Ascent Stage: Architectural spine

etc., recall the word
resoldered here
in a pane of sand.
— R. Kenney

BusinessWeek just published their annual design awards. The Kansas City Public Library won one for their facade-as-library-shelf.

I knew I was on to something in this post, but maybe not quite so literally.

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What if you could simulate possible outcomes for a metropolitan region and it wasn't a game?

Meedan
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I spent part of the summer of 2008 in Kumasi, Ghana lending technology and business assistance to traditional artisans as part of IBM's Corporate Service Corps.

In 1903 my great-grandparents left Italy for America. In July 2007 I returned to their village in southern Italy for an extraordinary homecoming.