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(BPRW) Getty Invests an Additional $1.55 Million to Preserve Modern Architecture by Black Architects and Designers | Press releases

Conserving Black Modernism is a Getty Foundation-funded initiative within the Action Fund’s National Grant Program, which to date has invested $27 million in 304 Black historic and cultural sites across the country. With more than $150 million in funding, the Action Fund is the largest U.S. resource dedicated to the preservation of African American historic places. […]

Build a tower, build a team | Tom Wujec

http://www.ted.com Tom Wujec from Autodesk presents some surprisingly deep research into the “marshmallow problem” — a simple team-building exercise that involves dry spaghetti, one yard of tape and a marshmallow. Who can build the tallest tower with these ingredients? And why does a surprising group always beat the average? TEDTalks is a daily video podcast […]

A stealthy reimagining of urban public space | Elizabeth Diller

Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. Cities are becoming increasingly privatized: commercial real estate dominates the streets, carving up open space that once belonged to the public and selling it as a commodity to the highest bidder. Architect Elizabeth Diller explores the causes and […]