Architecture

Michael Murphy speaks at TED2016 - Dream, February 15-19, 2016.

Health & Safety

Michael Murphy: How Can We Design Spaces To Heal?

8:32am July 24, 2020

by NPR/TED STAFF

Architect Michael Murphy believes that buildings can offer far more than shelter. Considering factors both material and human, he explains how thoughtful design can make us healthier and happier.

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Arts

What Should Offices Look Like In The Time Of COVID-19?

8:44am May 14, 2020

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Nabil Sabet, architect and group director at M Moser Associates, about the ways the design and function of offices will have to change in the time of COVID-19.

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Arts

Home Upgrades Specialist Answers Questions On DIY Home Improvement

10:06pm May 07, 2020

Editor Megan Baker of Apartment Therapy website answers listener questions on how to spruce up home space with DIY home-improvement projects.

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Grace Kim: What Happens When You Design A Home With Community In Mind?

9:13am April 24, 2020

by NPR/TED Staff

For architect Grace Kim, the antidote to isolation is co-housing. She describes how she built a home—and a community—by designing an apartment building for her family and eight other families.

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The School of Economics Building at the Universita Luigi Bocconi in Milan, Italy, was designed by Grafton Architects — founded by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara. It launched Grafton Architects as a leading designer of university buildings.

Arts

For The 1st Time, Architecture's Most Prestigious Prize Is Awarded To 2 Women

8:08pm March 03, 2020

by Neda Ulaby

Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara founded Grafton Architects in Dublin in 1978. The Pritzker Architecture Prize jury called the two Irish architects "beacons" in a male-dominated field.

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View of the south fields, all works by Mark di Suvero. Left to right: Figolu, 2005–11. Courtesy the artist and Spacetime C.C. E=MC2 , 1996-97. Courtesy the artist and Spacetime C.C. ©Mark di Suvero.

Arts

Sculptor Mark Di Suvero Creates Joy Out Of Steel

7:59am October 20, 2019

by Karen Michel

Suvero's acclaimed sculptures are in public spaces all over the world and in the collections of major museums. The sculptor recently installed his largest work at the Storm King Arts Center.

Politics & Government

Parliament Deals Setback For Boris Johnson's Brexit Deal

5:24pm October 19, 2019

by Frank Langfitt

British parliamentarians voted today on whether to ratify Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan to leave the European Union.

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Books

The Latest On President Trump And Ukraine

1:24pm September 23, 2019

The president is accused of offering the former Soviet republic a quid pro quo for investigating a political rival.

The Toufic H. Kalil house in Manchester, N.H. is one of only seven Usonian Automatic buildings ever constructed.

Arts

Frank Lloyd Wright, But DIY: A Rare 'Usonian Automatic' House Is For Sale

3:49pm September 18, 2019

by Todd Bookman

The famed architect conceived a number of dwellings for the mass market to be made from concrete blocks. The idea never took off. But in New Hampshire, one such building is now hitting the market.

The Confitería del Molino, once a bustling pastry shop adjacent to the Argentine Capitol building, reopened recently for a few hours in a sneak preview of its full restoration.

Arts

In Buenos Aires, Crowds Line Up For A Taste Of Sweeter Days

5:52pm August 19, 2019

by Bob Mondello

The preview reopening of the Confitería del Molino, a long-shuttered art nouveau pastry cafe near the Argentine Capitol, prompted lines around the block — and, for some former patrons, good memories.

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