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Maintenance And Care As Theoretical Framework

A working guide to the repair of rust, dust, cracks and corrupted code in our cities, our homes and our social relations.

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Cisco Trash Map

On railroads, oil rigs, uranium mines, 7-11 pizzas, "Thelma and Louise," ruination, salvage and the limits of the garbage gaze.

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The Radical Origins Of The Appalachian Trail

In its original concept, the Appalachian Trail was more than a hiking path. It was a wildly ambitious plan to reorganize the economic geography of the eastern United States.

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The Need For Shade

Shade is often understood as a luxury amenity, but as deadly, hundred-degree heatwaves become commonplace, we have to learn to see shade as a civic resource that is shared by all.

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Landscaping With Beavers

In the American West, beavers are gaining a reputation as environmental engineers who can help restore water systems — and challenge their human neighbors to think differently about land use.

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