Let's think of a paper sheet. If we tried to stiffen it from its primary state, it couldn't support its own weight. However, if we bend it, the sheet achieves a new structural quality. The shells act ...

A new federal design challenge and advisory group aim to rethink how bridges, transit hubs and airports look, part of a broader push for more eye-catching and traditional ...

The key urban design interventions that can demonstrate measurable improvements in health and wellbeing outcomes ...

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One of the most robust backward design models developed for higher education is L. Dee Fink’s integrated course design. Fink outlines a streamlined process for designing academic courses, divided into ...

The goal of universal design is to maximize usability by individuals with a wide variety of characteristics. Whether learning strategies or physical space, universal design operates by a set of ...

Two parallel experiments in protein self-assembly produced strikingly different results, demonstrating that protein designers ...

The digitization of production and technological resources linked to the development of increasingly sophisticated tools has a direct impact on the contemporary practice of architecture and urbanism.

Ever the Renaissance man, Rules Guy — when not sipping a single-malt Scotch by a roaring fire and perusing The Rules of Golf — enjoys reading about course architecture, particularly the work of ...

Let's try to understand this field called behavioral design or, in other words–the architecture of choice. Lately, there has been quite a bit of buzz around the subject of "behavioral design" and ...