Posts about Design

Airports and Community (Part I)

How have airports evolved over the years, and how will it inform the development of cities in the future? In this two-part series, Nate Cherry will offer an in-depth look at the vital relationship between airports and communities. Part one will focus on corridor-based growth and the emergence of airport cities. The aviation scene is […]

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Stuck in the Middle—What can save the average American mall?

Erich Dohrer doesn’t want to talk about the “dead mall” or the great mall success story—he wants to talk about design solutions for the ones that are just getting by. American malls are having an identity crisis. On one hand, we’ve all heard of the major decline in suburban shopping centers—too much retail square footage […]

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Sustainable Solutions for the Middle of Nowhere

Pablo La Roche, leader of CallisonRTKL’s Performance-Driven DesignSM team, talks about his holistic design approach to the world’s most remote inhabited island. Green, net zero and carbon negative buildings are all the rage. Cities around the globe, from Los Angeles to Shanghai, are vying to cut emissions through tax incentives and transit innovations. But how […]

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Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: 3 Trends Changing the Future of Pet Retail

Nadya Liebich and Ryan Benson discuss what’s next for this steadily growing market According to Wired, more than 60% of Americans have a pet and 90% of dog and cat owners think of them as members of the family. With younger people, specifically Millennials, now the largest pet-owning group, it’s safe to say that pet […]

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