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An unearthed time capsule beneath the Transamerica Pyramid shows a glimpse of San Francisco’s past

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This iconic NASA office changed climate science forever. DOGE plans to kill it

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Austin is leading the affordable housing boom. It’s still not enough

05.05.2025 3

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Elon Musk wants Texas voters to make SpaceX its own town—but it could have dire environmental consequences

01.05.2025 10

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Everyone wants to work in a fancy building these days. WeWork got the memo

29.04.2025 8

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Shipping is a dirty business. EVs—electric vessels—could change that

15.04.2025 20

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Picking up steam: How social bathhouses became the new big wellness trend

12.04.2025 10

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This solar-powered steel mill in the Mojave Desert is a glimpse of the future

10.04.2025 7

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Trump tariffs won’t just increase the cost of cars—your insurance is going to spike, too

08.04.2025 10

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Trump is gunning for Canada—and Canadian homeowners in the U.S. want out

31.03.2025 6

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This California neighborhood will soon be certified as wildfire resistant—the first in the country to meet that standard

27.03.2025 10

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As Trump comes for scientists, Europe’s universities are hoping to snag them

19.03.2025 20

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The most innovative companies in economic development for 2025

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How one of Brooklyn’s most expensive neighborhoods became home base for the creative class

08.03.2025 20

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Private equity has made housing more expensive—under Trump, it will likely get worse

07.03.2025 5

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Trump’s tariffs are about to make housing more expensive

06.03.2025 10

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Mark’s Zuckerberg’s nonprofit is funding this experiment to build cheaper backyard homes

26.02.2025 10

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Don’t say climate: how cleantech is rebranding as national security in  the Trump era

18.02.2025 6

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Why good design remains a luxury for U.S. childcare

15.02.2025 10

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Texas could be Trump’s one clean energy bright spot—as oil drillers turn to geothermal

13.02.2025 8

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How abandoned office buildings in L.A. could be transformed into $1,000 a month studio apartments

04.02.2025 5

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Priceless art was destroyed by L.A. wildfires. Experts want to protect other cities from the same fate

30.01.2025 7

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Smartphones are making people lonely. This app thinks it has the cure

23.01.2025 4

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This Houston suburb is swapping out driveways for shared front lawns

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L.A. was already behind on its Olympics prep. The wildfires will make it so much worse

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How this tiny town in Maine is keeping the lights on through ferocious storms

Eastport, Maine’s location on the nation’s easternmost edge, has made reliable power a consistent challenge. Recent climate shifts have brought...

19.12.2024 4

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Under Trump, cities will have to solve their housing crises themselves

The failure to build more housing and drive down costs has been a pernicious issue across the country—and in cities in particular. Driven by a...

17.12.2024 3

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Inside the $740 million renovation that resurrected one of the world’s great buildings

Years before Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral was damaged by fire, a handful of architecture enthusiasts had already set the stage for its eventual...

06.12.2024 10

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This ancient building material is making a comeback

05.12.2024 20

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Why this Austin suburb made a library the centerpiece of its new downtown

05.12.2024 5

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Building a sustainable home could get more expensive under Trump

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How one LA doctor is using AI to help homeless communities get medical care

20.11.2024 20

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How sleep tourism became a booming business for hotels

16.11.2024 5

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Gas stations won’t go away after the EV revolution—they’ll just get better

12.11.2024 6

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Why NBCUniversal redesigned its LA headquarters to resemble a college campus

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This stunning Denver hotel says it’s ‘carbon positive.’ But what does that actually mean?

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This clever DIY kit uses your smartphone to figure out where your house is wasting energy

29.10.2024 2

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Architects are proving that AI is best used for the boring stuff

24.10.2024 4

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How a century-old firm in Minnesota helps recycle NYC skyscrapers

18.10.2024 3

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This centuries-old Massachusetts water mill is now an electric apartment complex  

18.10.2024 20

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The weird Dutch trick to building housing across the country

16.10.2024 3

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How hemp plants can help clean up ‘forever chemicals’

14.10.2024 3

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How public libraries are becoming community hubs in the midst of disasters

11.10.2024 20

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Many scientists are neurodivergent. Architects are finally starting to build labs designed for them

10.10.2024 2

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Why disaster evacuation in the U.S. is so difficult

10.10.2024 5

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This Brooklyn apartment building offers an unexpected take on work from home

08.10.2024 4

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This colorful factory looks so cool, you’ll forget it’s processing fish

30.09.2024 3

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How New Orleans is using the Super Bowl to make the entire city more accessible

30.09.2024 3

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What designers can learn about creativity from an oddball architecture school in 1950s Oklahoma

27.09.2024 3

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This old Michigan coal plant is being reimagined to provide solar power

26.09.2024 20

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